On Mar 6, 11:38 am, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 6, 10:31 am, the_dawggie <the_dawg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I bought one around last xmas. Works OK, and is only three months old.
> > I don't expect anything to seep up from the terminals and corrode the
> > connectors
> > like on the lead acid ones where you had to put silicon sealant around
> > the terminals
> > before installing.
>
> Did you get this from Orange? I'm curious because I think I'll need a
> new one soon and I like the sound of these calcium ones. But I don't
> suppose it's something I'll find in Supercheap at Bathurst.
ALCO Battery Sales in Orange checking the records, actually $165 + $10
delivery. It still sucked having to carry it one mile back to the
'lux,
which was at this time was at the bottom of the hill after a failed
reverse clutch start because I'm guessing there was not even enough
juice to hold the fuel cut solenoid open.
> > It's curious Damo and I get 8 to 14 years out of them, as a diesel
> > should be harsher on them I would have thought. That said, once
> > started the only requirement of the battery is lighting, stereo, and
> > otherwise not required, however I'd expect in an SI engine should
> > be able to keep up with power requirements via the alternator.
>
> My battery (and I would guess yours too to some degree going by how
> long it takes you to get to work) spends almost all it's life at full
> charge. I think that would have something to do with longevity.
Hmm, yeah that is possibly true to an extent, after most starts it
would get a full recharge.
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