Lighweight battery, braille etc...

[samthegram 10]

Are they any good for a corrado? To add a bit more detail I have no abs or large stereo set up although i still have power steering and leccy windows. Do they require any special treatment ie charging/tricke charging? They seem to be an easy way to loose 10kg or more.

[samthegram 10]

anyone?

[samthegram 10]

bump :brickwall:

[Album56 0]

Just put Braille in the search box under engine bay there are over 30 threads about Braille batteries :clap:

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I had the Braille 15lb battery in mine and it's fine if you use the car every day because you can't leave it much more than 2 days between starts.

[samthegram 10]

thanks guys, i have read the threads on them and maybe they are not for me, i sometimes leave mine up to 7 days without driving.

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

yea,anymore than a few days and its flat,and in winter with all the load on its allot worse,so glad i went back to standard battery.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

The Odyssey PC1200 44ah is worth a look. Not especially light at 16Kg but my VAG 75ah diesel spec battery (more lead plates) for comparison weighs over 20Kg, so there's a bit of weight saving.

 

44ah doesn't sound a lot but the Odysseys have more grunt for their size compared to other batteries and they don't drop the voltage. Mine's been sat on the shelf for over a year and it still has 12.3V accross it. Just haven't got round to fitting it in the car neatly yet! They're fully sealed aswell, so can be mounted internally and at any angle for better weight distribution 8)

[John-M 0]

'fully sealed' ??

 

So no need for any maintenence at all ??