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Hoping it'll improve my cold start issues so browsing around today looking at a few.. Couple on Ebay, varta E24 with 630 cold cranking amps for £80. Performance batteries doing a varta again, 680 cold cranking amps for £85 and lastly halfords doing a 12v for £100 with no mention of the cold crank amps!! Anyone got any recommendations?
 
You need 540 cca min for a disco. "Alpha batteries "do one for £64.99 delivered 600 cca.Check out the website.
 
You need 540 cca min for a disco. "Alpha batteries "do one for £64.99 delivered 600 cca.Check out the website.


If you do a little mod to the battery clamp, you can fit in a type 334/250. £74.99, 90AH, 800CCA.

Beware of comparing MCA with CCA - they are not the same thing!
 
Brilliant, lots of options then.. just checked out alpha batteries, as you say £74.99 for 800cca.. they describe it as a "cheap" car battery though? will it go the disctance do you think?
 
remember that is Marine Cold Cranking amps-slightly different but more than adequate for a disco,according to all the reviews from defender owners etc
 
Note also that 'leisure' batteries are intended to power things over a long slow current draw. They're capable of the odd burst of power but that's not what they're built for. It's all to do with the internal architecture so I'm told. So they're great for powering your caravan or boat or, in my case electric wheelchairs, but starter batteries will give more power when you turn the key.
 
fook me.. have i read that right? 1000 cca?

Beware of comparing MCA with CCA - they are not the same thing!

MCA is cranking amps measured at 0°C

CCA is cranking amps measured at -20°C

cranking amps is the amount of amps the battery can deliver from fully charged to depleting itself to about 9.6V over 30 seconds. Or something like that.
 
MCA is cranking amps measured at 0°C

CCA is cranking amps measured at -20°C

cranking amps is the amount of amps the battery can deliver from fully charged to depleting itself to about 9.6V over 30 seconds. Or something like that.

After Looking at these batterys myself, I done a bit of serching and found out a converstion, this is what I found, hope it helps..

"COLD CRANKING AMPS (CCA)
The CCA rating represents in amps the current flow the battery can deliver for 30 seconds at 0o F. without dropping below 1.2 volts per cell (total of 7.2 volts for a 12-volt battery). The higher the number, the more amps it can deliver to crank an engine.

MARINE CRANKING AMPS (MCA)
Batteries designed for marine use may be rated at MCA instead of CCA. The MCA rating method measures battery output at 32o F., not 0o F. A battery's MCA rating will be one-third higher than its CCA rating would be.
To compare two batteries when one has an MCA rating and the other has a CCA rating. multiply the CCA rating by 1.3 for the equivalent MCA rating. Or, multiply the MCA rating by 0.77 for the equivalent CCA rating. Example:

500 CCA x 1.3 = 650 MCA
or
650 MCA x 0.77 = 500 CCA"

From the reviews looks good, I am thinking about buying one, if its no good it'll go in my Caravan as I need one in that for this year, or as a second battery...at that price cant loose
 
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