TCubed · Jan 4, 2013

So following my dad leaving the car with a flat battery on a hill on new year's eve (1 mile journey with full heat, heated seats, sat nav, radio, full beam apparently wasn't a good idea...

) I decided to finally put in a decent sized battery.
So I removed the piddly 570A, 57Ah one, and put in a big chunky one... and then realised that the connectors were on the other side of the battery this time, so the leads didn't reach... Typical!

Datatek · Jan 4, 2013

TCubed said:
So following my dad leaving the car with a flat battery on a hill on new year's eve (1 mile journey with full heat, heated seats, sat nav, radio, full beam apparently wasn't a good idea... ) I decided to finally put in a decent sized battery.
So I removed the piddly 570A, 57Ah one, and put in a big chunky one... and then realised that the connectors were on the other side of the battery this time, so the leads didn't reach... Typical!

Should have ordered an Alphaline 135AH 1000CCA from Battery Megastore with the connections in the right place

stopover · Jan 4, 2013

Good 'Start' (no pun intended) to the year!!

Battery supplier should have a similar with terminals in correct position? That Alphaline (recomended by Datatek) 135AH 1000CCA from Battery Megastore sounds perfect.

TCubed · Jan 4, 2013

Datatek said:
Should have ordered an Alphaline 135AH 1000CCA from Battery Megastore with the connections in the right place

I know but I leave in a couple of days and I wanted to get it done beforehand. Still, new one has a noticeable faster crank and a bit of high tension DIY was all that was required

Cossie David · Jan 5, 2013

I put the biggest strongest battery on my P38 and the connecters where the wrong way round so i just moddified the leads, putting a lot stronger battery on has cured my hot start problem, it now starts first crank hot or cold.

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