Member Since: 17 Jun 2010
Location: Woking
Posts: 97
Halfords battery dead-is Bosch a good replacement?
My halfords battery is dead and being replaced on warranty. Thinking of paying extra £10 and getting Bosch Silver. Worth doing? Its 830A.
6th Dec 2010 7:54 pm
Frapp
Member Since: 19 Dec 2008
Location: Norff Zummerzet
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ISTR thats not enough.
Sure there was a thread only a few days ago,.Member of the carrot crank club
Embarrassingly in for the 2nd round, bought another two
D3 Jack Russell carrier
D4 Landmark for towing duties
6th Dec 2010 7:57 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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950 CCA ISTR
6th Dec 2010 8:00 pm
DN D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
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'GoatOfMendez' had a good point the other day, if that 830A CCA is measured by the 'EN' method which I suspect it is, than that is equivalent to about 900A CCA measured the 'SAE ' method. (The latest LR battery is as said above, 950A measured the 'SAE' method), so the Bosch battery falls a little short, but may still do the job.
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6th Dec 2010 8:10 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
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Bizarrely the cheapest replacement i could fined was the local dealer: £95.00.
Not sure how that compares but it dug me out of a hole.
6th Dec 2010 8:10 pm
mike23118
Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: North Wales
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Have a look here www.tayna.co.uk
Got Numax 019 £70 delivered Now Renault Trafic
D4 gone
D3 gone
6th Dec 2010 8:23 pm
nichop
Member Since: 17 Jun 2010
Location: Woking
Posts: 97
It is 830 Amps-EN so not a million miles off. It was being replaced on warranty and this was the best they had. Guess I'll see what happens
One thing they have forgotten to do when fitting it was plug the vent hole at the opposite end to the vent tube Guess I'd better get that fixed.
7th Dec 2010 12:23 am
discoteca
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 1477
Mine is a bosch with a CCA of 800. It was fine until temp went below -5. To be fair it hasn't let me down yet but its touch and go most mornings at the moment
7th Dec 2010 9:15 am
nichop
Member Since: 17 Jun 2010
Location: Woking
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You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Guess I'd better get that fixed.
