Just bought this for my battery relocation

[MikeLMR]

I\'ve modded mine now with parts from an old power tool box (same abs type plastic) and some silicon sealer ! no longer a vented box but a sealed one just need to grab a pair of cable glands and a fitting for a drain/breather and its sorted. £6.99 well spent :wiggle

[nikp]

Well, i have just been outside with the tape measure and the torch! Works out that i should have enough space to fit a red top 20 battery in the engine bay, which I am well chuffed about, as it means i do not need to faff about sticking one in the boot!

The excellent thing about these batteries is that they\'re so compact, and you can mount them on their side if necassary! So, I am ordering one tomorrow!

[Initial-D]

Hi Nik,

So how is the battery? Can you recharge it from flat or must you always have a charge in it?? Thinking of going for a 20 or 25, but unsure if the 25 would last any longer, any ideas?

[grinder]

Nik ,

are you still using the box you bought then .. if not i can fnid a nice home for it in the FC

Stu

[nikp]

are you still using the box you bought then .. if not i can fnid a nice home for it in the FC  

Actually, i\'m not using it any longer. You\'re welcome to have it. If you pay me thoe postage, you can have it if you like.

[nikp]

So how is the battery? Can you recharge it from flat or must you always have a charge in it?? Thinking of going for a 20 or 25, but unsure if the 25 would last any longer, any ideas?

Well! I bought a red top 20 in the end, thinking that i\'d have enough space to mount it in the engine bay - however, once i had fitted the intercooler, there was no space for the battery - so it had to go in the boot anyway! However, it\'s still good, cos it\'s nice and compact. But, due to the length of the cable running through the car, it means there\'s a lot of resistence, which means that it struggles to turn the engine over - but it does manage it, and it manages to start it. So i\'m pretty happy with it all in all.

I haven\'t had the battery long, so fortunately it hasn\'t run down. i have heard conflicting reports that if it runs flat it will never re-charge again, and other people say that they have not had problems. I guess i\'ll find out one day!

[nikp]

i\'ll get a photo of it!

[nikp]

So, here\'s picture of my Red Top 20 battery mounted in the boot (It\'s eventually going to be mounted more securely than this!)

[grinder]

Actually, i\'m not using it any longer. You\'re welcome to have it. If you pay me thoe postage, you can have it if you like.

does it come with everything that you bought it with ?? ( not sure if you are using one of the straps to hold your new one down !

shoot me a PM with some payment methods and a postage price

cheers buddy

stu

[nikp]

pm sent

[Initial-D]

Ahh... cool! thanks for the pic.

I read on Robinette that Petit uses a 12 volt, 26 amp battery that has 600 cold cranking amps, it measures 6.5" X 6.9 X 4.9 so a useful benchmark for peeps looking at battery upgrades.

Red Tops closest match is the Red Top 30 which is identical apart from an 850 amp cold cranking or the RT25 but thts only rated to 16 amp.

[nikp]

Well, if mine turns out to be a bit low, then i may purchase another 20 and wire it together in parallel. Should help: but so far it\'s done the job.

[banned advertiser]

some similar here.
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Batteries.html