Small battery - On the cheap!

[RemarkLima]

So, go to Halfrauds, or even Maplin (£30 I think!)

Buy a jump starter pack... Up to 400 CCA but only 17ah... 4 screws later and you\'ll have the below:

Now, if you\'re not going to use the car every day then get it on a battery conditioner / solar charger

Also, they\'re gel type batteries, 100% sealed so if you\'re going to put one inside the passenger compartment then it\'s a good thing to use one of these :Thumbsup!

[GaseJo]

Hi is this small enough to fit inside the bin behind the passenger seat?

Cheers Garith.

[RemarkLima]

Guess it should do, it\'s very small! Only about 10cm wide x 20 cm long x ~17cm high... I\'ve put it back together now but the halfrauds one is 20ah and the whole unit is about 10kg and the maplin is 17ah... So very light really!

[Brett Single]

HEY!!!!
TOP FIND!!!!!!!:yes :yes :yes

[RemarkLima]

No worries

Just measured it properly and it\'s:

18cm wide

17cm high

just over 7cm deep

So pretty small! And as a jump pack it started my race car without any troubles... And that was with a battery that was flat as apancake

[allstaruk]

Its basically I bike battery by the looks of it,

A

[Kash_]

good find... I might just have to get one of these

[Initial-D]

So its def only 7cm deep? And only 30 pounds!?

Wow thats great and better than the other bits I was shopping for at 80 pounds plus!!

Odessey PC680MJ
16Ah 220CCA 186x81x172 680A

Red Top 25
16Ah ?CCA 182x77x168  680A

[RemarkLima]

I think we\'d need to check 100% the specs of the battery

But from looking around I\'ve found the exact battery in the Halfrauds one:
http://www.sunnyway-battery.com/Pro_Info.asp?ID=1

And the PDF datasheet here:
http://www.sunnyway-battery.com/Pro_Img/2005123116284874871.pdf

But can\'t find a max amp output of definate CCA... I\'ll send them an email and see if I can get definate info.

[Initial-D]

Well everything else appears to be good, I can\'t believe you found that battery in that huge list!!! I really hope its a good\' un as it\'d save us all a fortune on batterys!!

[RemarkLima]

Heh heh, just done a CTRL + F

And got all the name off the battery inside the case

Hopefully will get some answers as I\'ve sent them an email! Will keep you posted!!!

[Initial-D]

Any news on the battery? Eager to know if its alright!

Why not wire up your one to test it!!

[RemarkLima]

Well I meailed them... And got some confusing responses, their Engrish was obviosuly much, much better than my Cantonese!

But they said they use them for their cars over there, but didn\'t have any CCA rating, said they could find out but I\'ve not heard anything back...

I think I will just wire mine up and hope it doesn\'t flood the engine

I\'ll probably do it tomorrow morning and let you know!

[Initial-D]

Shame about the response but it\'d be great if you could wire it up and let us know. I\'m sure if its designed to be a starter kit it\'d work on the FD!

[RemarkLima]

It should be OK but my only concern is that it\'s a booster IYSWIM

Still, I can\'t figure out if the 13B needs the CCA of a 1.3 or a 2.6! But at least it\'s low compression rotors so shouldn\'t need as much... But I\'ll find out 100% tomorrow