Subwoofer + Amp, do i need a new battery?

[djhatton]

yeah in your case a defect would be getting off lightly. the gasses released from ordinary wet-cell batteries are explosive, so it probably wasn't too bad an idea anyway for an in-cabin/boot mounted battery....

the guy over at battery factory in fyshwick (bruce? from memory) is really good! how much you end up paying??

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[r33skylinegtst]

A shade over $500 i think, had it done just a few days after my first post.

As for the old battery, don't wet cell batteries generate hydrogen? hydrogen + enclosed space + spark = Hindenburg. Don't want that in my boot. It was an NRMA guy that installed the old battery too, didn't bat an eyelid when he put it in the boot all exposed. And i didn't know any better at the time.

[r33skylinegtst]

Oh, and i had it done at the one near Woden, but the guy who did it was heaps nice and very helpful. Put my strut brace back in place and everything afterwards.

[someonestolecc]

Silly question but $500 for a battery??? Isn't that overkill?

I use 2 amps to drive what I call a pretty low-level system.. I hope my kmart style battery goes ok

[r33skylinegtst]

i had to have some other things changed over like the ports... come to think of it i think it was a bit over $400. my bad.

[djhatton]

nice. let me know how you find the odyssey. without trying to burst your bubble, i've heard they aint as reliable as the price sticker should equate to.

d34 in my car methinks...

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[sliksilvia]

yeah go the optima djhatton i use the D34 and its worth EVERY cent.. iv heard a few bad storys about the odessey's some ppl say all they need is to be drained fully every six month as its better for them and they will last u long time,

but i havent heard a bad thing from optima yet and im a happy customer

[Fhrx]

We fully drain the trickle the Optima's too every twelve months.

We must have sold nearly 2000 batteries over the years and we've had but a few ever have issues. From that few all except two were from lack of care.

[Mick]

there is also a battery similat to the dry cell, its called a gel cell, im not sure which is better but i thought i would letr you know about it ..

[r33skylinegtst]

nice. let me know how you find the odyssey. without trying to burst your bubble, i've heard they aint as reliable as the price sticker should equate to.

I got the optima though :confused: