Which Battery?

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Re: Which Battery?

Post by Anton » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:30 pm

Scouse Lee wrote:Cheers guys, plenty for me to think about there.......the battery I've got on is a Drive Tec Heavy Duty Part Number 085, 330 cold cranking & 40 Ah, (not that it means anything to me :er: ). I've just put it back on and started the old girl, took a bit but got there in the end so I'm not sure if this batteries ok or not really I'll just have to keep my eye on it, would still like a new one though.
The web tells me that the "standard" battery for a vit does 300 cold cranking amps and 36Ah.

Anything over and above this is fine, although probably not worth paying extra for unless you have loads of accessories/lights/winches/fairydustguns.
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Re: Which Battery?

Post by Scouse Lee » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:51 pm

[quote="Anton"

The web tells me that the "standard" battery for a vit does 300 cold cranking amps and 36Ah.

Anything over and above this is fine, although probably not worth paying extra for unless you have loads of accessories/lights/winches/fairydustguns.[/quote]

I've got 3 spots/cb/winch........my fairydustgun is broken :guns:

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Re: Which Battery?

Post by Anton » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:54 pm

Don't bother with the winch with that battery. The rest should be ok.

For a winch, you probably want in excess of 200Ah.
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