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Battery?
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:33 pm
by chrisj410
Murdered my yellow top what batteries do you guys run?
I'm looking at numax, another optima or an odyssey? Anyone had good/bad experiences?
Cheers Chris
Re: Battery?
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:52 pm
by Offroadrunner
Very good experience with the Yellow Top!
I had it for 13 years! And i did winching and racing with my 413 LWB with this battery!
I bought me a new one!
Re: Battery?
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:27 pm
by turbo-tom
never touched any batteries apart from numax and varta , running my numax for 3 plus years and never had to put it on charge even if its been sitting around
Re: Battery?
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:04 pm
by OllieSJ
tell you what this is very sup rising but i run a little Halfords battery runs like a dream so good and comes with great warranty only 60
Re: Battery?
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:12 pm
by mk1joe
i agree with the Halfords battery, although i dont run any auxiliaries like winches or spot lights it has never let me down, warranty is good but best of all if your in the trade (mechanics) i think the batteries are nearly half price!
Re: Battery?
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:56 am
by twiss
Whenever I get Halfords batteries they seem to last 4 years and then die... still not bad for the price though!
Got my red top in there now.... it was completely flat for 6 months before I got it, charged it up fully and now it runs perfectly
Re: Battery?
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:32 am
by OllieSJ
twiss mate what tin top do you have as i need a roof of a tin top
Re: Battery?
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:36 am
by ScottieJ
Old Optimas were good and lasted forever, newer ones don't seem to be the same? my mates redtop died after a year
but then again he seems to be able to kill any battery he ever owns
This is what I'm buying for my SJ
http://www.tayna.co.uk/Numax-CXV-X-1000-Amp-P7632.html
Re: Battery?
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:12 pm
by twiss
J373,
My mates had a tintop shell they were scrapping about 2 months ago
I posted it on here but nobody seemed very interested so it ended up getting weighed in
It was very rusty though!
On mine I have a fibreglass hard top... much better imho, then you can be smug in the winter while your soft top friends freeze, and you can be smug in the summer when your hardtop friends bake
Re: Battery?
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 1:00 pm
by suzukisteve
i've always had trouble with numax, but that was on bigger stuff. im running my trusty old varta battery at the mo that has been goin for years.
bosch arent bad tho bought one say 3/4 years ago for my l*nd r*ver. my old man has it now and she's still goin strong as a daily drive.