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Light weight battery, opinions...looking at Odessey 925 is that strong enough,

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Old Dec 24, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Light weight battery, opinions...looking at Odessey 925 is that strong enough,

will I need to trickle it if I drive the car every 4-5 days?
 
Old Dec 24, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by drhenrock
will I need to trickle it if I drive the car every 4-5 days?
Yes, it's strong enough but you will need to trickle it if you only use that often...
 
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Yup. Weight savings has it's penalties...
 
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Just keep 4-5 gallons less as in the tank. Lightweight batteries are a pain

Braille or something like that....look them up
 
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Originally Posted by jbsteven
Just keep 4-5 gallons less as in the tank. Lightweight batteries are a pain

Braille or something like that....look them up
Yup. Have a deka and always drive around with 1/8th of a tank
 
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I used a PC680 for 3 years on my 996TT.
It would last about about 5 days w/o a trickle charger attached.

The stock battery was good for about 2 weeks before it died--so I got in the habit of plugging the car to a battery maintainer anyway.

I used to plug my motorcycles to battery maintainers until I switched over to Lithium Ferrous batteries. Unfortunately the LiFe batteries for cars are really expensive.

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I bought an extreme x2 battery from batteries plus for 100 with a two year warranty. Its the exact same battery as one of the brailles (made by deka). Works great, lasts several days and I will have another before thee two year warranty is up.
 
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that 6 lb braile you'll need to charge daily, you leave the door open for 10 min and its done LOL
 
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Very smart, dear
 
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Originally Posted by moto
Unfortunately the LiFe batteries for cars are really expensive.
-M
Yes,
LiFe batteries are great. I took the plunge on this one almost a year ago with no problems since. It weighs 5 lbs. and has more cranking amps than the oddessey 925!


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Originally Posted by MBailey
Yes,
LiFe batteries are great. I took the plunge on this one almost a year ago with no problems since. It weighs 5 lbs. and has more cranking amps than the oddessey 925!


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please tell me you didn't spend $1300 on a battery.
 
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Originally Posted by jbsteven
please tell me you didn't spend $1300 on a battery.
I did, but I am pleased with the performance and weight savings.
 
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I guess it's all relative, I have been known to spend a few bucks on cool stuff.
 
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