Can recommend car batt?

[5936]

wakey wakey. I am a night person.

 

What to do we are all drivers. We want reliable battery so that we dont face flat battery problem. who would want to buy "lousy battery"

 

When we need to drive car, we cannot and don't care about factors that will affect batteries. How to control?

 

Hot weather --dont drive.

Cold weather-- dont drive.

Rain -- dont drive.

Road not smooth-- dont drive.

 

Better keep battery in climate control facility.

Take bus lor

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Smhomie]

wakey wakey. I am a night person.

 

What to do we are all drivers. We want reliable battery so that we dont face flat battery problem. who would want to buy "lousy battery"

 

When we need to drive car, we cannot and don't care about factors that will affect batteries. How to control?

 

Hot weather --dont drive.

Cold weather-- dont drive.

Rain -- dont drive.

Road not smooth-- dont drive.

 

Better keep battery in climate control facility.

Take bus lor

 

Are you sleeping already? Sorry, my job ends typically at 5.30am daily. Caught you

 

Yes, I do understand the need for a reliable battery. No one wants to buy a lousy battery, thats for sure, I agree with you.

 

All I'm saying to folks is that sometimes an expensive battery doesn't mean it will last longer than a cheaper battery. Longevity partially depends on drivers habit and additional accessories that drain power unnecessarily.

 

The external factors I mentioned are not with regards to climate conditions.

 

I would not take a bus because I value freedom that comes with driving a car. It allows me control of my time management.

[Smhomie]

Errr, I don't think this is your thread lor. It's not even started by you.

 

And please stop plugging shamelessly about your nanopulser in other threads.

 

Want to advertise, please be a sponsor and not a cheapo.

 

I never said I started this thread and I never gave any instances whereby I was pushing my opinions around either to anyone. As stated, I merely mentioned general properties pertaining to a regular car battery in hope of helping readers or the thread starter in their/his battery purchase.

 

I do plug shamelessly when I use a product and found it to be good and delivers results (at least to me). Nanopulser has not let me down as yet. Hence I share my personal opinion about the product since thread/s relate to the car battery. Anything wrong with this correlation?

 

You in the other threads have never been receptive about the product, you did not give it a chance and slammed it. I know where you are coming from....

 

For your info, I'm a subscriber to Wheels Asia magazine and in last May's issue, the distributor took out a full page ad space and advertorial page. How much do you think they cost? $1k? $2K? $4k? or more? I don't know but we all can likely guess that it would have been much more expensive than enrolling as a sponsor in this particular forum. How cheapo can he be to spend thousands instead of hundreds(my guess)? In terms of eyeball and dollar mileage, he would have fared better here and cheaper too.

 

For some strange reason best known to you, you seem to think I'm the distributor for Nanopulser since I plug it Then logic would also follow that folks who swear by amaron would be resellers or distributors themselves, no?

 

Good try (your posting) but not having the effect you were hoping for.

[Pisces69]

Yo.... I'm also using Boliden.....

 

Ya... very ulu coz hardly heard anyone talking about it.......

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Yes. But more important is it good & value for $$$?????

 

Can post how long u using it & how muchie? Also if u know the Amh & CCA ratings?

 

If ulu or not also nevermind. Most important is r they Gooooooooooodd.

[Mini-itx]

OK, yesterday bought the 61AH Varta Silver Dynamic battery and install it. $170, ok fairly decent deal.

[Kb27]

I think most battery generally are the same. They differ slightly in terms of quality in production and thus the price, but will do the job most of the time.

 

I feel that the most important factor is the heat in the engine bay.

 

If you had that resolved, then even the cheapest battery will last a long time, at least beyond 2 years.

 

I experimented with a diy heatshield. Even an additional cover of foam material on top of the battery can reduced the temp, by 10 deg after a 10 mins drive for my case in the hot weather.

 

 

[Fcw75]

He has already mentioned that the external factors are not with regards to climate conditions. It is the all powerful nanopulser that he is plugging shamelessly in almost every battery thread.

Edited June 5, 2010 by Fcw75

[Krado]

OK, yesterday bought the 61AH Varta Silver Dynamic battery and install it. $170, ok fairly decent deal.

 

Install where, electic chair ah?

[Mini-itx]

Install where, electic chair ah?

 

Install where, electic chair ah?.

[Pisces69]

I think most battery generally are the same. They differ slightly in terms of quality in production and thus the price, but will do the job most of the time.

 

I feel that the most important factor is the heat in the engine bay.

 

If you had that resolved, then even the cheapest battery will last a long time, at least beyond 2 years.

 

I experimented with a diy heatshield. Even an additional cover of foam material on top of the battery can reduced the temp, by 10 deg after a 10 mins drive for my case in the hot weather.

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I dont know if ALL batteries r about the same but I wud rather pay a little bit more for a good branded & well known battery for peace of mind.

 

I never tried the heatshielt. Maybe u can do a test report after u have tested yours & see if it helps.

 

I do know some cars come with it but not sure how effective it is yet. But I do know that if the battery gets too cold, it wil not have enough power to crank the starter even.

[Kb27]

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I dont know if ALL batteries r about the same but I wud rather pay a little bit more for a good branded & well known battery for peace of mind.

 

I never tried the heatshielt. Maybe u can do a test report after u have tested yours & see if it helps.

 

I do know some cars come with it but not sure how effective it is yet. But I do know that if the battery gets too cold, it wil not have enough power to crank the starter even.

 

We don't have to worry about cold. There's no winter here.

 

I had a heatshield made for my battery. I've been using it for a long time.

 

On a hot day, and a hot run, the battery would measure about 66 deg in the engine compartment without any shielding.

I used a infra-red thermometer to measure.

With the heatshield, it would measure around 46 deg.

 

It's a known fact that heat kills the battery.

That's why some cars come factory-fitted with it.

Even Avante, Forte now comes with battery heatshield.

 

In the US, where I rent cars, I checked them. Almost everyone has a heat shield of some sort.

Chevy Impala, Subaru Impreza, Kia Optima, etc.

[Pisces69]

We don't have to worry about cold. There's no winter here.

 

I had a heatshield made for my battery. I've been using it for a long time.

 

On a hot day, and a hot run, the battery would measure about 66 deg in the engine compartment without any shielding.

I used a infra-red thermometer to measure.

With the heatshield, it would measure around 46 deg.

 

It's a known fact that heat kills the battery.

That's why some cars come factory-fitted with it.

Even Avante, Forte now comes with battery heatshield.

 

In the US, where I rent cars, I checked them. Almost everyone has a heat shield of some sort.

Chevy Impala, Subaru Impreza, Kia Optima, etc.

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My frens Grand Voyager (American piece of 5hit I always called it ) had it. I tot prob to protect battery from the cold.

 

It was just a foam padding in PVC wrapped around the battery. A very simple thing to DIY.

 

Maybe if u find it really helps, I just might make 1 myself.

Edited June 5, 2010 by Pisces69

[Kb27]

Yes, a battery heatshield is definitely very useful.

I took the hint from the Subaru that I rented. It was corrugated plastic for the shield.

 

So I bought one sheet from Popular and cut it out to shape.

Then I paste armaflex foam on the plastic and got myself a cheap heatshield.

 

Good site to read about automotive battery:

http://jgdarden.com/batteryfaq/carfaq12.htm

[Kb27]

My diy heatshield:

 

[Pisces69]

My diy heatshield:

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Looks like an easy DIY.

 

I just might try it one day.

 

[Fcw75]

This is the factory heatshield from VW. I would say it's very good.

[Pisces69]

This is the factory heatshield from VW. I would say it's very good.

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I guess if I DIY, I wud use some high density foam to wrap the battery.

 

But I wonder how long the foam can protect the battery from the heat?

 

Maybe after 20 mins, the foam wil become as hot as the engine bay?

 

 

 

[Kb27]

High density closed-cell foam will last quite a while.

I have armaflex in my engine compartment for a long time now.

Some of them do show signs of aging and like going to crack, but they do a good job of heatshielding.

 

The same kind of foam is used for aircon pipe insulation.