Batteries?

[Rich]

The battery on my Midas has just about had it, anyone at the gates of Stoneleigh on Monday would have seen Ben pushing it to restart it after I forgot to turn the side lights off for a few minutes.

I'd like to move the battery into the boot and preferably have a slim one that could be mounted on the bulkhead so that I'm not losing a load of space back there. The batteries from the likes of Varley cost roughly double what I'd expect to pay for a 'normal' sized battery. Are there cheaper alternatives out there?

[manifold]

Hi Rich.

Not sure if you saw them at previous shows but PowerVampRacing do a small battery. If you get the 32mm squared cable (absolutely required for boot batteries) you will be able to use the PVR25. I use one of these on the convertible.

http://powervampracing.com/detail.asp?ID=23

Savings can be had by not using their alloy mounting bracket but I went for it as its shiney. Supposed to be good battery for 10 years....if you dont let them go flat. Mine holds a charge all winter on the spare.

To be honest its the battery cable and connectors which is the costly bit as you need about 6-7 metres of each to get round the car. For qhuick release and jump starts I wired in some anderson connectors which tidy the job up.

It may be prudent to get one of those special computerised trickle chargers but its not essential.

[Rich]

Hi David,

It was your installation and the subsequent room it freed up under the bonnet that got me going down this route. I agree 100% on the bracket as getting the thing up and out of the way is part of the plan, I use the underfloor storage in the boot so I don't want to be fixing a battery by its base either.

I've missed a couple of likely Odyessy batteries on Ebay this week, damn mobile phones and slow connections at the vital moment!

I can afford to wait for one to come up at the right price as I can always put the battery on charge while I'm at work and it's not an issue unless I'm using the lights and heated screen all the time.