When Duckworth's had the Rangie in they warned me the battery may be dodgy. This seemed to be corroborated this morning when I had to jump start it, after making several 20-minute runs over the last few days. I'll take a look at the battery and check water levels etc, but what are the group's opinions on the most suitable batteries for this use?
Thanks, David
Short runs in this weather will drag down _any_ battery. This may not be quite as critical as it seems, but it depends on your normal use. If you're making a lot of short runs, you have less tolerance for an older battery.
Also, I've found that an hydrometer will show that a battery charger needs to run for a _long_ time before the battery is fully charged. Compared to the alternator, they're low-current, and it will take much longer. But battery voltage (and hence charging current) isn't that obviously related to charge state. Though it isn't as tricky as Ni-Cads would be.
We get all our batteries from a place called Multicell.
On or around Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:45:53 -0000, "David French" enlightened us thusly:
the biggest bugger that'll fit.
not seen under the bonnet on the P38, so I'll not tell you that a 643/644 will fit.
it *will* fit in the MK1 disco, though, and earlier RR I assume. You have to move the piece of wiring loom which runs around the end of the battery 'til it runs over the battery, and modify the clamp a bit with a big hammer.
it also has a clearance of about 2mm. But it goes in.
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