melon Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 What batterys are people running in their GTs? Mine is always flat.. to the point where I don't dare go out anywhere, and its less than 2 years old. Think my alarm uses a lot on it, but was only a cheap £50 battery. Sorry if this is in the wrong section? Quote
Socks Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 If you dont use your car much and its stood around for long periods of time this is what will be killing your battery! If the car was a daily you wouldnt have an issue.... A Trickle Charger would be a much better spend of the £££ Quote
Patches Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I've got a bosch battery, never had any issues and i only use the car every 2-3 days. Eurocarparts are pretty good for prices, you would get a decent one for £50. Avoid places like halfords as they want silly money for their crap ones. How long does the car get left when u realise the battery has died? Do you have any amps/subs in your car? sometimes they can be draining your battery if the remote cables are not fitted correctly Quote
melon Posted April 29, 2013 Author Posted April 29, 2013 I have a trickle charger and the battery is left on it when the cars not being run. If the cars stood for two days then its flat on its arse. Needs more than 4 hours driving to get it to restart after 30 mins of being turned off- and the alternator is pretty much new.I've got a bosch battery, never had any issues and i only use the car every 2-3 days. Eurocarparts are pretty good for prices, you would get a decent one for £50. Avoid places like halfords as they want silly money for their crap ones. How long does the car get left when u realise the battery has died? Do you have any amps/subs in your car? sometimes they can be draining your battery if the remote cables are not fitted correctly I have an amp (i think... lol) will try unplugging it and see if it makes any difference and will grab a Bosch if not- thanks! Quote
Fizturbo Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Local motor factors do the best deal with 3yr warranty for a heavy duty payed £39 roughly 2year ago so price will have slightly gone up now.Part no : 545155033 varta dynamic (blue) Quote
StuDoc 72 Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) I've got a bosch battery, never had any issues and i only use the car every 2-3 days. Eurocarparts are pretty good for prices, you would get a decent one for £50. Avoid places like halfords as they want silly money for their crap ones. How long does the car get left when u realise the battery has died? Do you have any amps/subs in your car? sometimes they can be draining your battery if the remote cables are not fitted correctly Agree with this. Apart from Halfords batteries. They are expensive but they are far from crap. They may be unbranded but Halfords batteries are 1 of the best on the market. Edited April 29, 2013 by StuDoc 72 Quote
melon Posted April 29, 2013 Author Posted April 29, 2013 Agree with this. Apart from Halfords batteries. They are expensive but they are far from crap. They may be unbranded but Halfords batteries are 1 of the best on the market. Do Halfords warranty them still? Quote
AdamB Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Have you checked to make sure you are getting 14v at the battery with the car running? Shouldn't take 4 hours to charge up a little bit! Quote
StuDoc 72 Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Do Halfords warranty them still? As far as I know they do. Quote
melon Posted April 29, 2013 Author Posted April 29, 2013 Yeah, seems to be getting power fine. Only thing I can think to be affecting it is that its in the boot- but should still be charging :s lol Will nip down and get one this evening. Might see if the place I got this one from will change it Quote
Arnold Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 2 days isn't long enough, sounds like your battery has definitely lost a few cells. It's what happened to mine after I bought a new one but only used to drive it every weekend, sometimes every fortnight. After about 5 months the battery was dead, would only produce 3V and couldn't be charged. Halfords replaced it as I said it was faulty, but was my fault. Quote
Patches Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Agree with this. Apart from Halfords batteries. They are expensive but they are far from crap. They may be unbranded but Halfords batteries are 1 of the best on the market. Haha i've never had one to say if they were any good so i apologise Quote
StuDoc 72 Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Haha i've never had one to say if they were any good so i apologise Lol I'll let you off this time. They are good bats though. Quote
daniel_g Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I've got a little hyundai I10 battery, uses import size terminals and sits nicely in the bay. Will be getting fired in the boot at some point. Halfords batteries are made by a large company who makes many OEM rreplacement car parts, cant mind their name though. Quote
rasslenny Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 this is what im running... its completely sealed and in the trunk.... wasnt running anything that wasnt a dry cell http://stingerelectronics.com/productDetails.aspx?ProductId=141&CategoryID=4 Quote
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