Lightweight battery
03-31-2015, 08:41 AM
#16
Three Wheelin'
I had the PC680 for years, in the winter it struggle a little bit, but never let me down, I always cut the batterie when I left the car for over a night, I make sure all lights and equipment are off before starting the car , still I wait until the C4 pump pressurise the AWD system before stating, it weightS 7kg , 16 Amp and more important the CCA ( starting power ) is 160, I just fitted now A lithium ; weighting 1,5 kg, 20amp. And 440 cranking power ,very happy so far
03-31-2015, 09:40 AM
#17
Burning Brakes
i use a yuasa NP17 industrial battery. 6kg, 18AH and 330A CCA. Enough for my high compressed engine and the C4 hydro pump. Cost only 40bucks here in germay...
03-31-2015, 10:11 AM
#18
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Gosh darn. I wrote a nice post and I got logged out! 
Anyhow, a friend of mine recently opened a company and makes batteries in carbon fiber casing, which weigh a lot less than the voltphreaks and other options and is actually cheaper. Testing was completed just this year.
as you can see: 1.18kg or 2.5lbs vs. the voltphreaks 5.25lbs for the 22.5Ah version.
If anyone is interested let me know and I'll ask him.
Link to shop smaller battery
https://www.liteblox.de/produkt/liteblox-1180/
Anyhow, a friend of mine recently opened a company and makes batteries in carbon fiber casing, which weigh a lot less than the voltphreaks and other options and is actually cheaper. Testing was completed just this year.
as you can see: 1.18kg or 2.5lbs vs. the voltphreaks 5.25lbs for the 22.5Ah version.
If anyone is interested let me know and I'll ask him.
Link to shop smaller battery
https://www.liteblox.de/produkt/liteblox-1180/
03-31-2015, 10:13 AM
#19
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
03-31-2015, 10:16 AM
#20
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
03-31-2015, 10:19 AM
#21
899USD battery
40 USD shipping
= 840€
+42€ 5% customs
+168€ tax (19%)
= 1050€ or 760GBP / the other one costs 468GBP so about 40% less....
03-31-2015, 10:22 AM
#22
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Did you mount it as per jevvy964's impactbumpers.com link?
Any mounting advice?
03-31-2015, 10:24 AM
#23
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
03-31-2015, 10:34 AM
#24
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...sey-25-obpoa80
Dont quote me on that as I only have the battery to measure up not the bracket yet. You will need to buy the conversion post thingys, worth getting as you buy the battery otherwise you wont be able to use it:
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...es-pair-pvrbtm
I've still got my old PC680 if you want to borrow it to look at fitment, I probably wont get back to looking at it for another month or so. I'm just down the road in Reading but my Mrs is heading to Windsor tomorrow I think.
03-31-2015, 11:36 AM
#25
Burning Brakes
here is a picture without the wiring. I used a heavy duty master-switch from a marine-shop
03-31-2015, 12:51 PM
#27
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Its mounted in the smugglers box in an impactbumber car so not much use to you I'm afraid. I am looking at fitting one in my 964 and I think there is just about space to fit one of these against the inner wing where the normal battery usually sits.
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...sey-25-obpoa80
Dont quote me on that as I only have the battery to measure up not the bracket yet. You will need to buy the conversion post thingys, worth getting as you buy the battery otherwise you wont be able to use it:
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...es-pair-pvrbtm
I've still got my old PC680 if you want to borrow it to look at fitment, I probably wont get back to looking at it for another month or so. I'm just down the road in Reading but my Mrs is heading to Windsor tomorrow I think.
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...sey-25-obpoa80
Dont quote me on that as I only have the battery to measure up not the bracket yet. You will need to buy the conversion post thingys, worth getting as you buy the battery otherwise you wont be able to use it:
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...es-pair-pvrbtm
I've still got my old PC680 if you want to borrow it to look at fitment, I probably wont get back to looking at it for another month or so. I'm just down the road in Reading but my Mrs is heading to Windsor tomorrow I think.
But as i'm going to have to fabricate my own bracket for both the PC680 and the Yuasa, it makes sense to go for the later as its more powerful, lighter and half the price.
03-31-2015, 01:11 PM
#28
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Could you let me know the exact model you are using, i can't find an 18AH Yuasa NP17 online. Only the 17AH.
03-31-2015, 05:34 PM
#29
Gosh darn. I wrote a nice post and I got logged out!
Anyhow, a friend of mine recently opened a company and makes batteries in carbon fiber casing, which weigh a lot less than the voltphreaks and other options and is actually cheaper. Testing was completed just this year.
as you can see: 1.18kg or 2.5lbs vs. the voltphreaks 5.25lbs for the 22.5Ah version.
If anyone is interested let me know and I'll ask him.
Link to shop smaller battery
https://www.liteblox.de/produkt/liteblox-1180/
Anyhow, a friend of mine recently opened a company and makes batteries in carbon fiber casing, which weigh a lot less than the voltphreaks and other options and is actually cheaper. Testing was completed just this year.
as you can see: 1.18kg or 2.5lbs vs. the voltphreaks 5.25lbs for the 22.5Ah version.
If anyone is interested let me know and I'll ask him.
Link to shop smaller battery
https://www.liteblox.de/produkt/liteblox-1180/
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