Paulished

I have a 991.2 and recently had my battery die and found out the hard way how to pop the hood with a dead battery.

Id like to buy a battery & alligator clips that I can keep in my frunk for emergency situations.

Can someone recommend the best best solution for this? Even better would be to have something that could pop the hood and jump start if necessary.

Can someone send an amazon link?

Thank you!

xford

Get a Anti-Gravity battery - save 30 plus pounds and have remote auto start! Battery auto puts its self to sleep with enough juice for a few starts - comes with a couple fobs. Not cheap but for the weight savings alone its a bargin IMO

Sidvicious7

https://www.lifewire.com/best-portab...arters-4140286

Dead Battery - Power from Power Pack Contact Points

OliverK68

Not going to do you any good if you keep it in your frunk.

Porsche_nuts

This!

Also, can't go wrong with anything on Sid's list.

Norsk

I carry this on the floor behind the passenger seat.

bkrantz

That's my plan, too. And thanks for the reminder to check the charge. (I have these in my other vehicles, and also gave them to my kids.)

Bob Z.

How old was your battery? Did you leave something on to drain it?

Antigravity

Hi Everyone! So in addition to our battery xford mentioned earlier we've got some other options that could provide some great solutions in scenarios like these. One option is right along the lines of what Paulished is looking for in that we have a harness you can run directly from your battery and plug into a jumpstarter. This will allow you to jump the vehicle as well as provide short term power if you just want to pop the frunk. We make them to connect to our Microstart as well as other existing jump starters and they can be found in the link below the image.

Starting Harness

Now we also have another cool little item called the battery tracker which would be more of a preventative measure but is great for sever other uses as well. This guy will let you monitor your voltage in real time, show you how fast a parasitic drain could be if one exists and also send alerts to your phone if the battery is getting low and needs to be charged. In addition it also has cranking and charging system tests available to view even more information. This is all done via bluetooth and sent to an app on your phone whenever you come within 30 feet of the car and very simple to set up.
There are options for lithium batteries as well as lead/acid and can be found here.. Battery Tracker


If you have any question on the items or applications always feel free to let us know.
-Chad
chad@antigravitybatteries.com

Porsche_nuts

I can vouch for the Anitgravity's Battery Tracker. Easy to install and works great.

Class5Kayaker

Alligator clips in the frunk won't help you access the frunk with a dead battery!

I did a mod to my wheel liner to have the emergency access cable accessible without removing the tire and wheel well liner. I used a 9/64" drill bit for the hole. In the first pic I've circled two "indents" in white. You can see where I drilled my first hole, but I ended up needing to shift it to where the green circle is. The second pic shows you the cable itself circled in green. After drilling the hole in the liner, just re-install the liner and feed the cable through. Once it's all buttoned back up, no one has any clue that the cable is there (you'd have to know where to look and shine a light in the wheel well to see it). You can access it with the tire still mounted (I have 20" wheels, but I'm not lowered) and grab the cable and pop the frunk.

But what about theft?? The worst case scenario is someone knows this cable exists, then they check to see if you've actually done this mod, and then they pop your frunk and can steal something from inside the frunk. If you have battery power, as soon as the frunk is popped using the cable, it sets off the alarm though.

911mhawk

I've bought an XP-10 and a Sport for inside my 911s in case I need to open the hood.
The XP-10 started my turbo with a dead battery, the sport couldn't.
As an aside, the ATX-30 restart I've been using since 10/18 in my mostly track turbo has performed great, never have had an issue. I've let it die a couple times from lack of use and after a jumpbox to start the car, then driving for 15-30 minutes, the battery was fine.
Have been thinking about putting one in my 991s when the 7 year old original goes.
https://shop.antigravitybatteries.co.../micro-starts/

Antigravity

Thanks 911mhawk! For those of you considering a Microstart this weekend is a great time to get one as Antigravity Batteries is running an amazing sale this weekend starting 7/26/19-7/28/19 on select Microstart Jump Starters. Models include our most compact unit in the Sport(White) but also our most powerful units in the XP-10 and XP-10 HD which are strong enough to start a 7.3 liter diesel. So if you're looking for something compact to energize the system or something bigger with a little more juice for all of your jump starting needs as well as to have for back-up power for your electronics be sure to take advantage! Coupon Code is FLASH3

koven

Whats the correct link / model to order for a 2017 carrera?

Antigravity

Hi Koven, For batteries I believe on the Carerra's the stock size was an H7. But of course as with most modern models you would have the option of using multiple sizes but just adjusting the stock cleat hold down for the battery so either the H6 or H7 would work great and the 40Ah option would be the suggested route to go.
H6-40-RS
H7-40-RS

For Jump Starting the the smallest I'll usually go on a car is the XP-3 but the XP-10, which is part of the sale this weekend, covers everything!
Micro-Starts