Horizontally Opposed Man

Does anyone have any know with say the Braille,Odyssey ,or,Antigravity lightweights if you can get by with out auxiliary charging if you start the car once or twice a week?Any recommendations about which one to buy.the car is 996 gt3 do I need anything special to fit it properly in the tray?I love the Porsche piece of course but it's crazy money !thanks in advance HOM

rlm328

I have an Odyssey. I disconnect it when not in use. If you discharge it too much you will need to use another battery as a buffer between it and the charger.

Veloce Raptor

Just use a battery tender.

Tom W

My track car has an Odyssey PC680. It sits for a month or more at times between races without issue (master power switch off = disconnected). I use a CTEK charger when it needs charging. They last about a year before starting to die. You can keep an Odyssey on a trickle charge without an issue (I do that over the winter).

DrJupeman

I have noticed this, too. No matter how nice I am to these wee batteries, they die quickly...

rlm328

I've had the same battery for 3 years now. It has been totally depleted before. I do not use a trickle charger but just recharge when I have to. These batteries have a memory and when you trickle charge them they build immunity for lack of a better expression.

winders

The PC680 is a valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) AGM battery. It does not "have a memory". Odyssey says this battery can be maintained on an appropriate trickle charger.....

Scott

85Gold

I think I am going to try one of these next. Going to put it in the TTD Civic Si.

http://lithiumpros.com/shop/12v-lithium-powerpack-2/

Peter

f1rocks

I'm on year three, have totally discharged once or twice (forgetting to turn off master) did a jump start and let it charge at the track no problems.

I've never put it on a charger.

Horizontally Opposed Man

F1rocks which battery are you using ?How much does it weigh?TIA HOM

mglobe

My PC680 never fails to let me down. If I don't pull the kill switch each night, and the temperature is much below 60degf, my 996 won't start. I'm pretty well done with it and shopping for a replacement right now. This is the third one I've had and they all have been the same.

Veloce Raptor

BatteriesPlus snowmobile battery is an exact clone of the Braille, costs 1/3 as much, and lasts twice as long. That's what I use in my M3.

winders

VR,

"Exact clone" yet lasts twice as long???

Scott

Veloce Raptor

Take your Braille into BatteriesPlus, tell them "I want this" and you get a much better choice

DOUGLAP1

I have been very please so far with the Deka ETX30L:

http://www.dekabatteries.com/assets/base/0278.pdf

At about 22 lb it is not the lightest possible, but is very reliable.