what do you guys reccomend for battery.
i drive my mini once a month and find the battery always die's.
Am I better off buying a deep cycle battery or stick to conventional..
Are there batteries made for cars that sit in the garage for long period of time??

Once a month hmm dunno what type if I'm not driving mine for a while I disconnect it.

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PrOuDlY aSkInG qUeStIoNs FoR uR aMuEsMeNt

Optima red top , you may pay more up front but you get more in return

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http://www.extremebatteries.com.au/a/Fu ... _batteries

I have had a Full river battery for a year now . leave the car for 4 - 6 weeks sometimes, still cranks like new. I have a good alternator also.

Rod at Extreme Batteries knows his stuff.

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Now with 2 extra ports!

AGM (absorbed glass matt) are low discharge and work well in this situation. The downside is you may not get massive cold cranking amps in that style of battery.

I have an AGM battery in my motorbike and it works well with little use. I've also heard good things about Optima's but never tried one.

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Buy the biggest CCA battery you can fit into your battery box. I have a 550CCA Bosch from supercheap. I drove my car 7 or 8 times in total since Oct last year, no battery problems.

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Like Lillee i have big cca batteries, the reserve capacity is important too, bigger is better.

Lead acid batteries hate going dead flat, they won't come back to 100% of how they were before going flat.

Test the car for static current draw, should be less than 0.05A.

Otherwise, for any car that sits for a long time i strongly reccomend a good quality maintenance charger that cuts out once the battery is at float volts.

C-tec is very good, the one below won't be very good to charge a flat battery (only 800mA) but it will keep a good battery alive and well.



I have one like this, 3600mA and a couple more functions.

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

I bought an Optima red top recently and the doco with it is a bit vague about whether a normal trickle charger is safe to use. In the end I replaced the one I had with a Ctek 800.

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66 Deluxe, 07 Cooper

I had an Optima Yellow Top in various cars & ended out doing duty in the mini. It died after 7 years, so pretty happy with that. Not cheap to replace though.

You should only use a charger suitable for AGM batteries if you want them to last.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Exide " EX56D " $ 168.00 from Big W , 550cca ( cold cranking amps ) , plenty big enough , I have three of them , i run one in my mini , my Turbo Diesel Rodeo and an XR 6 Falcon.
They fit in the mini just right and i can swap them from each car if need be.

Red Optima.
My cars are lazy good fernuttin' layabouts. I need something that will hold a charge over an extended period while the cars lounge about in the garage doin' f'all.

Oh, and I have the cTek charger. Good fer me Ducati's as well.

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

nice nice and nice..
turned out a great thread..
i got a preice on optima RED top for $280 today..
thinking i might go down that path.. then again i can get a really good deal on bosch batteries.. missus works for siemens whom own bosch....
hmmmm decisions decisions..

Well, that make it easy , Optima for the garage car and Bosch for the regular use/ daily driver

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hey snail... have you got a 7 port head on yours???
I may be wrong but I thought you were on another thread talking about installing a 7 port head. How did it go and whats the power like?

Oh yes yellow top all the way great battery and light as well!