Old, flat, leisure (golf) battery

[williamwright]

Of course I have. At Cleethorpes on the sea front.

Bill

[williamwright]

CPC/Farnell ain't a cheap shop. I buy scooter batteries fairly regular and I shop around.

Bill

[Bev]

Tayna batteries is usually my first point of call for batteries. I have no idea if any of these fit the OP needs but...

[Dave Plowman (News]

For car etc batteries found Tayna pretty well unbeatable, even including P&P.

[AnthonyL]

[AnthonyL]

[Fredxx]

Isn't the Tayna battery an AGM one too?

[Dave Plowman (News]

AGM is what they tend to specify for stop/start engines in cars. So presumably gives a better life under heavy use? Not sure about deep discharge, though.

BTW, Lucas is no longer a UK company. And not even sure if all new Lucas branded car bits from the same maker. Their new replacement distributors are poor quality. But the battery brand may be from a different maker.

I normally go for Bosch or Yuasa. For best.

[Fredxx]

I thought EFB Enhanced Flooded Batteries were now the preferred Stop/Start battery. AGMs have the plates under compression so less likely for lead particle pressed into the plated to fall out.

As a very general rule, the heavier the battery the better. I generally go by weight. Also you should never discharge a battery below 50% or it's life will be seriously compromised. Plate buckling is cited as a cause.

Some batteries are designed for multi-cycle life, but rarely over 2,000 cycles. Some are rated at 80 cycles.

But it is a name, and some of their marine batteries look good on paper.

However the smart money is on Lithium as these can be discharged regularly down to 20%, meaning you don't need the same capacity as a lead-acid bank for the same performance.

But you generally pay for a name. My last car battery was a Yuasa and it was a competitive price.

[Animal]

More or less all golf batteries are AGM. (There are presumably li-ion in use now too)

[Dave Plowman (News]

Paying for a name you know was why I mentioned Lucas.

The longest lived car battery I ever had was the first replacement to my (used) BMW, which I kept a long time. The original BMW labelled one did just over 3 years. The Bosch replacement, 11. Never had one last that long before ever.

[AnthonyL]

The golf trolley is old. Newer batteries are Li-ion, and of course they are more expensive. But presumably there is no reason why it shouldn't work instead of a lead acid is there?

[AnthonyL]

Very helpful. Fortunately it is classed as a 36 hole battery so should only be 50% down after one round. So is it really a 72 hole battery?

On the other hand how do I know when I'm down to 50%?

Weight is 5.85Kg (12lb 14oz in real money).

[Theo]

The main thing to watch with lithium, particularly lithium iron phosphate, is temperature. They don't like running below 0C because there's a big capacity dropoff. An EV has a thermal management system to keep the battery nice and toasty, but if you're using them as a lead acid replacement you may find they don't like being run in the winter.

Probably fine as a starter battery (enough to start the engine which will then recharge them/warm them up) but as a 'leisure' battery you may find the range drops off.

Theo

[Adrian Caspersz]

Dead Old Battery Restoration

Not hard, just deadly.

[Andy Burns]

Certainly a skill, but ought to wear safety sandals to keep acid off toes, and make sure you wipe your hands on your tunic before eating sarnies ...

[williamwright]

Astonishing.

Bill

[Animal]

It is if you ignore safety. Like a lot of things in life.

[Tim Lamb]

I see they don't bother to have different size +ve/-ve terminals!