Our 2.5 - a battery biography
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:26 pm
Idly raking though log of battery replacement on our '96 2.5, since getting the car 'new' in 1999.
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A spell of neglect after we moved to Spain in 2004, and the car was laid up.
Thereafter, fitted Yuasa 096's (currently Yuasa YBX3096), which have not disappointed.
** An investment in a CTEK MXS3.8 intelligent charger in 2015, and with the car getting regular use now around once a week for long and very long journeys, I just leave it hooked up to the CTEK in the garage, where it always starts on-the-button.
Looks like battery life is now around 5 years; will be interesting to see if the CTEK does anything to extend that.
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A spell of neglect after we moved to Spain in 2004, and the car was laid up.
Thereafter, fitted Yuasa 096's (currently Yuasa YBX3096), which have not disappointed.
** An investment in a CTEK MXS3.8 intelligent charger in 2015, and with the car getting regular use now around once a week for long and very long journeys, I just leave it hooked up to the CTEK in the garage, where it always starts on-the-button.
Looks like battery life is now around 5 years; will be interesting to see if the CTEK does anything to extend that.