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braille battery
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:45 am
by SILINC3R
thinking about getting a braille batery.
http://braillebattery.com/
if i went with the lightest one. what would be the problem with running this one the small has 527 pulse cranking and 10 amp/hr reserve
my battery now has 8XX cold craning and not sure about the reserve however i now i use it when i work on the car and it will last for a good bit. plus 3 hours before i turn the car off just in case.
the 9 pound has 813 pulse craning and 12 amp/hr reserve
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:55 pm
by GodSquadMandrake
Their not good for daily driving if that's what you have in mind. They won't work well in the cold and you can't just play your radio for hours and expect it not to be drained. Their kind of like camera batteries from what I've heard. They have high energy but only for short periods.
I personally just went with a smaller wet cell battery from a Honda Civic. It was like half the weight but still provided good performance all through winter provided I didn't do anything stupid like leave me lights on and I didn't have a big stereo either so that wouldn't affect it. The grounding kit and gold terminals I installed helped too with the cranking powa.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:23 am
by Adam West
I had a braille for a couple of years - it worked ok but like GSM said it was for fair weather use only...I'd probably have a summer and winter battery on a daily driver.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:53 am
by SILINC3R
hmm interesting. so what if i went with like the 9 lbs or the 12 lbs would that be even better
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:17 am
by 555BCTurbo
The weight savings/general hassle would make zero difference to your FWD NA car...
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:42 am
by Aerotech
C'mon, guys... no Helen Keller vibrator jokes?
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:44 am
by SILINC3R
555BCTurbo wrote:The weight savings/general hassle would make zero difference to your FWD NA car...
but they would make a difference to a AWD car?
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:16 pm
by Legacy777
SILINC3R wrote:555BCTurbo wrote:The weight savings/general hassle would make zero difference to your FWD NA car...
but they would make a difference to a AWD car?
No
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:38 pm
by Adam West
Put the battery in the trunk. That's my next project re: battery...
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:52 pm
by SILINC3R
Legacy777 wrote:SILINC3R wrote:555BCTurbo wrote:The weight savings/general hassle would make zero difference to your FWD NA car...
but they would make a difference to a AWD car?
No
thanks that was my point on his point. i think it would be cool to have the battery and a little less weight wouldnt help
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:49 pm
by SLODRIVE
IDK, I kinda like the looks of those batteries. They're about the same price as an Optima but way, way smaller and lighter. Saving 25 lbs. or so isn't a bad thing at all IMO.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:43 pm
by jefferson
I have the small Odyssey pc680 in my car and have had no issues with it. I don't have a big stereo in it either. I don't know how the Braille compares to the Odyssey though. I didn't write anything down, but I did weigh the old battery and if I remember right I lost about 15 pounds.
Jeff