Just a couple of questions . Is your new battery an AGM "Absorbed Glass mat" type & what is the amp hour capacity ? . You should see this on the label.My 2007 OEM is 70 Ah & AGM type.

When sellers speak of "expensive " my BS antennae begins to twitch.

 

############## They probably both expensive in my books, but on 2nd thought My DSL battery cost about as much and is a fraction of the size.

Old Battery:
First National Battery
A 000 982 22 08
12V 84Ah 700A (EN)


New Battery:
Varta F19
12V 85AH 800A (EN)

 

not going work on our cars.

 

Thanks,

It looks like the new F19 is a flooded type but no doubt will do the job for many years.

They are about A$100 cheaper than the AGM in Australia

http://www.batteriesdirect.com.au/fi...93945198_1.pdf

 

All I can assume its from his experience , I was lucky for it to make 8 years. Its not about the quality, its about the extra 100amps at starting boost capability for these cars that the replacement battery versus the previous one. I did made the final choice to go for this one.
Lets see if it outlast the car for any major breakdowns. if my car can make it for another 8 years without major breakdowns I'll be happy, it should go 300 000Km easily, I mean my Mazda did it and still going well(regular oil changes etc).

 

Could you please elaborate as to why? I'm going to guess it's because the power lead no longer has power when the car is off, right?

If so, can't you just splice out those cables (on the adapter thing) until you get a positive line and a negative line?

Then once you have that - same idea. Connect one to the positive lead and one to the negative lead. Same idea - job done.

But yes, to your point I don't think it'd work either, but thought I'd ask for clarification to see if we're (at least for once) on the same wavelength here

 

I bought one. Totally useless and did not work and yes, the battery supplied with it was fine.


I returned it and resetting radio presets and the clock takes about 2 min anyway so no big deal.

 

correct, all accessory outlets are switched off with the ignition (as they should be). jamming 12 volts into a circuit that might be on while the truck is off, is not an experiment i would like to undertake, regardless of what safeties are built into the memory saver.

they work on some cars fine (esp older ones). Another way is to power it through the OBD port, which i dont think is a good idea either.

(not directed towards SaP) is it that big a deal to reprogram radio stations?

remove old battery with car off, install new battery.

 

I know this wasn't directed towards me, and you're right, it's not a big deal. However, I'd really like to avoid that nuisance if possible (just speaking for me)

Thanks for the explanation!