Who's using smaller redtop and race batteries

[shiftspark]

Hi

Any one who's using the above on a road car what are you using and does it hold the charge etc
Also what make size are you using?

Thanks

 

[kevo66]

Me. Redtop 15, no issues with charge!

 

[Jay Payne]

Just fitted one today so cant comment yet.

Its an odyssey 680. (same as Redtop 25)

If used regulary i cant see it being a problem. But if left connected to the car and not driven it will need to be put on a 'proper' dms type charger.

I miay get a conditioner of some sort to leave mine toped up as I dont use it as a daily driver

 

[kevo66]

But if left connected to the car and not driven it will need to be put on a 'proper' dms type charger.

I miay get a conditioner of some sort to leave mine toped up as I dont use it as a daily driver

Enlighten me mate. Should I need to leave mine at some point??

 

[Naith]

me... soon, will be running the same as kevo66, i know his has been fine

will open up space to play with induction too.

*kev bell me tomo when ur free*

 

[kevo66]

me... soon, will be running the same as kevo66, i know his has been fine

will open up space to play with induction too.

*kev bell me tomo when ur free*

Will do mate! Hoping to hear off Fred 2mo too! Fair play, really good of him!!

 

[Jay Payne]

Enlighten me mate. Should I need to leave mine at some point??

Conditioners are very popular with the 'kidney donors' (fair weather bikers) motorhomes and sunday sports car owners.

basicly its like a charger but only supplies a small amount of current to keep the battery topped up while not in use. just enough to stop it draining down/supply the small amount needed to keep the clock/radio memory going etc. It wont recharge a flat battery tho.



The other thing to do is disconnect the battery when leaving it as they dont really loose charge like a normal car battery when not connected to a car.

But that aint practical with alarms/radio settings etc.

 

[kevo66]

Conditioners are very popular with the 'kidney donors' (fair weather bikers) motorhomes and sunday sports car owners. basicly its like a charger but only supplies a small amount of current to keep the battery topped up while not in use. just enough to stop it draining down/supply the small amount needed to keep the clock/radio memory going etc. It wont recharge a flat battery.

The other thing to do is disconnect the battery when leaving it as they dont really loose charge like a normal car battery when not connected to a car.

But that aint practical with alarms/radio settings etc.

Or my ECU remap

So... these conditioners. Need to be mains connected??

 

[Jay Payne]

This is what i mean. a conditioner can be left on the battery indefinatley.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Accugard-Car-battery-charger-1-8ah-conditioner_


This is the kind of thing you would idealy need. Looks after the battery in all ways. can charge and trickle. Specialy designed for these type of betterys


http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p6845/DMS-8-AMP-3-STAGE-CHARGER/product_info.html

A normal 'Halfords' £9.99 charger will ruin the battery

 

[kevo66]

This is what i mean. a conditioner can be left on the battery indefinatley.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Accugard-Car-battery-charger-1-8ah-conditioner_


This is the kind of thing you would idealy need. Looks after the battery in all ways. can charge and trickle. Specialy designed for these type of betterys


http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p6845/DMS-8-AMP-3-STAGE-CHARGER/product_info.html

A normal 'Halfords' £9.99 charger will ruin the battery

Brill mate, ta!! Will have on of the merlin units on payday!!

 

[Jay Payne]

Shop around for one. think I'll get one like that too. if you look after these batteries thay will last ages.

We have these type in jump start packs at work. they dont ever get charged up on proper chargers and they last 4years+ charged via an alternator. But they are never left to go flat

 

[kevo66]

Shop around for one

Aye, will hit ebay!

 

[Jay Payne]

Aye, will hit ebay!

way ahead of you

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DMS-Red-Top-Single-Stage-Battery-Charger-

 

[kevo66]

way ahead of you

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DMS-Red-Top-Single-Stage-Battery-Charger-

Good work sir!

 

[rich_y2]

I've run Red Top's or the Odyssey on my race car's for many years and that can frequently be stood for a couple of weeks, maybe a month, without any running or any charge and not had problems with the battery runnng flat. In fact I charged the battery before dismantling the car for winter back in October, I fired it up last weekend straight away without having to pre-charge it again. That said there are no circuits draining my race battery during down time but I don't see why they would react any differently to 'normal' batteries when your car is stood.

 

[shiftspark]

^ What are the sizes of the batteries you guys are using rich_y2 and kevo66

cheers

 

[kevo66]

Redtop 15

http://www.varleyredtop.com/products_15.htm

 

[Riley!]

what sort of prices are these? and where you guys get your securing straps

 

[rich_y2]

That's the same DMS charger that I use, tried various other 'std' chargers and although I've not had any battery problems I did find they wouldn't charge these batteries correctly/fully, no such problems with the DMS, and you can leave it connected permanently if you are laying the car up for a period of time as already stated. It's also brought back to life some standard car batteries I used many years ago that have been stood in the workshop, normal chargers would do nothing with them.

 

[kevo66]

Mine was ebay mate!

Tie straps I got from work, any will do tho TBH!

 

[Keith185]

Kevo66, whats the longest that you have left your car standing and started succesfully with the redtop15?

Have you still got all electrical items (alarm/imobiliser/cd player etc)

 

[kevo66]

Kevo66, whats the longest that you have left your car standing and started succesfully with the redtop15?

Have you still got all electrical items (alarm/imobiliser/cd player etc)

Yup, all that!! Not left it more than 3days as yet

 

[Jay Payne]

Ive bought a conditioner/charger now. It was only £35 from the local battery specialist i got the battery from.

In conditioning mode (when the battery reaches 12.8v) it puts out 0.2amps so more then enogh to keep the battery topped up/power the clock and radio memory.

It can also recover a battery that has gone flat. Puts out a max of 0.8amps. Very pleased with it and it even has a nice bracket to mount in it the wall in my shed. Just need to fit a power socket in there now. Looks a bit odd ahving a cable hanging out of the livivng room window.

Hard wired (with a connector on it) to the battery that is supplied with the kit