[mattipuh]

As my battery seem to become dead, I've thinking of going for

- Optima 2.7 (might not fit under hood, odyssey fits better?), or

- Odyssey 925 or 1200



my concern is that is 28Ah enough for 968 Alarm system, or should I get at least 40Ah?



Car dealer recommended me general Varta Black 70Ah (E9) Battery, but I don't like it because of it's weight. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



Of course I could put the battery in Car's trunk, but not being such an expert with car electric stuff, I think It's too tough stuff to do for me.

Had enough puzzle with Car audio + amp's, although it was fun in the end. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Jason Judd]

I've had a few problems with my Odessy battery...I changed it out.



Jason

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[flash]

putting it in the trunk isn't too tough, but it isn't cheap to do it right either - one of these days i'll get the saddle kit made up - i finally removed mine so i could duplicated it, and got the drawings done, and just need to make mounts for the hardtop adaptation

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[biotechee]

I put an Optima Redtop in my previous coupe. Had it for 1 maybe 2 years. Seemed to be OK overall. I think the model number was SC35. I was lighter than a normal battery, but not by much. I should have also purchased a CTEK battery maintainer (CTEK 3000 or 3300, can't remember the model) as the lightweight sealed batteries really do well when they are "maintained" during non-driven periods.



The really lightweight Braille is for racing applications. I would not recommend putting it into a street 968. Braille does make versions that are probably suitable for the 968 and are still fairly light when compared to a normal battery. I think they make a 17 lb and a 21 lb version that probably have enough juice for regular 968s. Get a battery maintainer and use it.



Consider also Deka. From some research I did, either Deka makes Braille, Braille makes Deka, or someone else makes both. Deka offers (for all intensive purposes) identical batteries to Braille (not all models), and they are significantly cheaper.



I was going to go with an Odyssey for the cab, but now I may rethink due to Jason's experience. The Odyssey model is the 925 IIRC.



I'll probably look at Deka now. Regardless, I'll be getting a maintainer with "permanent" connections.



(Can you tell I am a proponent of battery maintainers?!

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[mattipuh]

Thanks for the good input guys. I phoned one local reseller of Odyssey batteries, and they told they're not so eager to sell that battery, because there has been some quality issues with them. Might of course be that the alternator is not suitable for that battery, or some other issues, but concerning my need for "drop and forget" type of battery, I think odyssey might be risky to use. I'll probably go for regular battery (run my car all year around, so winter cranking + few extra Ah's count), and then purchase motorbike battery for track use and summer sprinting. There was one Motorcycle battery with 19Ah's, which might do the job. have to check if there's enough cranking power though. In Finland there's winter now, so there's no real need to have light car. only during summer, when all the power and acceleration is useful to be available. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



I'll check those Deka batteries aswell, haven't noticed it before.

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