Battery replacement and opinion
Its new battery time, and now spending some time on doing my research.
Eventually , after searching the long line of possibilities of course came across the Optima Yellow Top D34-78 and looking into it ($449 at Batteryworld, but found it on-line for $288 including delivery). Just getting tired of my girls leaving the doors open while camping and find myself have a wimpy slow cranking after an hour, so want to get something that can put up with that kinda 'drain' (besides putting LEDs in)
Now, my question is regarding some info I found:
It stated that the recommended alternator output for it was between 13.5 and 15 volt. I know from my on-car load testing, my (stock) alternator will put out a max to bring the voltage on the battery to about 13.2-4 Volt when running. Not looking into an alternator upgrade , so would that be enough? No use in getting a little nuclear plant in there while it will be sub-optimally charged every time, I reckon.
Curious about the opinions, and also what kind of batteries people run in their XJ. Mine chewed up 2 Century Hi-Performance (type 57) 540 CCA RC 100 within 4 years, ...
EDIT: my in-store load testing of the to-be-replaced Century showed a CCA (well, at room temp) of 350 CCA....
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97 XJ 4.0 Sport (Nov)
Chrysler 8.25"
189.000 km
Stop calling your car a "she". It's a car.
Last edited by Roler; 02-10-2015 at 06:07 PM.
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