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Old 28-10-2014, 14:12   #253
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by rhyds View Post
This is what I stuck in: http://www.tayna.co.uk/Type-076-Vart...ery-P3131.html

52Ah, 520CCA.

This was what I compared it to:

http://www.tayna.co.uk/Optima-Yellow-Top-P3118.html

38Ah, 460CCA

I can see the advantage of AGM type batteries, but not for this particular application. The car is a £600 banger, and a Varta Silver will do fine for what I use it for.
Ah, the Yellow Top isn't really what you need to compare it to. More comparable would be the RTR 3.7, 44aH, 730 CCA, but still lot's more money. As you said, for a £600 car it's a no brainer. Generally the machines my company sell these for are Tractors and thus it's not just the value but downtime that is taken into account and thus Optima's are generally worth it long term.
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