Oem Battery Specs Anyone Know?

[Ginettamad]

My original OEM sealed Exide battery has a little window on it which is now showing clear and on its label it says if the window is yellow or clear replace! Cranking is now slowing in the cold weather so its on it way out.

So I have had a quick look at batteries recommeded which show quite a range of differing specs so I wonder what spec the original exide was as its lasted 5 years. No specs are printed on the case just what look like part numbers?

Specs offered relate to Size 017 or size 100?

Amp hours range from 72ah to 88ah?

Cold cranking Amps from 680cca to 750cca

 

Three case sizes come up too ie

278mm x 175 x 175High

353mm x 175 x 175H

278mm x 175 x 190H

 

I will now have to measure the Exide one!

 

Prices vary from £59 to over £100 and most give a 4 year guarantee.

 

So basically I want a similar spec to OEM for a reasonable price and long guarantee and high cca but its difficult to choose w/o OEM specs.

 

Anyone?

 

Harvey

Edited November 17, 2010 by Ginettamad

[edatelder]

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[George106]

Hi, I am looking for new battery as well and I found two of them on ebay for reasonable price:

 

Varta and Exide

 

 

George

[Ginettamad]

Much cheaper ones are available on line with free delivery but just wanted to know the OEM specs. None say 900cca for a Galaxy ie normally around 780cca suggesting the ebay ones are bigger than really required (not that that would be a problem).

H

[sotal]

Have you measured up how big a battery you can fit in?

 

Mine has quite a large tray and I could fit a much bigger battery than it has, but I've seen another galaxy which had a block box with wires going in/out next to the battery which took most of the spare space up. No idea what the box was, but maybe it leads to the variations you have seen?

[George106]

Have you measured up how big a battery you can fit in?

 

Mine has quite a large tray and I could fit a much bigger battery than it has, but I've seen another galaxy which had a block box with wires going in/out next to the battery which took most of the spare space up. No idea what the box was, but maybe it leads to the variations you have seen?

 

 

Today I finally got my new battery, it's Exide 017 TE 100Ah CCA900 and fits perfectly in the tray, even the battery cover sits fine, looks appropriate to the space and hopefully would feed my heater well :( .

 

George