Defender battery - what I fitted

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haptad

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I've just replaced the battery in my 110, the previous owner having fitted an undersized one that died early. Interesting that on many of the sites where you enter your number plate, many suppliers offer very limited suggestions or none whatsoever (Halfords!). Also, battery prices seem to be plucked out of the air, bearing no relationship to Ah, CCA or guarantee.

Having trawled through forum battery advice and measured the battery compartment, I chose this one:

It's Yuasa, 110Ah, 950 CCA (so well over the recommended minimums) and with a 5-year warranty. It's as large as the compartment will take but still leaves enough space either end to fit the battery clamp hooks (though your existing clamp bar may not be long enough). I paid £120 with GSF's discount at the time (just wait and they'll be offering a different one) but you can pay double that elsewhere for the same battery.

It doesn't say where it's made, unfortunately, though I think Yuasa makes batteries all over the place and I've found them OK before.

Anyway, just thought this might help someone...
 
I've just replaced the battery in my 110, the previous owner having fitted an undersized one that died early. Interesting that on many of the sites where you enter your number plate, many suppliers offer very limited suggestions or none whatsoever (Halfords!). Also, battery prices seem to be plucked out of the air, bearing no relationship to Ah, CCA or guarantee.

Having trawled through forum battery advice and measured the battery compartment, I chose this one:

It's Yuasa, 110Ah, 950 CCA (so well over the recommended minimums) and with a 5-year warranty. It's as large as the compartment will take but still leaves enough space either end to fit the battery clamp hooks (though your existing clamp bar may not be long enough). I paid £120 with GSF's discount at the time (just wait and they'll be offering a different one) but you can pay double that elsewhere for the same battery.

It doesn't say where it's made, unfortunately, though I think Yuasa makes batteries all over the place and I've found them OK before.

Anyway, just thought this might help someone...
You're half a day too late 😂
I had to replace my battery for the same reason in my '94 ex-MOD 110, didn't get that deal or that grunty a battery. Ended up with a Yuasa 95ah 720 which was considerably better than the previous battery (about the same price) and I'll look out for something like yours next time around. 😊
 
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