Defender battery - what I fitted

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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. 😊
 
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...
Fitted the same to my 90 earlier this year. Paid a bit more for it than I wanted to but the capacity and warranty was better than anything else.
 
Those battery finder web pages where you put in the registration or make and model seem to give you the minimum you can get away with, rather than something that'll keep you going reliably through a few British winters. I tend to go for something in the neighbourhood of 100 AH and 1000 CCA if I can, assuming a reasonable price and whether I can fit it into the battery box.

I think last time I went for an Enduroline 664 - a bit lower on the CCA and a bit higher on the Ah - but that's the kind of capacity that'll keep things turning over.
 
Yuasa are okay, I bought from halfords which was good, as it got weak after two years so they replaced it foc.
They have a terrible reputation in the hgv game.
 
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