Colin from Hull said:

Hi, i have read on the Forum to upgrading the battery, i need a new battery for my P38 4.0 SE 97, the one i have found is a VARTA 595-405-083, 95Ah,830 C Amps £103.07 onre problem will be the larger size of the battery 306/175/225 mm this one i think will be ok. Just wondering if you lads can recommend a battery. Colin

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magictiny said:

I just bought the big expensive one from Halfords, it works perfectly.

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wammers said:

A battery from Halfrauds. Have you won the bloody lottery?

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jt_armstrong said:

I swapped mine out earlier this year. Halrauds wanted 115 quid. I eventually got mine from performancebatteries.co.uk. Cost about 60 quid although I didn't get an uprated one. Mines is just the 75amp standard which works well and came with a 4 year warranty. What more do you need....

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Derek Ward said:

I changed mine for a diesel spec one which is bigger than the petrol version. Cost about eighty quid from the local Auto Electrical place with a 3 year warranty. That was 18 months ago and haven't had a problem. Gets left for weeks at a time too (no idea whether the RF receiver has been changed or whether I just live in a prehistotic area with no remote door bells etc)

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dougdotcom said:

my shed alarm is cordless and at the moment ive parked round the back of the house to do some repairs and have to leave the battery on charge all the time or it would go flat in a night and that was a new 75 amp new a month ago at a cost of £64, 1 yr cover.

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uncle albert said:

sound like somthing rong with motor and youre draining battery, if batt u/s its still under waranty if i read youre post right

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dougdotcom said:

Yes i think the battery is being drained by the Alarm as its waking the BeCm up all night and day ill put the meter on battery and alternator to check all out.

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