[Healeys] Batteries

[Earl Kagna]

Fred:

Over the years, I’ve found that NAPA has had good batteries.  The secret with any of these batteries is to keep a battery maintainer / charger on them most of the time in order to keep the battery from sulfating, because they tend to sit for fairly long periods between drives.  This has worked for me for years with RV batteries, collector car batteries, etc.

I finally changed the tri-carb’s battery after 13 years awhile back – it didn’t fail, but I simply didn’t want to push things.  I think it was an old Delco.

The Optima batteries are fine, (more expensive) but probably not necessary in a Healey. 

I use the Battery Minder brand – I’ve got several of them.

http://www.batteryminders.com/batteryminder-plus-charger-model-12117-12v-1-33-amp-charger-maintainer-desulfator/

Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BJ8, BT7 tri-carb



From: Fred Wescoe 
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 3:48 PM
To: healeys 
Subject: [Healeys] Batteries

I took a stroll thru the archives but not find difinitive answers to my hunt. 

I need to replace a 2 year old Interstate battery in my BJ8.  The archives mention Interstate (I'm not impressed with them) and the gel based batteries.

What experiences have people had with dependability and longevity as well as starting strength with batteries?  Should I consider Diehard in the mix?  

Thanks,

Fred,
66 BJ8
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