Braille Batteries

[Teebone]

These batteries are very light and pretty pricey, anyone have any experience with them?

 

[cmayna]

Huh?

 

[Teebone]

The name of the battery is Braille.

 

[AzPete]

No personal experience but have heard they are not good for daily use. Seem pricey for what they are....less power but you have less weight.

 

[Teebone]

No personal experience but have heard they are not good for daily use. Seem pricey for what they are....less power but you have less weight.

I knew they had to have a drawback, they weigh about 20 pounds half the weight of a normal battery

 

[camachinist]

If you're thinking of one for the Shelby, given its performance parameters, and if a group 48 will fit (think so), I'd go with this one:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/brl-b7548/overview/

IIRC, you have a gear reduction starter in that car. My main concern would be adequate heat-soak capability due to the engine performance level and cooking the starter with the headers, increasing demand on the battery for hot starts.

Last dumb stuff old technology battery I bought at Autozone cost 130 bucks so up to you whether 340 is worth it or not for a battery with that capacity that weighs 45 lbs. The Autozone one with similar specs. weighs a good 20-30 lbs more.

 

[180 Out]

Don't think of it as $340 for a group 48 battery, think of it as "quality-built from recycled lead and plastic, equaling a lower cost for you and a benefit for the environment." In other words, be glad they don't use that high priced virgin lead and plastic. They'd be expensive if they did that.

 

[cmayna]

The name of the battery is Braille.

And here I thought it was a brand of batteries for the blind. :dun

 

[70 StangMan]

The name of the battery is Braille.

And here I thought it was a brand of batteries for the blind. :dun

For their flashlights.

 

[camachinist]

I saw a group 31 Lithium Ion battery for 1200.00 and was tempted.

 

[Dave2g]

The name of the battery is Braille.

And here I thought it was a brand of batteries for the blind. :dun

That's what I was thinking.. :whis

 

[blue65coupe]

I've never seen one
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get it?

 

[zray]

No personal experience but have heard they are not good for daily use. Seem pricey for what they are....less power but you have less weight.

One way to get by with less battery power is to use a msd ignition that has a start retard feature like the msd digital 6+ does. It retards the timing by 20 degrees when starting, putting a greatly reduced load on the starter (and battery).

Z