Odyssey battery query

[BladesNSX]

Hey guys,

Sorry I've been out of the loop. Looks like I've been missing some fun/informative posts, but I've been really busy. Well, thanks to Makena88's post, I've been jinxed. My stock NSX battery is totally dead. It's not my alternator as I can drive the NSX and run my audio and my HID lights without a problem (until I come to a complete stop & activate brake lights, then the car is poised to shut off on me without a slight rev). I've been told that the battery serves to slightly suppliment the alternator in such instances.

IAC, I have decided to go for the lightweight Oddysey battery. Though, I would like to find a local place to get it if anyone in the South Florida area could offer some info please. If not I'm going to have to go thru NSXGOD at Daliracing and wait however long for the shipping (Don't wanna wait though). This brings me to my next question. I've done a search, however I didn't find much feedback for those who have the lightweight Oddysey battery with a trickle charger. I wager that driving my car only once or twice a week will require a trickle charger such as the Schumacher charger. Does the trickle charger work well with the racing battery?

Thanx again for the time guys.

 

[BladesNSX]

Hooray for me...Found a local place that has the Odyssey Battery in stock. Thing is they have one with a "metal jacket" and one without. Shall I go Full Metal Jacket? I'll ask a well informed person there if I don't get an answer here. I will purchase the trickle charger there as well. I suppose my only problem now will be fitting the tiny battery in the NSX battery compartment; <sigh> why do I get the feeling this will be a daunting task.

OBTW, thanx NSXtasy, as one of the sources you provided for the Schumacher chargers happens to be the local battery dealer where I am going to now. Hence, the NSX circle of life continues

 

[DeNguyen]

I dont know if you bought it already, but I bought one recently and here the cheapest price i could find. www.batterymart.com Shipping only took like a few days.

It was for my RX7, and dont forget to buy terminals

 

[Animate]

BladesNSX: FYI.... I just ordered the Odyssey 545 and battery mount from Dali. He does have them in stock and they're shipping today.

My old battery is fine, it just weighs too much!

 

[1BADNSX]

You can save a lot of money by buying the Hawker Genesis G16EP from Portable Power Systems or somewhere else. http://www.gotbatteries.com/Familyid.asp?FamilyID=SL105 for $69. It has the same internals with a different badge. This is explained very well at http://www.stealth316.com/2-dynabatt.htm

I have one in my M3 racer and it works great if you keep it fully charged. The problem is that normal trickle chargers don't work very well for these SLA batteries and a special charger has been developed for them. The battery engineer at Hawker explained this to me and specifically said not to buy a Schumacher. The proper charger is the Deltran Battery Tender Plus. www.batterytender.com The best deals on these are at Tucker Motorcycle Supply http://www.tucmoto.com/Merchant2/me...Store_Code=TMS&Category_Code=BAT-Charger-Plus

I hope this helps.
Bob

 

[The REAL nsxtasy]

I wager that driving my car only once or twice a week will require a trickle charger such as the Schumacher charger. Does the trickle charger work well with the racing battery?

Yes. I have a Black Panther battery, which was the previous name of the Odyssey, and the Schumacher charger, and they work fine together. I have been using them together for five years (plus the same charger with the OEM battery for six years before that), no problems whatsoever.

Whenever you drive your car once or twice a week, and you're going at least a few miles (so that the battery gets recharged by the alternator), then you won't need to plug the charger in. I generally plug it in if the car is going to sit for about 10 days or more. (I'm not sure how long it would be before I would have trouble starting it, but I know I'm okay for at least that long.)

HTH

 

[BladesNSX]

Hey thanx for the input guys....Bad new is...the Battery store (Battery Sales USA) had the Odyssey battery in stock; however they didn't have the terminals for auto applications. I asked if they had anything that I could use to modify the battery for auto application but they told me there was nothing I could do. They made alot of effort to dissuade me from purchasing the 545 battery, saying that it would not provide the needed CCAs for auto application.

Well, I just got a cheap battery for the NSX for now. I will just look to the NSXGOD for what I need. Besides, the store was asking $117 for the battery; and, Dali wants $99 I believe?

Oh BTW, I was going to go ahead and buy the schumacher charger but the guys at the store were all excited about some new type of charger called "BatterMINDer" which is designed to be a "smart charger" with a chip. Whatever, the things supposed to charge 12 volt batteries with an automatic shut off and a desulphation feature. What I don't understand is the need to plug the connectors to the chassis, and something else I forget, if the battery is installed in the car. Why can't I just connect to the battery terminals/studs?

 

[Macster]

I bought the Hawker PC925MJT for $106 at Batterymart.com plus $20 shipping. The local battery store had it in stock but wanted $225 for it!!!

This is the larger one at 24lbs, 470 CCA--which is suitable most all of us even in cold climates.
http://www.batterymart.com/battery.mv?p=ODY-PC925MJT

It comes with a metal jacket for extra protection against heat and ??. This replaced a 4.5 year old, Black Panther (same) battery.

Dali sells the mounting kit for this size as well.

 

[The REAL nsxtasy]

You can look up a list of Odyssey dealers in your area here:
http://www.odysseyfactory.com/odybuy.htm

The Schumacher charger has an automatic shutoff feature also; it only charges until the battery is fully charged, then shuts off.

I've never heard of "desulphation"...

 

[Kinan]

Lead Acid batteries sulfite all the time. Mainly from misuse -- not being charged.
Here's a good explaination I found...

Sulfite crystals form when the battery charge is reduced and/or the discharge/discharge cycles are not well suited for the battery. These sulfite crystals act as insulators to the flow of electricity in the battery, seriously degrading the capability of the battery to have electricity flow in it, reducing its charging and discharge capability.

Like most battery desulphators, this unit uses a sharp pulse of current forced into the battery suddenly to "jar" the sulfite crystals and cause internal resonances, both mechanical and electrical, to grind down the sulfite crystals that form so they can be recombined into the battery acid.