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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #45 on: July 28, 2011, 06:17:10 pm »
Thats quite a weight saving.  :happy2:

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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #48 on: July 30, 2011, 06:09:30 pm »
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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #49 on: July 30, 2011, 10:00:34 pm »

Forgot!

Car's at Keanos, will check in the morning, again! lol

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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #51 on: July 31, 2011, 09:44:55 am »
i don't know if you've resolved the fitting problem but i was thinking possibly cable ties?
at work we used heavy duty cable ties that weigh nothing and could easily hold a battery in place as ive used this method before on a Machine when the clamp was broken by thief's.

Just a thought  :happy2:


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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #52 on: July 31, 2011, 12:10:44 pm »

19.2 Kgs  :happy2:
70 Ah  ??

OEM one?  Will check in the morning



OEM Battery is 70Ah  :happy2:

Surely not.  How can you replace a 70Ah battery with a 15Ah battery

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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #53 on: July 31, 2011, 05:00:03 pm »

19.2 Kgs  :happy2:
70 Ah  ??

OEM one?  Will check in the morning



OEM Battery is 70Ah  :happy2:

Surely not.  How can you replace a 70Ah battery with a 15Ah battery

I'm sure we'll soon find out if their enough or not.  Anyone thats fitted one had any problems yet?  Although maybe too soon to tell.

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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #54 on: July 31, 2011, 06:36:18 pm »
Heres the weight of my old battery



And it's a 70Ah one too


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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #55 on: July 31, 2011, 08:13:49 pm »
 :happy2:

My fat battery is a 70 Ah type as well while I know A3 2.0 TFSIs just having 60 Ah.
Keep in mind ''Amp hours'' isn't the one and only. ''Cranking Amps'' is even more
important ro start an engine.

So if you don't listen to music while the engine isn't running I don't see any issue
reducing the Amp Hours radically.
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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #56 on: July 31, 2011, 09:14:45 pm »


Aarons has been left 4days so far with the TR battery and started fine  :happy2:

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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #57 on: August 03, 2011, 06:57:39 pm »




Heavy duty velcro is so far surviving roundabouts  :happy2:
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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #58 on: August 03, 2011, 07:33:35 pm »
Looks good mate! Excellent mod. Stevie.

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Re: Weight saving whores - Lightweight Batteries *discount content!*
« Reply #59 on: September 03, 2011, 08:21:15 pm »

A review on the CTEK unit I have brought to Maintain the Braille battery  :happy2:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,34376.msg418951.html#msg418951