Another Battery Problem.

Joe9090

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81900036#Comment_81900036

Many thanks for your reply. The car is a Astra 1.4 Turbo 16V 150 Sri Petrol Hatchback first registered in 2017. I have had it since 2019. I would assume the battery come with the car because I have not changed it.I would not mind paying a bit more if the next battery lasts that long!

Joe9090

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81897114#Comment_81897114

Thank you for the autopartspro link. I need to find the battery measurements and the exact model number before I go any further.

Joe9090

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81900142#Comment_81900142

Many thanks I think I am getting there at last. I cannot believe you need so much info just to get a new battery but I would not have been able to do it without the help on here.

Goudy

The Part Number from your current battery indicates it's just a normal flooded lead acid battery.

But your model and year car could have been built with Stop/Start. Some did and some didn't.

If it has Stop/Start, it will take a different type of battery construction. This will be either an Enhanced Flooded Battery (EFB) or an Advanced Glass Mat (AGM) battery. These tend to be expensive and f'ing expensive but can handle repeated starting without damaging the battery.

If you car does have Stop/Start, that would mean your current battery is wrong.

Now batteries tend to overlap. There will be similar size and terminal layout batteries that will fit with different amps and CCA's that tend to be suitable for your car and the way manufacturers tend to code or describe them also confuses at times when you find all these batteries listed for your car.

So going off your Part Number on your current battery you are looking at:

A 063 type battery (this generally relates to the size and terminal layout)

It will be 207mm (L) x 175mm (W) x 190mm(H)

With 50 amps and 360 CCA (Cold Test Current).

But you can still fit a 063 type battery with say 52 amps but not really less and 400, 450 or even 470 CCA's but not less than 360 CCA.

If your car has Stop/Start you are looking at a different, much more expensive battery.

Joe9090

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81900706#Comment_81900706

Thanks for your reply. I have checked the battery size and it is the same as the 063 type as your message above. My Astra Owners Manual mentions the Stop-Start system saying it helps to save fuel and reduce exhaust emissions but it does not confirm its in my car. The manual covers at least four B14 1.4 L Engines so I am none the wiser. Earlier on in this thread someone gave a link to Autopartspro which shown batteries for my car but all of them did NOT cover the Astra B14 engine

fatbelly

II think you'd know if you have stop/start. It would annoy you at every traffic light.

paul_c123

If it has an override switch on the dash somewhere, it should have stop/start.

sheslookinhot

It astonishing that you have had a car for 6-7 years and you don’t know if it has stop / start.

BlueonBlue

I believe some of the battery sizing info above is mixed up….. its very easily done

A lead acid UK Type 012 is 207L x 175W x 190H ….so size wise…. its just 15mm taller than a 063 (many batterys are 175mm wide and then only vary in lenght / height)

The 063 is a very very common battery and therefore…. always cheaper …..

UK Type 063 battery sizing is 207L x 175W x 175H

If your battery is one of these lead acid UK Type 012 or 063 Type batterys you can certainly get them cheaper as advised earlier just do the research work .Here is a example of the very common UK 063 type/size as above a Exide £38 delivered .You can get a 063 Varta for £41 .

Tayna is 15% off at pres but this can change at any moment .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277000880394?mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=3&campid=5336549684&customid=ppr-uk-2950918529&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

Other examples come along if your willing to do your research you can buy various brands cheap delivered and save on future batterys.

If you buy batterys from Halfords your going to get burnt over and over again for decades .

In the above 063 example Halfords wants £83 for a rebadged yuasa 063 4year battery …thats more than double the cost .

Note Halford (orange) batterys are rebadged Yuasa,s and so are DriveTec batterys….. DriveTecs can be got from GSF via Ebay discounted or sometimes via GSF ebay…. but picked up instore for less than half Halfords cost .

Picking up instore is real further value as you have a point of return during the 3 or 4 year warranty so if it fails they test how its failed and may give you another just like that .

Taking this even further still …..I was able to put in a bigger higher Ah/CCA …Cold cranking amp battery in my vehical for far less cost buying via ebay so I won on price and gained more Ah and CCA spec .

BlueonBlue

Here is the start stop EFB Exide 012 for £58 as a example

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277000904227?epid=252272998&itmmeta=01KJF3AGKRRCTN9JZX7HRBCS3Z&hash=item407e8a5e23:g:I2sAAeSwxVRpQX43