light weight battery?

[J.R.]

Looking for a light weight battery.I have no extra battery needs other than the motor,no stereo or big lights etc...what is the smallest CCA that will support a 225 promax?needing to cut weight,I`v been on weight watchers myself!

[chewymalone]

Look at the Odyssey's. A little pricey but compact.

[Baja170]

I run the PC925 Odyssey batts in 3 sxs machines. I would think they would handle cranking a 225 ProMax. They crank stroked bored V-Twin Kawasaki engines 12.5:1 compression and WAY harder to crank than stock now on a single battery.

Warning though: The last two I have bought were not as good quality as the prior 4. I run 2 per machine.(one for backup as they take some CCA to crank the big V-Twins) Not sure if that has been sorted or not, it has been about 6 months since I got the last two. When they are good they work GREAT. I use an Odyssey brand charger to charge/maintain them.

[JPEROG]

Baja is on it with the 925 responce. I crank a 300X with it-keep it hot with their charger as he indicated as well.

Joe

[David Borg]

I use pc 925 for my 2.4 200 running an electric pump , stereo and gps never had a problem.
They are a good cranking battery and deep cycle all in one.

[Mark75H]

Another vote for the PC925 Odyssey

[tux974]

Another vote for the PC925 Odyssey

X's 2 with S/Steel holders for me!

[Baja170]

Nice setup Tony.

I am not sure where you get your hold downs but FuelUTV makes a mount for a single PC925 for Kawasaki Teryx 4 that would be perfect for a boat and light weight and actually looks very similar to what you are using. It is held down by 4 screws and you could seal the holes and put some rubber washers under it to dampen vibs. It has a metal bracket that goes across the top and holds the battery nice and tight.

[Onetime]

I run the Odyssey PC680 on my 200XS twin engine set up. Always figured I could pair them up if needed for starting and have never needed to. A single PC680 starts a 200XS with no problem.

Running the same battery in my airplane and it cranks over a 360 cubic inch high compression four cylinder Lycoming no problem. Also run them in my motorcycles cranking hi compression Harley's.

I havent had a problem with the quality control on the Odyssey batteries and hope it doesn't start. Optima's used to be a great battery then the quality went to crap leaving me stranded a couple of times in the boat. Won't even consider an Optima again.

Looked into Braille batteries. Light weight with high cranking capacities but a lot more pricey. Found Odyssey didn't make a battery to fit one of my bikes so while researching Braille batteries discovered they are made by Dekka. Found one to fit correctly and works like a champ. Read somewhere that Braille picks the batteries that test the best of the line and put the Braille sticker on them.

Odyssey, Braille and Dekka are AGM construction batteries and can be mounted in any position without leakage.

[capnzee]

What is the cost of these batteries? I just bought a small battery for a 172 (150 HP) and the cost was 300 bucks! Time to look in another direction.

[Onetime]

The Odyssey PC680 runs $100-135 depending on where you find them. The Dekka's run in the same range. The Braille are crazy expensive.

[capnzee]

I looked these batteries up on the internet. Some of them have metal jackets. Would they be considered maintenance free batteries? They look like the perfect answer for aircraft though probably not FAA approved. I am about fed up with FAA/government approved ****!

[Baja170]

I have never gotten a 925 + shipping for less than about 150 to my door. They are AGM sealed batteries, but they need an AGM charger because they peak at higher voltage than lead acid batteries. They also take vibrations WAY better than Lead acid batteries that fail over time in high vibration environments. I went through a few stock lead acid batteries on my side by sides before I started running the 925's and have never looked back. I run them on their side in the mounts I use from FuelUTV.

I was not bull****ting about some of the 925's being better than others. My buddy who bought a 2013 T4 from me has a bad 925 in it right now. SO far we have gotten 3 bad ones between us. One bad from jump street, two that took a while to show they were not as good as the rest. They all peak within .1 of each other from day one, it takes a while to know what you have for sure.

First indication is when you get back from a ride and go to peak them, they peak a lot faster than the good ones, at least on the Odyssey charger. If you know you put a dent on the charge and they say fully charged in 15 minutes, they are on the way out, (no matter what the ending fully charged voltage is!! It will be the same as your good ones!!!) watch out.

It should take 30-45 minutes or so at least on the Odyssey charger I am using after I crank a bunch of times on them for the really hot and good ones to fully peak.

The Odyssey charger will go through charge wait charge wait charge wait indefinitely once they peak then drop and it may seem like you are reviving a bad one, but it just won't happen sadly even if you leave them doing the loop for a week, just not going to happen.

[stoker2001]

I get away with an Odyssey PC625 on a S3000 drag (16amp charge) with Weldon 2015 pump.gotta keep her charged after every outtting tho

[bb18]

How long are you going to be running for?