We had those red story boards at the London Concour last year. Can we keep them I asked? No came the reply as we use them over and over with a new screen print.
1st time I've seen one with two sets of terminals. Interesting!
Tayna certainly are top trumps when it comes to service . Back in August the battery I bought from them for the C3 less than 12 months ago let me down twice in the space of a week after a recharge . I was reasonably certain I did not have power drain on the battery so phoned Tanya to discuss the `suspect ` battery and they told me to return it for testing and if defective they would reimburse me . Being desperate for a reliable battery as Silverstone Festival was only a few days away , I bit the bullet and ordered a new one which was delivered the next day . I used the packaging to return the suspect battery by their courier free of charge and received a full refund within the week so the battery was obviously duff . Excellent service !Changed the battery in my '71 today. Old one no longer holding charge for long so ordered a replacement from Tayna yesterday at 3:00 pm and had it delivered today at 9:15 am - excellent Tayna service as usual.
Old battery was american side terminal and although I'm not enamoured of side posts in general, since I didn't feel like changing my battery cable terminations, I ordered a side post replacement. Both old and new batteries are Enduroline which are Tayna's 'own' brand but I chose a replacement that is slightly longer and has a higher CCA of 740 A as opposed to 510 A and a C20 capacity of 74 Ah instead of 60 Ah.
When it arrived I was surprised to see that the new battery while side terminal connection, also had top 'cone' terminals as well....
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I'd fitted the old battery with a screw type isolator.....
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...to make isolating the battery easier when working on the electrics. In practise using it was only slightly easier than disconnecting a cable and it had been quite unreliable in making a secure connection. Since I now have top terminals as well as side ones I'm reconsidering using these instead since access will be easier and connection to top posts I find simpler and more reliable; isolation when needed can be achieved simply by unclamping the earth lead connector. To avoid re-terminating the battery leads I could use adaptors such as these....I'll give it some thought.
Still, at the moment my new battery is spinning the engine over very energetically and starting is no longer a 'maybe' ?
Me too. I did wonder if perhaps the manufacturer had decided to use a 'universal' dual terminal casing and maybe only connected the one pair as appropriate; so I stuck a voltmeter across the top posts and sure enough, they're all live.
The dual post batteries are not new, mine's been on my C3 for at least 5 years and also supplied by Tayna
Yeah when mine came from America in 2016 it came with dual posts too.
Now hold on a minute there, I dont want to be branded a technophobe!Seems like Chevrolet (the member, not the Company) and I are the only ones still unaware of the march of progress....
I've never owned a C2 or C3 that looks like the candidates for those two sets of terminals batteries. Have only owned a C4, C6 & C7.
C2's have a springy round clamp so the dual post jobbies are aimed at C3's and other marquesNow hold on a minute there, I dont want to be branded a technophobe!
