New Battery for a C3

[sn0wyuk]

Hi Everyone,

I recently purchase my C3 & need to source a new battery for it as the current one is gubbed, Are there any reccomendations on specific brand/make I should take particular note of when looking for a new battery?

Thanks,
Snowy

 

[antijam]

What year is your car? Big block or small block? Do you have an original style side post battery and do you want to replace it with the same or alternatively a top post battery? Regardless Tayna will have what you need. An 069 is a fairly popular size and Yuasa a fairly popular manufacturer.

 

[Roscobbc]

What year is your car? Big block or small block? Do you have an original style side post battery and do you want to replace it with the same or alternatively a top post battery? Regardless Tayna will have what you need. An 069 is a fairly popular size and Yuasa a fairly popular manufacturer.

As Antijam says - Tayna to source your battery. The Yuasa brand has been a supplier of lead acid batteries for the security and fire alarm industry for years and are well regarded (and made in UK). Don't bother with any of these fancy-pants batteries that supposedly have extended life cycles - or seemingly 'well known' old British brand names (these companies are long gone - marketing company has 'bought' the rights to use the name.....much like many tradional UK appliance brand names) better to use less expensive standard cell units and budget to replace every 6/8 years. A good trickle charger will help extend battery life.

 

[sn0wyuk]

Thanks guys.

It's a small block 1976. Not sure what's mean by the original style side post battery, does this refer to the post terminals? If so, the connectors on my current battery are on top of the battery, and not on the side.

Thanks for all the help Gents, will go with Tanya

 

[antijam]

Thanks guys.

It's a small block 1976. Not sure what's mean by the original style side post battery, does this refer to the post terminals?.......

Yes, this is a typical side post battery......

They're a standard fitment on american cars and would have been the original type on yours. A lot of imports over here have had their batteries swapped for the more common European top post type as yours obviously has..

 

[teamzr1]

Hi Everyone,

I recently purchase my C3 & need to source a new battery for it as the current one is gubbed, Are there any reccomendations on specific brand/make I should take particular note of when looking for a new battery?

Thanks,
Snowy

Consider the battery group and cold cranking amps required for your model year

Be like group 75 or 78 and at least 650 CCA

 

[Chuffer]

Tanya gets the from me too . Fitted one to my 1980 C3 last year after much research on what was best .

 

[Forrest Gump]

Tanya gets the from me too . Fitted one to my 1980 C3 last year after much research on what was best .

Tanya is just the supplier though of various battery brands?

I‘ve had an Exide EA722 in my Vette for well over ten years and still going strong. Tanya still sell them I see.

I don’t trickle charge it. Some years the car has been left six months over winter and still starts the car perfectly. I do however disconnect it when I’m back in the garage via quick release terminal. I think this might be what preserves the battery, and is a good idea on an old car anyway.

 

[antijam]

Tayna has been typo'd as Tanya three times in this thread. I'm not criticising - it happens, but I wondered what the OP would get when he Google'd Tanya instead of Tayna - I mean I'm sure Tanya is a lovely girl but is she really a major supplier of batteries?
So, I Google Tanya and guess what comes up as the third listing? Tayna Batteries!! This typo must be so common that Tayna must be wondering why they didn't call themselves Tanya in the first place.

 

[Roscobbc]

I mean I'm sure Tanya is a lovely girl but is she really a major supplier of batteries?

Perhaps not a supplier of batteries........maybe a major user?

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Perhaps not a supplier of batteries........maybe a major user?

 

[CaptainK]

I do however disconnect it when I’m back in the garage via quick release terminal. I think this might be what preserves the battery, and is a good idea on an old car anyway.

Same. Mine being a 1968 has some first year oddities in it, including the "always positive" wiper system (changed in 1969 onwards to be negative based). It leads to fun things as batteries discharging quickly when not in use. Indeed, it happened to my car when at a garage being worked on for a month or so. It also killed the fairly new battery I had put in it. So they gave me an old battery kicking around the shop to keep me going. Its been 6+ years now and that old shop battery is still going fine, as I keep the battery disconnected (quick release) when I'm not using the Corvette.

 

[Forrest Gump]

Same. Mine being a 1968 has some first year oddities in it, including the "always positive" wiper system (changed in 1969 onwards to be negative based). It leads to fun things as batteries discharging quickly when not in use. Indeed, it happened to my car when at a garage being worked on for a month or so. It also killed the fairly new battery I had put in it. So they gave me an old battery kicking around the shop to keep me going. Its been 6+ years now and that old shop battery is still going fine, as I keep the battery disconnected (quick release) when I'm not using the Corvette.

Doubles up as my anti- theft system too.