Lightweight Batteries...

[Accordtheory]

If your going to get one of these small batteries, battery tneder is your friend. I bought a battery tender junior and its made my life so much easier. I have an overprice Braille battery. the 11 lb one I believe.

All these small batteries will die in a couple of days of sitting, so plan ahead. my Braille died and I sent it in under warranty, but they were trying to say my cars charging system was at fault. I said no and please exchange under warranty.

I just have to say, this is absolutely ridiculous. A battery that you have to plug in or it dies in a few days?? What is the point of that? It's such a small reduction in weight that it won't even show up, street racing, autocross, drag racing, whatever, at a huge expense of convenience and practicality. Trying to save a few pounds only to have to push start your car, that sounds like fun. And yeah, I've push started my car, by myself, probably about 20 times, thanks to my old seatbelt system killing my battery, so I know how lame that is firsthand.

[guaynabo89]

it is lame.

alarms don't help either.

ask anyone who has the small braille, if they can leave their car sit for a week and the car won't start, they'll say yes.



I personally bought it for the space it saved me, not the weight savings.

[lostforawhile]

I don't know whats going on with these batteries to make them go dead so quick, I know a lot of people with odysseys and they don't have problems like this, yes the alarm draws a small amount of current, but it shouldn't be killing them that fast.

[AccordEpicenter]

it is lame.

alarms don't help either.

ask anyone who has the small braille, if they can leave their car sit for a week and the car won't start, they'll say yes.



I personally bought it for the space it saved me, not the weight savings.

Me too, thats the only reason for this. I dont want to relocate the battery to the trunk, then the track officials want me to have a battery box, about a mile of welding cable and an on off switch. But, the on off switch should kill the car, not just turn off the battery, so youd have to put the alternator on a solenoid too. Forget it, ill just get the small battery haha

[lostforawhile]

here's a good FAQ on the odyssey and it explains why people think they have problems when they eally don't http://www.odysseybatteries.com/faq.htm#a

[Bglad420]

Well I installed the Deka EXT14 in the Coupe, and so far so good, I haven't driven it yet (Still waiting on my SS brake lines before it's back on the ground) But I can say that It fires right up every time, no issues yet, and It's sat for a couple days too. I'll update more as time goes on.

[AccordEpicenter]

keep us updated plz!

[Bglad420]

Well the cars been in my shop for about a week now with the battery sitting idle, and still fires right up no issues. I'll do another update in about a week once I've got some road time on it. But I highly doubt I'll have any issues.

[AccordEpicenter]

i ordered a battery tender jr to keep the battery charged

[Bglad420]

i ordered a battery tender jr to keep the battery charged

Yeah I have one too, but I'm not using it yet, I'm still feeling this thing out, but so far so good. Not a single issue.

[guaynabo89]

Bglad420, you got the Deka original part that's relabeled as the small Braille battery right?


my car has a slight drain because of the alarm. Since I haven't been driving it on a regular basis, the battery tender jr has been a lifesaver. Plus it comes with a lead you can hard wire into the car as well.

[Bglad420]

Yeah the braille's are just marked up re-badged Deka's.

[guaynabo89]

why didn't you tell me that like 3 yrs ago.

[AccordEpicenter]

Bglad420, you got the Deka original part that's relabeled as the small Braille battery right?


my car has a slight drain because of the alarm. Since I haven't been driving it on a regular basis, the battery tender jr has been a lifesaver. Plus it comes with a lead you can hard wire into the car as well.

thats what im going to do, hardwire it in. The car doesnt get driven everyday so i want to keep the battery maintained

[Bglad420]

Well took her to the auto-x today, no issues what's so ever yet. I'm really liking this battery.

[AccordEpicenter]

Update: The etx14 has been rather impressive soo far, I was cranking the engine over for a couple min in 15 sec spurts before we corrected the firing order and fixed a couple of wiring issues, then it fired right up. I drove the car out of the garage a few feet on the starter before it was running too. Also, when the car was running, at first, it wanted to die at every stoplight and stop sign so we had to restart every so often too and the battery took it like a champ. Honestly, it works better than my old junky diehard that I think may have been going bad, soo far soo good!

Edit: Ive left the battery tender connected to it when im not around, just to be on the safe side. Plus, it prolongs the life of the battery, because im not driving the car every day

[Bglad420]

A little update on mine. No issues whats so ever been able to leave it sit for about a week w/o a tender and fires right up no hesitation.