New Battery

[motocrosser]

Anyone know the best place to get a new battery put in for my vigo chaweng area?thanks.

[Rooo]

The best place is in Maenam, heading there from Chaweng it's on the left side. They sell all types of batteries will fit your new one & give you some trade in on the old one. I bought a Panasonic one for a diesel, I think it cost 2100 change over.

[motocrosser]

Ok roo will check it out,i think i might know what one it is.

[evadgib]

THB 4,600 + 5% discount for your old one @ Dan Autos in Maenam.

I was in & out in 20 mins last week.

[John 1]

THB 4,600 + 5% discount for your old one @ Dan Autos in Maenam.

I was in & out in 20 mins last week.

Even with the discount you were charged at least 1,600bt too much unless it was gold plated. If you have been here a while you will know there reputation. Nearly across the road from Dan is a shop you will get a 120ah for max 3,000bt.

[evadgib]

My wife was given the price by phone, it (price) was on par with the old one I was replacing & is for the same make & model of car raised in the OP.

Edited May 30, 2012 by evadgib

[poanoi]

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Edited May 30, 2012 by poanoi

[Rooo]

I don't remember 2100 or 3100, but a lot cheaper then the 4600. I got stung once by Toyota quoted me a price, ended up costing me around 5800, never again.

[poanoi]

http://www.amazon.com/PulseTech-SolarPulse-2-Watt-Battery-Charger/dp/B001D2V4ZE

[robsamui]

Rooo's on the ball here. The shop is right before Soi 1 coming from Bo Phut, left-hand side, broad-fronted and with space to pull in.

Bought several batteries there from bike ones to higher capacity for my old CJ7 Jeep. Highest price for the latter was 1,900B but that was 5 years back. A Standard car battery is not much over 2,000B - but they offer two kinds. One is "maintenance-free" meaning it's filled sealed and charged (I think) and you "don't need to top it up". The ordinary ones are several hundred baht cheaper - and having had both they each last the same time so go for the cheaper one! All fluids evaporate quickly in this climate and batteries need outlet holes to let the gasses escape - and the water in the acid therefore evaporates whichever one you buy. )The maintenance-free ones just mean you don't need to fill and charge them - but the shop will do this for you free anyway (you pay a few baht for the acid) - and give you money back on your old battery too.)

Just check that the battery terminals are the same size as your current one - but the last two car batteries I bought there had small posts but fitted with larger removable adaptors so they could take bigger connectors.

Cheers

Rob

Edited May 30, 2012 by robsamui

[Carlos Primeros]

There is a small shop on the right side of the road just about 100 m before the Maenam Post Office. Bought a good Panasonic low maintenance battery there for TB 3600 for Mazda diesel Pick-up (last year)

cheers, Carlos

[robsamui]

http://www.amazon.co...r/dp/B001D2V4ZE

Not a whole lot of use when you got a duff battery and need a new one . . . and at 2 watts it would take a whole day to do what a battery charger would do in 3 hours . . . 4,000+ baht including mailing . . . but thanks for the link anyway. A 6-24 volt 5-15 amp mains charger at the shop we're talking about is less than half this price. However . . . if anyone here ever needs a solar charger mail order . . .

R

Edited May 30, 2012 by robsamui

[robsamui]

and only everso slightly off-topic - grant me the indulgence to broadcast just how cheap (in comparison) the Yamaha dealer is in Chaweng.

Their parts are reasonable (Soi 1 in Mae Nam = 600 baht for a generic M-bike battery but the Yamaha scooter one has the Pos and Neg terminals reversed - price, 780 baht) but they fit the parts free while you wait.

Clutch and belt, both sets of brake pads/shoes plus battery, in at 1.20 pm and road tested and ready by 3.30. All for the cost of parts only. Fitted by nongs who use hammers on Yamahas exclusively.

R