ilostmypassword Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I'm looking for a gel battery like Boliden Brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) The railway Station road ,on the Superhighway end has many places selling car battery . Edited April 12, 2016 by anto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 You'll be lucky. I was amazed to find my new car came with an old type lead-acid battery. It's incredible what is done to cut costs and sell a car with as few extras as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaptainrob Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Pro-auto on Hang Dong Road will supply and fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MadMac Posted April 12, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2016 Don't think it matters, simple lead acid without fancy gel will do. You don't turn your car upside down or mount the battery on it's side like in an UPS. Batteries last 2...3 years in this climate here. Temperatures above 30C are poison for batteries, so they will all die sooner or later. Take the cheap option, it wont make any difference. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Sorry for bump but sooner than a new thread, is temperature when parked vital, if so will park under the roof awning in the shade when left for long periods. Is a lead acid battery degrading even when unused in this climate, as you can judge I am not a mechanic ? Edited October 11, 2018 by RubbaJohnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMac Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) Sorry, did not follow this thread. Yes, high temperature is poison for lead acid batteries, best to avoid anything higher than 30C, which is impossible here with a car battery. So parking in the shadow will be better, not only for the battery. If it is not filled with the acid, it should not degrade, given you keep it in a dry clean place. Otherwise it does. What helps are these small automatic top-up chargers that may also have a desulfating (pulsing) function. Edited November 9, 2018 by MadMac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 There are quite a few FB battery outlets in Chiang Mai. When my lead acid battery weakened in my Vigo I stopped at the one just west of the Ping river on Mahidol road, they were going to install another lead acid battery but put in a gel battery at my request. They were quick and used leads to maintain power to the vehicle which keeps power to the computer, radio and clock so resets are not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMac Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yeah, that is another thing if you run completely empty. There are also some tricks nobody knows. One I know you have to push down the mirrors 1...2 times to enable there security stop, that is for Mazda and Ford Ranger. Other cars have at least problems with radio and alarms. Gotta love those old cars who still needed a real driver ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danthai Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Twenty years here and 3 different cars. Very hard to find a batter lasting more than 2 or 3 years no matter what salesman tells you. Longest lasting was one that came with new Honda Jazz years ago. Carry jumper cables with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beau thai Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 just replaced the original panasonic lead acid battery that came in new Nissan March 5.5 years ago. The vendor of the replacement told us not to expect more than 2-3 years from the dry panasonic he sold us. 1500 baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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