Where to buy good quality car battery in Chiang Mai?

[ilostmypassword]

I'm looking for a gel battery like Boliden Brand

[anto]

The railway Station road ,on the Superhighway end has many places selling car battery .

Edited April 12, 2016 by anto

[masuk]

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.

[kaptainrob]

Pro-auto on Hang Dong Road will supply and fit.

[MadMac]

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.

[RubbaJohnny]

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

[MadMac]

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

[ramrod711]

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.

[MadMac]

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 ????

 

[Danthai]

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.

[beau thai]

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