Service Batteries
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:16 pm
Hello,
My boat was delivered in 2010 with 2 Tudor Expert HVR TE1403 12V 140Ah batteries. They are also referred to as Exide Expert EE1403 Battery 12V 140Ah batteries (I think the initial T is for Tudor and the initial E is for Exide). I replaced them in Brindisi, Italy, in 2013. I installed a monitor and I hope that the present ones will last one more year (eg the 2018 season).
Fortunately they are very popular in Greece and here is a link (where I can get them by 200 euros each) that came after googling with: "Exide EE1403 site:gr".
Many times I thought about replacing them with 4 Trojan T105 which would give me a capacity of about 440 Ah instead of the present 280 Ah. However the price for the batteries doubles and, may be, my charger and alternator are not powerful enough to go with the Trojans.
Equivalent batteries of known brands are Varta LFD140 which looks like to be difficult to find in Greece
and Bosch L5075 available here.
Regards, Luis
My boat was delivered in 2010 with 2 Tudor Expert HVR TE1403 12V 140Ah batteries. They are also referred to as Exide Expert EE1403 Battery 12V 140Ah batteries (I think the initial T is for Tudor and the initial E is for Exide). I replaced them in Brindisi, Italy, in 2013. I installed a monitor and I hope that the present ones will last one more year (eg the 2018 season).
Fortunately they are very popular in Greece and here is a link (where I can get them by 200 euros each) that came after googling with: "Exide EE1403 site:gr".
Many times I thought about replacing them with 4 Trojan T105 which would give me a capacity of about 440 Ah instead of the present 280 Ah. However the price for the batteries doubles and, may be, my charger and alternator are not powerful enough to go with the Trojans.
Equivalent batteries of known brands are Varta LFD140 which looks like to be difficult to find in Greece
and Bosch L5075 available here.
Regards, Luis