Odyssey Battery Owners, How Long Did Yours Last?

[nsxtasy]

My lightweight Odyssey battery (it was labeled as a Black Panther battery, but it's the same thing, made by the same company, etc) is now seven years old, and still holds a charge. I keep it fully charged. (Any time the car sits unused for more than a week, I plug in my onboard charger.) I see on the Odyssey website that they claim "a ten year design life and a three-to-eight year service life".

I'm just wondering if anyone here has had to replace an Odyssey battery, and if so, how long did yours last?

 

[AU_NSX]

Don't know Ken, mine is still going strong 5+ years or so now.

I don't keep it fully charged as I don't have an on-board-charger. When I leave the car parked I disconnect the battery at the isolator switch so there is no drain. Even after some months, it still starts first time.

I was thinking about installing another odyssey in my road car. However my road car has an alarm and currently has the big, huge and heavy lead-acid type, it will sit for 2 months with the alarm on and still be able to start the car.

Now, if I put the Odyssey in, how long will it run the alarm for before going flat?

Can I keep the alarm activated with the on-board charger going?

Mike

 

[nsxsupra]

I plug in my onboard charger.)
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nsxstasy,

can you please tell me what kind of onboard charger you are using?

I am also using lightweight Odyssey battery, I definitely need to recharge my battery.

 

[MvM]

I bought the Odyssey 680 battery and the mounting bracket together.
I found out that after only three days my car would not start anymore. Probably because of my alarm which caused a considerable drain on the battery. But perhaps mine was not 100% ok although it looked fine.
Replaced it with a normal battery afterwards again.

 

[nsxtasy]

Now, if I put the Odyssey in, how long will it run the alarm for before going flat?

I don't know.

Can I keep the alarm activated with the on-board charger going?

Yes.

can you please tell me what kind of onboard charger you are using?

I am using the Schumacher SE-1-12S 1.5 Amp Fully Automatic Onboard Maintainer/Charger. It is available for $26.99 here. The manufacturer's website shows it here.

 

[AU_NSX]

Thanks Ken!

I know I didn't answer your question but yours and MvM replies definitely answered mine.

Thanks again.

Mike

 

[nsxsupra]

I am using the Schumacher SE-1-12S 1.5 Amp Fully Automatic Onboard Maintainer/Charger. It is available for $26.99 here. The manufacturer's website shows it here.

Thank you for the info and links :smile:

 

[Malibu Rapper]

There is a good discussion on the battery maintainers HERE.

Lots of good reading on that thread. :wink: