recommend a 60Ahr AGM battery?

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#319434 24-Apr-2025 17:07

my car needs a new battery, will be getting an AGM with 60 Ahr. i googled and there are all these brands I've never heard of. they are all around the same price it seems.

does anyone have any recommendation?

will be going to a local shop but would still like a brand recommendation first, thanks.

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#3367281 24-Apr-2025 17:39

what model/year car?

does it need an AGM?

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#3367288 24-Apr-2025 17:56

yes the FB group of my Kia EV has batteries dying like flies repeatedly and those who went AGM were spared

do you have a brand to recommend?

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#3367297 24-Apr-2025 18:38

Do your FB group members have any recommendations?

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#3367306 24-Apr-2025 18:54

Batman:

yes the FB group of my Kia EV has batteries dying like flies repeatedly and those who went AGM were spared

do you have a brand to recommend?

is that the model with the onboard charger issue ? they havn't made a fix for that yet ?

as far as brands go, century is usually good. i have some koba batteries that have been good as well.

brands like century make sort of inbetween batteries, like an agm but more reliable. because agm's and efb's tend to be expensive and don't last long. so its interesting the agm's are lasting longer which makes me wonder what the issue is with the onboard charger.

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#3367307 24-Apr-2025 18:59

Sounds like a warranty issue. Can you go back to the Kia dealer?

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#3367312 24-Apr-2025 19:44

Go to Marshall or Century Yusa down the wharf and they will sort you out.

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#3367328 25-Apr-2025 06:00

k1w1k1d:

Do your FB group members have any recommendations?

Plenty of north American brands

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#3367329 25-Apr-2025 06:04

tweake:

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is that the model with the onboard charger issue ? they havn't made a fix for that yet ?

as far as brands go, century is usually good. i have some koba batteries that have been good as well.

brands like century make sort of inbetween batteries, like an agm but more reliable. because agm's and efb's tend to be expensive and don't last long. so its interesting the agm's are lasting longer which makes me wonder what the issue is with the onboard charger.

Not fixed. Still dropping like flies. Everyday a couple of people saying kia US have bought their 1-3 year old car back under US lemon law whatever that is. Do we have a lemon law here that would be good.

Something about phantom battery drain is the theory. Car not sleeping perhaps. Dealer here says lock car every night and put key in Faraday cage.

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#3367330 25-Apr-2025 06:06

Asteros:

Sounds like a warranty issue. Can you go back to the Kia dealer?

Yup they want me to pay 260 for a new battery because my battery is cheap sheet. Their words. Why would I pay for another piece of that.

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#3367331 25-Apr-2025 06:07

tweake:

brands like century make sort of inbetween batteries, like an agm but more reliable. because agm's and efb's tend to be expensive and don't last long. so its interesting the agm's are lasting longer which makes me wonder what the issue is with the onboard charger.

What is this in between called

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#3367332 25-Apr-2025 06:46

Which car do you have? The battery problem in the USA models appears to be due to their app access to control aspects of the car 24/7. Whilst the traction battery does charge the 12V battery as required for their models, the constant drain on a crap battery I'd likely the cause.

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#3367357 25-Apr-2025 10:31

there's a big price difference, eg century vs jaycar is over 2x the price for the same capacity

i think i'll just bring it to my trusted local autosparky and install what he recommends

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#3367358 25-Apr-2025 10:32

Batman:

What is this in between called

they make a range of batteries.

however the bigger problem is finding what will fit. i had a quick look at whats available for kia ev's and it looks like its a DIN mounted battery which limits your options a fair bit unless you can mod the car to fit "normal" batteries. it would be helpful to know the model/year and see what battery style it takes. also worth measuring the battery box to see what size limits there is.

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#3368113 27-Apr-2025 21:16

Batman:

Something about phantom battery drain is the theory. Car not sleeping perhaps. Dealer here says lock car every night and put key in Faraday cage.

i think you mean parasitic rather than phantom drain. for conventional (non-EV) vehicles, auto-sparkies are good at hunting this/these down. no idea what it's like for EVs. anyway, you may have already come to realise that car batteries, apart from capacity, CCA rating, etc. also come in different shapes and sizes, as well as terminal types and terminal positions. below is Exide's terminology: