What is your plan for Replacement batteries for the Canyon?

[greer]

The Canyon has a small battery box, the 310 CCA Leoch factory battery is a tight fit. I don't mean to jinx us from the start, but I'm a bit leery of this battery as most folks consider 350 CCA the minimum required for reliable operation of the 1330's complex electronics. What is your plan for a replacement? I want to be ready when the time comes. Thanks.

Sarah

 

[Tslepebull]

Maybe I am living in denial but I haven't thought about battery replacement for my Canyon yet. I did add a fused pigtail to the battery the day I bought it (mid April) and have used an Optimate maintainer whenever it is parked at home. To tell you the truth I hadn't even noticed it was only a 310 CCA battery.

 

[Knizar]

The Canyon has a small battery box, the 310 CCA Leoch factory battery is a tight fit. I don't mean to jinx us from the start, but I'm a bit leery of this battery as most folks consider 350 CCA the minimum required for reliable operation of the 1330's complex electronics. What is your plan for a replacement? I want to be ready when the time comes. Thanks.

Sarah

I would suggest a Noco NLP 20 lithium battery. "a lot smaller than OEM"
I have this battery in my Spyder now and it holds 13.3 Volts for 3 weeks with NO maintainer.

 

[greer]

Thank you, Knizar. I have no experience with lithium batteries, but as I was looking down at the Canyon's battery box I was thinking one of them is apt to be in my future. I need to study up on them a bit. I understand that the lesser Amp Hours for the lithium batteries compared to AGM might be a concern. The Haijiu battery in my Ryker did not serve me well, to say the least, and this Leoch doesn't give me the warm fuzzies, either.

Sarah

 

[EdMat]

I would suggest a Noco NLP 20 lithium battery. "a lot smaller than OEM"
I have this battery in my Spyder now and it holds 13.3 Volts for 3 weeks with NO maintainer.

I was shocked to find that many who are shaving weight on a Mazda Miata install the Noco NLP 20 battery.

 

[JKMSPYDER]

If you measure the dimensions on the factory Canyon battery and then take them to an auto store they may have a similar size or smaller with 350 CCA's that would work. Like you I would feel more comfortable with a 350 CCA battery.

 

[Raven]

I was shocked to find that many who are shaving weight on a Mazda Miata install the Noco NLP 20 battery.

A few less cheeseburgers will have the same result.