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Eduardo

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: RegiÃ³n Metropolitana
Posts: 2110

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey

Battery dead due a failure in the supports

I´m very concern about the battery support system in the Defender.

Every time I try to clamp the battery to the standard supports without too much success and my big fear became a reality:

Yesterday nigth my wife was heading to the farm in a rugged road and suddenlly all the ligths start to winkle. She stop the car and heard a crackle noise inside ans a very bad smell. She try to start again, but The Defender doesnt start at all. After that she was towed to the farm (fortunately 1 km only) by a Nissan truck (what a shame)

Today she check the battery compartment and she found that the battery were completely lose inside the compartement.
Regretably, the positive part made a contact with the compartment making a big shortcircuit and makin a hole in the compartment and that was the reason of this behavior. The battery voltage drop to 3.2 V due the shortcircuit

Now, the battery was take down to be charged in the town.

In my opinion the standard battery supports appear to be useless,and dont clamp the battery tightly as should do.

So, guys some questions:

1.- Can the battery be rocovered?
2.- Wich kind of support you recomend to do not have again the same problem?

Cheers and thanks Eduardo

MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64'
MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"

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10th Feb 2014 1:24pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

Tim @ Mobile centre (site sponsor) and Devon 4x4 both sell replacement battery trays

10th Feb 2014 1:49pm

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Eduardo,

I have run a strop under the existing tray and secured the battery with the strop ratchet mechanism for added security. If the battery isn't that old I can see no reason why it cannot be recharged as long as the plates haven't warped due to the short circuit. A capacitance check carried out after a charge would determine how badly affected it may be.

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10th Feb 2014 1:50pm

Eduardo

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: RegiÃ³n Metropolitana
Posts: 2110

Thanks for the prompt answers I will contact Tim

Cheers! Eduardo

MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64'
MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"

Click image to enlarge

10th Feb 2014 2:17pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Re: Battery dead due a failure in the supports

Eduardo wrote:
In my opinion the standard battery supports appear to be useless,and dont clamp the battery tightly as should do.

Eduardo - are you saying that the clamps remained bolted down tight but the battery actually wiggled itself free or did the clamp come loose?

11th Feb 2014 9:24am

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