Can you post a link to the 12v battery you are using? I want to see what all is out there, I know there are multiple options but I only know of like 2 Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
Bosch s4 022 type 155. You can get one off Ebay for around £58 (UK) Batteries are not all the same size lugs
Hmm, just a guess here, but since no one else posted an alternative to this Bosch battery that it must be the only one recommended ?
There's more "brands", for sure. Behind the scenes though, some of the brands may be the same apart from the label, there's not that many manufacturers.
The BOSCH 12v BATTERY for the PRIUS at Pep Boys=Is NO longer available Time to find an alternative battery...
I have had good experience with any AGM battery produced by East Penn manufacturing. They sell under the brand Deka, and supply AGM for Napa, Duracell, and others. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
As long as it is the right dimensions and has JIS pencil posts with the positive post on the right, preferably using AGM construction. At that price, I doubt it is AGM.
Depends I'd say on what you are trying to achieve. In my case all I want is a 12V bat that I can reasonably easily connect to the car. I use 35Ah Mighty Maxes on my 4 Priuses. I bolt the car cables to the lugs on the battery - no pencil posts and I don't care which side the terminals are on. The MM fits in the Prius bat space, or I just lay it in the cargo bin. I disconnect the bat every time I leave the car for a few days (with the more junk cars I disconnect the bat every single time I park!!) I charge the MM with a Foxsur charger often. Basically any 12V bat works to boot the car computers which require minimal current - Walmart lawn mower bats, etc.
Ah, that's what i was looking to hear, just to boot things up for now and do some assessing of potential pit falls, thank you for that John
