Electrics: Vida/ battery Advice

[glengibson]

2010 D5 r-design

Can anyone recommend a decent replacement battery/cost to buy
Seem to have different ah ratings?



Just had low battery sign come on dash and radio display 😖
New dice I’ve just purchased will connect to car but not when I try the diagnostics so I’m wondering if this is anything to do with it???

[Clan]

Originally Posted by glengibson

2010 D5 r-design

Can anyone recommend a decent replacement battery/cost to buy
Seem to have different ah ratings?



Just had low battery sign come on dash and radio display 😖
New dice I’ve just purchased will connect to car but not when I try the diagnostics so I’m wondering if this is anything to do with it???

you must always have a mains power supply ( charger capable of 10 amps minimum ) ( 13.8v minimum ) connected across the battery when Vida is connected , do not write off your battery yet until you have charged it for 24 hours and then tried it .

[Clan]

Originally Posted by glengibson

2010 D5 r-design

Can anyone recommend a decent replacement battery/cost to buy
Seem to have different ah ratings?



Just had low battery sign come on dash and radio display 😖
New dice I’ve just purchased will connect to car but not when I try the diagnostics so I’m wondering if this is anything to do with it???

you must always have a mains power supply ( charger capable of 10 amps minimum ) ( 13.8v minimum ) connected across the battery when Vida is connected , do not write off your battery yet until you have charged it for 24 hours and then tried it .

If you do need a battery get one from the dealer , ask for discount and it will your best deal ( even without discount )

[S60D5-185]

Originally Posted by Clan

If you do need a battery get one from the dealer , ask for discount and it will your best deal ( even without discount )

Absolutely correct.

I may need one soon and the Main Dealer have given me a cracking price on a 100 Ah for my XC90 D5.

They always give me a discount

Tayna also offer superb price and service but to my mind in the event of a warrany issue, it's easier taking it back to my local main dealer seeing as their price is so competitive.

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by glengibson

New dice I’ve just purchased will connect to car but not when I try the diagnostics so I’m wondering if this is anything to do with it???

Unless what I'm doing specifically requires engine off, I have the engine running when using Dice and Vida and I advise my Dice buyers to do similar.

If the diagnostics problem remains with the engine running, battery voltage isn't the cause.

[ksmi]

Originally Posted by S60D5-185

Absolutely correct.

I may need one soon and the Main Dealer have given me a cracking price on a 100 Ah for my XC90 D5.

They always give me a discount

Tayna also offer superb price and service but to my mind in the event of a warrany issue, it's easier taking it back to my local main dealer seeing as their price is so competitive.

You would probably get a larger discount if you were to dig one of your old uniforms out and wear that when visiting the parts counter Darryl.

Regards,Keith.

[S60D5-185]

Ah yes Keith, fond memories of the "Bulk purchasing discount suit"

[SwissXC90]

I’ll try and describe this in plain terms.

The XC90 uses a huge amount of electrical power when the ignition is on.
If the engine is not running, only the battery supplies this power

A weak battery will not be able to deliver this for long, you can easily have a low battery warning after just 10 minutes.

When I diagnose with Vida, I turn off everything I can: radio, nav, interior lights etc, and then hook up a charger. I only have a 5A Charger so cannot power everything, but can prolong the time before the battery is low..

So have your engine running or use a big charger of at least 10A to supply power to the car when diagnosing.

[binty]

Hi, well I have been keeping my original Volvo battery ticking along but last week decided to bite the bullet and get a new one.
The trigger was having VIDA connected and getting a constant 14.4 volts when the engine was running, but switching the engine off and the voltage on VIDA dropped from 12.5 to 11v within a minute or so. Cranking had been slow but it has never let me down.
Not bad for 13 years and 154k miles on the original battery.
I read articles on here the the starter draws about 200-250 amp, so largely irrelevant of the battery does 800 or 1000 amp, the original was 800amp 90Ah.

I planed to get a dealer battery with discount and 3 year guarantee, but came across the Bosch S4 013 in Costco at £98.38 inc VAT with 4 year guarantee, which is cheaper than Tayna online.
Perfect fit and the car has never turned over as fast in the 7 years I have owned it.
TIP 1 - the battery comes with terminal covers, attached to one of them is the vent blanking plug, there is a vent at either end, one connects to the original Volvo vent, the other needs blanking, some of the batteries were missing the terminal covers and hence the blanking plug.
TIP2 - Costco put a stock control sticker on their batteries with the month and year it came into stock, some had been on the shelf a year, probably not a big issue but I picked a new one to be safe.
Good luck

[glengibson]

what voltage should I be getting on the battery?
tried a multimeter was getting 12.1v (nothing turned on)
engine running was getting 14.4 v
tried cranking it, dropped to about 10.2v

thank you