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Apr 04, 2021 11:49 am
Apr 04, 2021 11:49 am
Subject: Re: Battery advice for LG45
Hmm, the battery I used in my LG6 was actually the one fitted to my Riley RMB in 2015, a Shield 291 (thus a single 12 volt battery), and that had been replaced under guarantee due to a faulty cell even before I collected the car from the body restorer. I last drove my Riley in 1975, and the car rewarded me by running 2400 miles in 7 weeks before running a big end. The battery then saw temporary service on my John Deere mower (which may not have been too kind to it, to be fair, no smooth lawns gere!), before being used in my LG6. The LG6 broke down in 2019, and I've regularly charged the battery since, hoping to use it for the V12, initially. Not to be. A cell has failed. Not too impressed, just 6 years service from a rather expensive battery, I'm used to seeing 10 years plus. So I'm not too sure I'll go the Shield route again, but to be fair, it had a lot of jolting and vibration on the John Deere, and lack of use is not good news for batteries. Mind you, my restorer averred when I originally suggested Lincon for the battery, that Shield make the batteries for Lincon. I'm not sure that is correct, Shield state that they are the only manufacturers of such batteries in the UK, whilst Lincon state they have been batterymen since 1908 and specifically state that their batteries are manufactured on-site. Someone is telling porkies! The classic battery list for both appears remarkably similar ...
So the reality is perhaps that, whatever is said, there is in reality only one classic battery manufacturer, in the UK anyway. Holthausen's book demonstrates that Bosch supply classic batteries, so that is an option, perhaps!
Laurence
Hmm, the battery I used in my LG6 was actually the one fitted to my Riley RMB in 2015, a Shield 291 (thus a single 12 volt battery), and that had been replaced under guarantee due to a faulty cell even before I collected the car from the body restorer. I last drove my Riley in 1975, and the car rewarded me by running 2400 miles in 7 weeks before running a big end. The battery then saw temporary service on my John Deere mower (which may not have been too kind to it, to be fair, no smooth lawns gere!), before being used in my LG6. The LG6 broke down in 2019, and I've regularly charged the battery since, hoping to use it for the V12, initially. Not to be. A cell has failed. Not too impressed, just 6 years service from a rather expensive battery, I'm used to seeing 10 years plus. So I'm not too sure I'll go the Shield route again, but to be fair, it had a lot of jolting and vibration on the John Deere, and lack of use is not good news for batteries. Mind you, my restorer averred when I originally suggested Lincon for the battery, that Shield make the batteries for Lincon. I'm not sure that is correct, Shield state that they are the only manufacturers of such batteries in the UK, whilst Lincon state they have been batterymen since 1908 and specifically state that their batteries are manufactured on-site. Someone is telling porkies! The classic battery list for both appears remarkably similar ...
So the reality is perhaps that, whatever is said, there is in reality only one classic battery manufacturer, in the UK anyway. Holthausen's book demonstrates that Bosch supply classic batteries, so that is an option, perhaps!
Laurence