Earthx Battery

[skypics 89]

While moving my Earthx battery from behind the seat on my Avid MK4 (By the way where is the MK4 section of this forum?) to the firewall to eliminate the line loss of two meters of #4 battery cable for easier starts in cold weather, I shorted out the battery causing its battery management system to shut down the battery.

By putting it in the Battery Tender Jr charger while jumping it with another battery, I got it to put out voltage again, but alas, the fault light was always on. It cranks the starter much faster now with the shorter cable.

Earthx said to go on line and fill out the warranty form and they would send me a a sticker to put on the battery to send it back to them where they will take the top off and see if they can fix it. In the meantime I ordered another battery from Amazon ($375 OUCH). 

The Earthx battery (4 pounds) replaced my Odyssey battery (16 pounds) and cranks my Jabiru 2200 MUCH faster. Especially in cold weather.

John M

Edited 6 Jan 2019 by skypics

[TJay 1041]

Mine spins the jabiru super fast in 30 degree weather mounted on the firewall.