Guys, i recently purchased a 1993 Saab 9000 CSE and took it for some
servicing. I was told the battery is going to need changing asap. The
car has a 75A battery already installed, but i am unable to find a
battery with the same current in the market (I dont want to buy from
the company because it is a rip off). I also do not have the manual
for the car.
Can i find an online version of the car manual?
Can i install a battery with a higher current than 75A without risking
any power cuts?
Adrian - 28 Nov 2007 07:55 GMT
john (john@shebaya.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
> Can i install a battery with a higher current than 75A without risking
> any power cuts?
Of course. The battery just delivers the current required of it by the
circuits drawing power.
It'll be rated as 75Ah - amp/hours - which means that it'll (roughly)
deliver 75 amps for an hour before being flat. Or 25 amps for three
hours. Or 5 amps for 15 hours. There's also a CCA (Cold Cranking Amps)
rating, which is considerably higher. That's the maximum amount of power
it'll deliver to the starter motor.
Frank Vuotto - 28 Nov 2007 16:39 GMT
>Can i find an online version of the car manual?
Somewhere there is a manual for 9000uk 1989 that I downloaded and used
for my '93 9000 CSE until I bought one on ebay. It was close enought.
Don't know where I got it but if you want it, I'll make it available
for download but it's a 20 meg zip.
If your Russian is good, there's a '94 manual at:
http://faq.saab-club.ru/_9000/manual/
Frank
http://www7.taosnet.com/f10/saabplate/
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Colin Stamp - 28 Nov 2007 19:17 GMT
>Guys, i recently purchased a 1993 Saab 9000 CSE and took it for some
>servicing. I was told the battery is going to need changing asap. The
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>Can i install a battery with a higher current than 75A without risking
>any power cuts?
As Adrian says, don't worry too much about the capacity.
You do, of course, need to get one which physically fits, works with
whatever arrangement your car has for clamping it down and has the
right type of terminals in the right place for your cables.
Pretty-much any place that sells batteries will be able to look your
car up and sell you something suitable.
As an aside, I've never been able to work out why there's so many
different types of car battery. Surely a standard "big", a standard
"medium" and a standard "little" would be so much more efficient...
Cheers,
Colin.