Braille Lightweight Batteries... info/reviews... - Toyota Yaris Forums

Te019 · 05-13-2009, 08:36 PM

Hey this is my first post, but I have to chime in about these batteries. I ordered mine a few days ago, and it arrived (15lb carbon fiber one) today. It came with a certificate - kind of like a born on date... anyway mine was April 9th.

I installed it in my car, and my scangauge indicated that voltage was less than 13volts. It would stay around 12, then dip into the 11s and 10s even. I tried running my radar detector (as the only electrical accessory), and it would not run... it kept shutting down and basically was struggling to work. Not good.

So... I decided to put back in the stock battery and return the Braille battery tomorrow (unfortunately). I put the stock battery back in which I only had out for maybe 4 hours, and now it is indicating a low charge (12-13volts, when it normally boots right up to 14volts). So what's the deal with the battery issues? Is my stock battery dead? Was I supposed to "break in" this Braille battery so it could build up a charge to 13.8 (supposedly what it says it's supposed to output) volts?

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05-13-2009, 08:36 PM	#30
Te019 Drives: 2008 Yaris, 2000 Echo Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Posts: 2	Hey this is my first post, but I have to chime in about these batteries. I ordered mine a few days ago, and it arrived (15lb carbon fiber one) today. It came with a certificate - kind of like a born on date... anyway mine was April 9th. I installed it in my car, and my scangauge indicated that voltage was less than 13volts. It would stay around 12, then dip into the 11s and 10s even. I tried running my radar detector (as the only electrical accessory), and it would not run... it kept shutting down and basically was struggling to work. Not good. So... I decided to put back in the stock battery and return the Braille battery tomorrow (unfortunately). I put the stock battery back in which I only had out for maybe 4 hours, and now it is indicating a low charge (12-13volts, when it normally boots right up to 14volts). So what's the deal with the battery issues? Is my stock battery dead? Was I supposed to "break in" this Braille battery so it could build up a charge to 13.8 (supposedly what it says it's supposed to output) volts?