Is that a oem "jacket" or aftermarket?The battery insulation seems to work well! Yesterday evening I was checking the battery monitor stats, the car was standing outside with -3.0 C and the battery monitor, which sits directly next to the battery was showing 15.0 C, many hours after I stopped driving
(the 2 thin wires)
Thermal box around battery - thoughts.......
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OEM battery cover part number vs battery size:
There are a couple of the same battery sizes linked to different part numbers - so I would 'guess' these are superseded numbers - but there is no confirmation from the catalogue.
There are a couple of the same battery sizes linked to different part numbers - so I would 'guess' these are superseded numbers - but there is no confirmation from the catalogue.
| 5N0 915 411 D | 68AH/380A |
| 5Q0 915 411 C | 44AH/220A 51AH/280A |
| 5Q0 915 411 D | 60AH/280A |
| 5Q0 915 411 E | 69AH/360A 72AH/380A |
| 5Q0 915 411 F | 44AH/220A 51AH/280A |
| 5Q0 915 411 G | 59AH/320A 60AH/280A |
| 5Q0 915 411 H | 68AH/380A 69AH/360A 72AH/380A |
Update 2 - after a whole week since the battery was upgraded to an AGM rather than an EFB, and the addition of the genuine insulation battery jacket, there has been no sign whatsoever of low battery voltage even on cold starts. As soon as the "operating temperature not maintained" message goes off within 20 seconds of initially starting up, the message now reads "start/stop system available" and works perfectly by the time I'm stopping at the end of the first road from home, with no hint of the "vehicle power consumption high" message which used to stay on for up to half an hour.
Thank you to all for your help and suggestions, much appreciated.
Thank you to all for your help and suggestions, much appreciated.
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I have a 2018 Leon FR bought when less than a year old & my wife has a 2019 Fabia SEL bought when 3 years old. Never has a 'jacket' on the battery. Neither does a friend's 2018 Polo.
New cars aren't always better!
Often manufactures try to take cost out of cars - removing items they hope the end user won't notice!
Have personally been involved with this - Rover 75 had a thick sound absorbing mat under the parcel shelf - bean counters wanted to remove it to save some pennies, engineering said no, bean counters won!
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