So my mJTD 150 has been sat unused for 3 weeks (I ended up in hospital and off work as a result of removing the CD changer from the wife's Focus )
So at 2 deg C I tryed it this morning and it started first touch . Looks like the Duracell battery from ECP was a good choice.
Also saw TWO other Croma's on the road today. Both seem to be local mums with kids on board. I've seen both cars before.

Robert G8RPI.

Always lovely when an easy start is achieved following period of inactivity.
How old is your battery ?


3weeks ?cd changer removal? That must be the most expensive cd player in history.


Glad you are out and getting better.

What is the danger in focus cd removal? I don't want to suffer the same fate.

jackwhoo said:

What is the danger in focus cd removal? I don't want to suffer the same fate.

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CD player is under passenger seat. I was lying across seat squab with head in footwel and moved resulting in a strangulating an existing abdominal hernia. Potentially fatal apparently. I wasn't kept waiting in A&E anyway. At least they fixed the hernia which they wouldn't before.

Robert G8RPI.

I am glad you properly on the mend.
you are very helpful on this forum.
My thanks to you.

is that 74ah battery?

Yes, it's a 096 74AH Duracell. It appears to be a slight variation (no extra lid) of the Banner Power Bull P7412.

Robert G8RPI.

never seen a duracell battery in a car before

It's a marketing thing. Duracell don't make them. In the USA they are made by East Penn. In Europe the appear to be Banner. Long warranty and good prices.