The Braille 106 does not have a disconnect relay. Braille do make an auto-disconnect, called the "power protector", it has a yellow cylindrical top to it, check if you have it. If the battery was disconnected the alarm would switch over to it's back up battery and sound.
Cheers, Michael
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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
I just got my Braille 106 battery (6.6 lbs). I use my exige as a daily driver and needed a replacement for my big, exhausted 40 lb marine battery (prior owner's selection). The specs on the battery made me a little cautious... 10 amp hours... I had fabricated a stock battery bracket (it was nice, looked IDENTICAL to the original), but then found my OEM bracket under the carpeting in my trunk. So, I sawed some grooves in the bracket I made so that I could bend part of it around the smaller battery. I also used a few additional washers, a zip tie, and double sided sticky tape to mount the battery, and banged my aluminum bracket down a little to widen it. The bracket clamps against the side of the battery nice and hard and it weights 7 lbs, so it isn't going anywhere. I have enough scrap metal to fabricate a better bracket if I needed.
I expected this 10 amp hour battery to be "smart", by which I mean: include some type of trickle drain prevention so that my alarm doesn't kill it. I'm assuming this protection exists because every time I turn my car off and leave it for a few minutes, my clock resets to some random time of day.
I may call up Braille and find out if there's a relay inside the battery that opens in certain situations. If there is, then I'll put a tiny 12-14V battery (like a 1AH 12V battery pack) in parallel with the main battery.
If there is a relay, I HOPE someone at Braille knows if I can use a small parallel battery to keep the clock alive. If the Braille battery has a relay, maybe it won't open if it's equillibrating with another parallel battery. Any thoughts before I harass Braille?
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