EXIDE EC550 55Ah 460A

EXIDE EC550 - a battery for cars with 55Ah of capacity. Case code L2R means 242 x 175 x 190 mm, and those dimensions are what decide whether the battery drops into the tray. Cold cranking amps are 460 A to the EN standard, and the colder it gets the more that figure matters. The positive terminal sits on the right, looking at the terminals with the battery upright. The 55Ah capacity sets how long the battery can feed the electrical consumers with the engine off.

Exide is one of the oldest battery brands in the world. Its origins go back to 1888, when The Electric Storage Battery Company started up in the USA, while the Exide name has been in use since 1900. Today the European arm is headquartered in France, near Paris, and has plants in several European countries. The manufacturer states that it was the first to bring Start-Stop AGM and EFB batteries to market; Exide supplies them both to carmakers as original equipment and to the aftermarket. The range is built around the Excell series for cars without Start-Stop, Premium Carbon Boost with a carbon additive in the negative plates that, according to the manufacturer, allows charging up to twice as fast, plus Start-Stop EFB and Start-Stop AGM for more demanding systems with energy recuperation. Our range covers 12 V car batteries from 35 to 106 Ah with cold cranking amps from 240 to 950 A, as well as one GEL battery for a motorcycle.