e-C4 replacing 12V battery

[JT99]

I have decided to replace the 12V battery, as it always shows a low standing voltage, and takes most of a Sunday to charge on the Optimate. (It is 3 years old, and I suspect it stood flat for months between the car being traded in at 2 years and me buying it at 2 1/2 years which will have killed it)

It is an 027 EFB battery, the one fitted is an Exide EL600.

I can get a new Exide EL600 easily enough as an exact replacement. (I can get a Yuasa 027 EFB with an extra 5Ah capacity too if it makes no difference)

Can I just change it- or do the flaky electronics need expensively programming to tell them the battery is new? I can't think of any reason apart from spite- the difference in internal resistance should only be microscopic, if I went from EFB to AGM the charge voltage is different, so something would have to be changed, but I'm going for an exact replacement.

[wheeler]

Definitely go for the Yuasa, You dont get better car batteries in my opinion than Yuasa. The bigger the power output the better.