My only experience was on one vehicle. Bought a red-top new in '96, and had
it for 6 years on my daily driver (Galant VR-4). This is through 100+deg F
Chicago summers and sub-zero winters. Drained it a few times leaving the
lights on in over that time span. Never failed to start strong in any
weather over that time. I'll buy another when my current OEM battery dies.
So what's the skinny on conventional batteries?? (Let's hear it from an
ex-salesman).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lro-admin@koan.team.net [mailto:lro-admin@koan.team.net]On Behalf
> Of Jean-Leon Morin
>
> So, what is the list opinion on Optimas? I've lost all faith in
> conventional
> batteries after selling them for four years (talk about faith in your
> product) so tomorrow I'll call around and see what I can get as far as
> prices. It's either an Optima (actually two, one ofr now, with
> another later
> on this winter) or a pair of 6 volt humongous tractor batteries mounted in
> series for 12 volts. I think that with the winch and all the goodies, at
> least one yellow top optima might be a wise investment, but I
> don't think a
> pair of yellow tops would come close to a pair of 6 volt batts.
> The cells on
> these batteries are about 8" X 10". That's a lot of lead.
>
> Anyways, looking for the good, bad and ugly on batteries, especially
> optimas.
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