I had a Optima Red top pin my camper for 7 years doing duty as a heater and
lamp runner during the Spring/summer/fall. During the winter it sat there
and held a charge through consistent below freezing temps... I have two 6
year olds living in my CJ7 which have done hard duty as well cause the Jeep
doesn't go (too cold for the AM) unless the temp is above 30 (f)
And I just put a yellow top in the Disco as the second Battery.. Put in two
yellow tops and you'll never be sorry...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Leon Morin" <offroaddesign@softhome.net>
To: <lro@koan.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 6:26 PM
Subject: [lro] The fun continues...
>
> Now that the mechanicals are fixed, the electrics give out completely. It
> was about -30 today, truck would not start this morning. Cranked about
three
> seconds and then nothing. I threw the trickle charger on it and it started
> up fine at noon. I took off to run an errand, and low and behold, the
thing
> wouldn't even crank in the parking lot. Got a boost, started up fine.
>
> Now it's languishing in the driveway in -35 weather and it won't even take
a
> charge. The last thing I feel like doing in -35 weather is running around
> trying to coax some juice out of old batteries. With a transit bus strike
> looming in the distance, I think the time has come to invest in some
> reliability and, most importantly, capacity.
>
> 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.
>
> thanks all...
>
> J-L, in the land of solid 90wt.
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