John :
Any lead-acid battery, including an Optima, can be ruined by leaving it in a
discharged state for very long. This can easily be caused by a small
electrical leak in a car that's not driven very much. When you get the
replacement, try pulling off a battery cable any time you plan to not drive the
car for a few days or more. I think you'll have much better luck ...
Another alternative (if there is AC power handy to where the car is stored) is
a regulated "battery maintainer", like the one Harbor Freight sometimes has on
sale for $10.
Randall
On Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:09 PM, John Summers [SMTP:trumpet@bellsouth.net]
wrote:
>
> Also, FYI, I bought an Optima battery last October because I thought it
> was the end-all and be-all of batteries. I don't need my TR 6 for
> everyday use right now so I haven't driven it a whole lot since March
> but for the last month it wouldn't start. It will turn over, an over,
> and over. Finally after a few seconds, click-click-click. Took the
> battery back yesterday & it's no good. I get to go back tomorrow to
> settle with them. When I told them it was in a TR 6 eyebrows were
> raised.
> Anyway, Optima (seems to)= Wal Mart in a TR 6.
> Just wonderin'.
> John Summers
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