- 1. Optima Red or Yellow? (score: 1)
- Author: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:43:33 -0500
- Sam's Club is selling the same Optima Battery that Moss is selling for $189.40 for $101. They also have the Yellow top version which is built for Deep-Cycle operation for about $25 more. Does the dee
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00288.html (7,835 bytes)
- 2. Re: Optima Red or Yellow? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mick Vander Ploeg" <mvanderploeg@nc.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:23:11 -0400
- I have the yellow, & it spins the starter like crazy, even after sitting for a month. I have no experience with the red, so it might do the same thing for all I know. I went to a battery store to buy
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00316.html (8,699 bytes)
- 3. Re: Optima Red or Yellow? (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:59:17 EDT
- Deep cycle batteries are--at least on boats--typically used for "Ship's Service" loads, such as inverters or DC refrigeration, where batteries are charged up and then drained down to relatively low s
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00318.html (7,341 bytes)
- 4. RE: Optima Red or Yellow? (score: 1)
- Author: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:06:23 -0500
- I put the red in the car yesterday, and is fired it right up. I did have to improvise to make it where the battery hold down would secure it. It sounds like I am going to be very happy with it overal
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00322.html (7,868 bytes)
- 5. RE: Optima Red or Yellow? (score: 1)
- Author: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:09:03 -0500
- Thanks Michael, As Mick had mentioned, periods of storage where the battery may run down was a key of why I was thinking of the yellow. But these, allegedly hold their charge great, and I don't fores
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00323.html (7,990 bytes)
- 6. Re: Optima Red or Yellow? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Fine Esq." <ronfineesq@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:55:17 -0700
- I have a red top Optima in my BN7 which was several years old when I bough the car. It continued to start the car with plenty of power for the year I drove the car before starting my restoration. Now
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00324.html (7,563 bytes)
- 7. Re: Optima Red or Yellow? (score: 1)
- Author: Blue One Hundred <international_investor@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 03:08:05 -0700 (PDT)
- I have the Exide Orbital which is Exide's version of the Optima. I have it both in my BJ8 and the BN1. To say the least these batteries are very high quality and are worth the extra cost... they cra
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00327.html (8,525 bytes)
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