Matthew, i have the yellow one as a my Aux battery and a stock cheapo for my starter batt. Its been 2.5 years and it powers my stereo, my amplifier and two 10" woofas and a 35 watt flourescent RV light, inverter etc... I like the battery becouse i can drain the heck out of it while engine is off, no worrys, i just plug in a 5 amp charger when its parked at home(someday ill have one hard wired to my Optima aux under the sink) The charger will be plugged in the fridge AC outlet. My Alternator just took a crap so of course my starter battery got too low to crank up the Tiico. I just Jumped the starter battery with some cheap jumpers and i was up and driving home. An optima for a starter battery is a waste of $$ IMO. I like my setup, thanks to SeanB's website for the install info. Phil 84' Westy --- Matthew <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> wrote: > Battery is dead. Is the Optima *really* a better > option (red top)? Give > me some good evidence why it is better, including > actual use. None of > this arm-chair-expert crap. 100$ for this versus > $40 for a regular > battery is a big deal. > -matthew > 86 syncro __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ |
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