Date:         Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:39:33 EST
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
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In a message dated 11/02/2007 3:40:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

>  After having  three OPITMAs go bad on me and since they only have a 1  year
warranty and
> cost  $275 I was not impressed.
that the  kind of info that never get propagated about those OPITMAs
what do you mean  go bad would not hold a charge at all
or it would charge then it would  discharge at way faster rates than when it
was  new






They  kept getting less and less able to hold a charge until they were not
able to  hold a charge for any reasonable time.  Optima claims a 300 cycle
lifespan.  Well, the why I use them 300 cycles comes and goes rather  quickly.
So, at 300 cycles for $275 that's $0.92/cycle.  Way too  expensive in my books.
The Kirkland Group 41 will give about the same  performance at 1/4 the cot
and has a 3 year no questions asked warranty.   So..........

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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