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Re: This is not a real YellowTop®, is it? - Mini 9 - 02-22-2010
Here I've been holding back. If anything my goal is to increase posting by a magnitude at least.
Re: This is not a real YellowTop®, is it? - deckeda - 02-22-2010
space-time wrote:
[quote=Black]
That's a small battery-- 5" wide?
What are you going to use it for?
to start my car.
Not directed to you necessarily, but I've never understood the advantage of a deep-cycle battery for a car—isn't that what the Optima batteries are? Is it for a car that's seldom used? Has a really big sound system? (See? I just guessing.)
Re: This is not a real YellowTop®, is it? - H1N1 - 02-22-2010
No, it is not a Yellow Top Optima Battery, they are very distinctive in appearance, they all have those round cell look because they are all Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) batteries, and the mat is rolled, they don't have plates that warp and short out.
Re: This is not a real YellowTop®, is it? - btfc - 02-22-2010
I got a T-34 Optima battery for $135 about a month ago, I too wanted one for a long time. The yellow tops are a dual purpose battery, not as many amp-hours as a true deep cycle battery but about three times as many as as a normal starting battery. I use my van for camping, and sometimes run several accessories including laptop, cameras, iPod, and GPS.
Re: This is not a real YellowTop®, is it? - mrbigstuff - 02-22-2010
I thought you were an EE guy, don't all of you folks BYO?
Re: This is not a real YellowTop®, is it? - space-time - 02-22-2010
mrbigstuff wrote:
I thought you were an EE guy, don't all of you folks BYO?
who, me?