Need new battery
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Need new battery
I need a new battery for my 04 coupe. What is the best battery I can get? There seems to be a lot of trouble with the red top, so I'm inclined to stay away from those. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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I replaced my Red Top about 3.5 years ago with a Sears DieHard Platinum. Not a cheap battery by any means, but so far not one glitch.
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Checked with sears and they don't seem to have the platinum in that size (group 86). Do you have the part number for that battery that you could pass along?
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I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes.
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tbrent helped me make my decision. Here's the post-
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1581560404-post6.html
Here's the battery:
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Here it is installed:
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Hope this helps!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1581560404-post6.html
Here's the battery:
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[/IMG]Hope this helps!
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4 Krusin wrote
"I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes."
I give this a +1!
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
"I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes."
I give this a +1!
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
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4 Krusin wrote
I give this a +1!
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
"I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes."
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
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Batteries ?
4 Krusin wrote
"I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes."
I give this a +1!
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
"I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes."
I give this a +1!
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
Then you have to recharge with another battery and a charger. It's a PITA, . . but I like the Red Top because I'm worried about a leaking battery. I saw a 1999 coupe that had a leaking AC Delco Battery and man you don't want to have to repair that much damage. That why a AGM battery is my only choice.
But If your not into Optima's, I read last year that "Consumer Reports" who did a test of all major lines of automotive batteries, ands the best they could find was the Batteries from Walmart ?
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Man this topic comes up a lot. Try a search, theirs a million opinions on this subject. but I've had my red-top for six years, not one problem in all that time. This year I decided to put in a new Optima Red Top 75/25 so I expect the same life time out od it. But I do keep a float charger on it religiously. The tricky thing with a Red Top is doing a recharge on one if it's voltage has dropped below 11.5 volts.
Then you have to recharge with another battery and a charger. It's a PITA, . . but I like the Red Top because I'm worried about a leaking battery. I saw a 1999 coupe that had a leaking AC Delco Battery and man you don't want to have to repair that much damage. That why a AGM battery is my only choice.
But If your not into Optima's, I read last year that "Consumer Reports" who did a test of all major lines of automotive batteries, ands the best they could find was the Batteries from Walmart ?
Then you have to recharge with another battery and a charger. It's a PITA, . . but I like the Red Top because I'm worried about a leaking battery. I saw a 1999 coupe that had a leaking AC Delco Battery and man you don't want to have to repair that much damage. That why a AGM battery is my only choice.
But If your not into Optima's, I read last year that "Consumer Reports" who did a test of all major lines of automotive batteries, ands the best they could find was the Batteries from Walmart ?
That's why I've had nothing but a RedTop in my car for the last 9 years. (I put one in when the OE battery was 3 years old.) I store the car in the winter, and since my garage is attached to my home I will NOT use a battery tender. I do however, charge the battery for 15-20 minutes each week. Having said that, I'm getting 3-4 years out of my Optimas, which isn't a lot, but if it saves the computer from getting bathed in acid, I can live with it....
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Optims Red Top ?
That's why I've had nothing but a RedTop in my car for the last 9 years. (I put one in when the OE battery was 3 years old.) I store the car in the winter, and since my garage is attached to my home I will NOT use a battery tender. I do however, charge the battery for 15-20 minutes each week. Having said that, I'm getting 3-4 years out of my Optimas, which isn't a lot, but if it saves the computer from getting bathed in acid, I can live with it....
My garage is detached so I have a very good float charger that only charges the battery to 12.5 volts then shut of the charge and it turns on a high frequency current option of the charger that starts to cause the scale that clings to the lead battery walls. It does that till the voltage drops to 11.5 then the charger turns itself on again to charge the battery. Been doing this for years and my last Red Top was still going strong after six years.
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I just asked the same thing to my friend/mechanic today. The AC Delco in my Vette was there when I bought it, 6 years ago. He suggested the AMG or a Red Top to insure against possible acid spillage.
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4 Krusin wrote
"I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes."
I give this a +1!
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
"I've had my yellow top for 7 years (in the car when I bought it). Great battery. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow top will take a deep discharge better than the red top. I will definitely buy another when the time comes."
I give this a +1!
I also have had my Yellow Top 7 years and still going strong.
I do keep it hooked up to a battery tender in the garage, but it's been flawless despite once having it discharged and then bringing it back to life about 3 years ago.
+xxx I have them in everything. I have used them in race cars, street cars etc
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At my "advanced age", remembering to go back out to the garage could be a bit of a challenge. Secondly, and more seriously, I have more than one car in "hibernation", so there was only room for one charger in the budget....