Battery Question
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 6,269
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From: Richmond Ca
Re: Battery Question (Stilcrazee)
Same kinda thing happened to me with my 98. I replaced the original in Sept last year, with a Red top, only cause I didn't want it to leak (car has 7000 miles on it) Put it away for storage and 5 weeks into winter it was dead. I took it out and put it on a timer/trickle charger. Has been ok since I put it back in 5 weeks ago. I did notice that before starting the voutage on DIC was as low as 10.9. For some reason they don't seem to hold as strong a charge as the lead cells.
Either disconnect it or put a tender on it if you are going to leave it sit for more than a couple weeks. :cheers:
Racer
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 317
Likes: 2
From: Southern Mexifornia CA
Re: Battery Question (wwashing)
I even managed to kill a yellow top by letting it sit too long one too many times. I do have a battery tender, but sometimes forget to use it and let the car sit too long. The yellowtop did recover several times, but after 2.5 years it finally died for good. I called THE LAPD and Optima. The warranty is only 1 year from THE LAPD. I called Optima and they give 1 year full replacement and 1 year pro-rated. Optima recommended a redtop instead for SLI purposes. I bought this redtop at Autozone. 6 year pro-rated warranty on the redtop. I now have redtops in 2 out of 4 of my cars. I figure if it dies I am better off as far as the warranty that I ever was with the yellowtop.
