Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!!
Team Owner
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From: San Jose/Bear Valley CA
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Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (rozdesign)
whatever the car is using for a regulator could be the cluprit, I think the regulator and alternator on our cars are intigrated.
The Optima has a vent hole on the top for the gas to escape. I found this out when I overcharged it with at battery charger... that thing was blowing gas out the vent like a freaking train!! :eek:
VR :cheers:
The Optima has a vent hole on the top for the gas to escape. I found this out when I overcharged it with at battery charger... that thing was blowing gas out the vent like a freaking train!! :eek:
VR :cheers:
Racer
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From: Hayward WI
Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (vetterdstr)
I over charged mine also. It was really smokin out the vent hole. The top was also puffed up. I bought a new one. The over charged one cooled down and load tests ok. I,ll use it in my boat but not my vette.
Pro
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From: Macomb Township MI
Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (rozdesign)
My Corvette mech. says he knows of guys that are having trouble with the Potima Red Tops.......advised me to buy Stock Chevy Dealer's new batterys :chevy
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From: San Francisco CA
Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (rozdesign)
The salesman at pepboys informed me that the red top is not recommended for the vette but to go for a yellow top. On the contrary, the Chevy dealer adviced me to stick to AC Delco batteries only. Of course, this is their opinion.
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From: Los Angeles CA
Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (go4gman)
The salesman at pepboys informed me that the red top is not recommended for the vette but to go for a yellow top. On the contrary, the Chevy dealer adviced me to stick to AC Delco batteries only. Of course, this is their opinion.
What should the battery volts be at? Should they remain steady or fluctuate consistently between say 12 and 14 volts?
[Modified by RskyBns, 7:23 AM 2/26/2004]
Drifting
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From: San Francisco CA
Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (vetterdstr)
whatever the car is using for a regulator could be the cluprit, I think the regulator and alternator on our cars are intigrated.
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From: Paducah KY
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Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (rozdesign)
Had my red top for over a year now with no issues.
Hope you get this problem solved, let us know what you find. :yesnod:
Hope you get this problem solved, let us know what you find. :yesnod:
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Richmond Ca
Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (go4gman)
The salesman at pepboys informed me that the red top is not recommended for the vette but to go for a yellow top. On the contrary, the Chevy dealer adviced me to stick to AC Delco batteries only. Of course, this is their opinion.
The choice of Red or Yellow depends on the expected usage. If you have heavy duty Stereo or aftermarket electronics that cause heavy drain then perhaps the Yellow Top is indicated. Otherwise the Redtop will do.
In most cases it doesn't matter which one you get. You just pay more for the Yellow and get complete discharge protection with it. :cheers:
Drifting
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From: SoCal
Re: Optima Red Top ---> Started Smoking !!! (wwashing)
The *old* redtops were supposedly really high quality. In the past year or two the optimas I beleive were bought out and are being made by another cheaper place now. Now you see their batteries everywhere as well, autozone, walmart, etc, and quality seems to have taken a step down.
My old redtop has been solid for 3 years now, and counting.
My old redtop has been solid for 3 years now, and counting.
