By nadim on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 09:43 am: Edit

I just recieved news from my homecountry, and it seems that the optima is dead...what the hell can i do?...it is supposed to be a deep cycle battery...so if it is dead, shouldn't it recharge???

anyhow, please tell me what to do.

nadim

By Ron on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 09:52 am: Edit

Nadim,

Hook it up to a trickle charger overnight and see if it holds a charge.

Ron

By Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 10:13 am: Edit

LOL , werent we just talking about that Ron?

Kyle

By Ron on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 10:25 am: Edit

Yes.

Its not 100% dead. If it were a red top he would be in trouble

Ron

By Discosaurus on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 11:00 am: Edit

I think you can kill a deep-cycle battery just as easily as a normal battery if you let the voltage drop far enough...

Optima used to have a lot of good info on their site - now it all sucks. Must not want to clue Bob Lutz at the competition.

keith
discosaurus

By Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 11:02 am: Edit

You do not use the deep cycle for your regular starter man!! Thats the way it is .... If you do you are fucking up.. I dont care if the yellow looks "cool" or not


Kyle

By Milan on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 09:19 pm: Edit

And you don't use your starter battery for winching. And I don't care if everybody you know (including me) does it.

By Moe on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 09:50 pm: Edit

Nadim, am I correct that you have the dual batteries? If so, one is the Yellow top and the other is . . ? Having two slightly different batteries might be adding to the problem.

By nadim on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 06:04 am: Edit

Moe...
I have a 100% interrupt switch, therefore the other battery was completely isolated from the Optima...I am sure there was a tiny electrical leak, but isn't the yellowtop a deepcycle..so shouldn't i be able to simply recharge it???

By Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 06:06 am: Edit

Not after its subjected to a use that it isnt designed for. Give it a shot but the ALT is working right? So it was getting charged while it was running ??

Kyle

By nadim on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 06:16 am: Edit

I am really not sure Kyle...I will be 'home' on Monday...and I will fix it hopefully...
I just hope that if worse comes to worse...the dealer in LB still has a couple of yellowtops...

thanks,
Nadim

By Steve (Steve2) on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 06:47 am: Edit

i went thru two yellow tops in three years on my cherokee. i was told that the yellows are not a starting battery, and even thought the car was a daily driver, they still would go belly up. i would imagine a solar powered trickle charger might help keep the sucker alive.....

so what is the best battery for our cars and how long do the stock ones ususally last?

steve

By John C. on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 06:53 am: Edit

I was told that the Yellow tops are deep cycle and SHOULD be discharged and the recahrged. Why would you want to connect a solar powered charger on it?

By Moe on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 06:57 am: Edit

I know you have that interrupt switch but at some times both batteries are (have been) operating together--Yes? The lesser battery might be drawing the Yellow top down and making it weaker. I hope she takes a charge--too expensive not to. Maybe you should take a couple back home as carry on luggage

By nadim on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 06:58 am: Edit

at 45 lbs each...that is a lot!
i donno...we'll see when i get there!...i might as well get some sort of marine battery...or get 2 Optimas this time...

thanks,
nadim

By Tate on Friday, August 03, 2001 - 07:04 am: Edit

Exide Orbital gel cells rule! They can take a bullet and keep on going. This is very important when driving to the mall here in DC. As a bonus, it looks like a six pack of beer.

By Shane on Wednesday, August 08, 2001 - 09:29 pm: Edit

If you have a dead optima battery put it on a high charge(~60amps) for 20 mins, then switch to a trickle charge(~2amps) until it is fully charged.