Optima batteries?

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Originally Posted by rrturboD

Re maintenance charger ... Optima boast of a 12 month shelf life for a charged battery ... so once I know the battery is charged, I can leave it unattended. The most I can say I have ever left the Red Top, is about 8 months.
I have a Yellow Top sitting in a Land Rover S2, on a bush block, that was not visited for 18 months, and battery still did the starting and running about duties without protest.

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Thanks Michael the Bluetop D31M arrived in yesterday, that was quick.

All installed and very happy. Fits standard brackets, leads and battery cover, no mods required.

Cheers Paul

Looks like you should have polished (well at least cleaned!) the rest of the surfaces around the battery ... it looks a little out of place in a working vehicle.
Well done, and pleased it all came together.

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Originally Posted by rrturboD

Looks like you should have polished (well at least cleaned!) the rest of the surfaces around the battery ... it looks a little out of place in a working vehicle.
Well done, and pleased it all came together.

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Haven't washed or cleaned it for years, foot wells full of beach sand from all over the State, it doesn't get any special treatment, more scratches the better.

Just fitted a yellow top so will see how it goes. Car has been chewing calcium batteries every two years.
Have been running a red top in another vehicle for 10 years so far.
Jason

How much to supply and ship a yellow top to Perth? and how soon would it arrive?

I had 2 yellow tops in my defender, bought in 2002 one died on our cape trip in 2010 and was replaced in Cairns for some exorbitant price, the second was replaced (in case) for our desert trip in 2011 from RRturboD, both are going strong. The one I replaced (in case) sat on the garage floor until a few weeks ago when it went into my sons Puma as a second battery.

So 9-10 years in a defender 1+ year on the garage floor and now still starts a puma OK suggests they are a pretty good battery.


Martyn