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+--- Thread: batteries - what the F do you know about them? (/showthread.php?tid=3609)
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- Mike - 01-31-2006
.RJ Wrote:Vibration is a bigger problem than bumps.
yeah thats what i meant.
- white_2kgt - 01-31-2006
Evan Wrote:Optimas are marketed and sold as a regular everyday battery. Ive never seen any optima "just used for jumpstarting" (wtf does that mean anyway?)
Optima has 3 battery's, red - general auto, yellow- deep cycle (what I have) and blue, marine. I'm just saying I use it for jumpstarting cars that are dead, since it is a deep cycle battery it is prefect for that.
- Dave - 01-31-2006
I buy cheap batteries, which are promptly killed by jumpstarting other piles of shit that I happen to own.
In all reality, I've had no real problems buying the cheap batteries and will continue to.
- JohnC - 02-01-2006
white_2kgt Wrote:Optima has 3 battery's, red - general auto, yellow- deep cycle (what I have) and blue, marine. I'm just saying I use it for jumpstarting cars that are dead, since it is a deep cycle battery it is prefect for that.
Prefect? For a Ford? Wheres my towel? Half a donut and 2 cans of Diet Dr. Pepper to the first person who mentions a relevant number between 41.5 and 712.
And a pox on those who :?: me!
- Ginger - 02-01-2006
I used the PC310 in my VFR700. It seemed to crank over quite strongly and I couldn't find any literature saying that it wouldn't be good for daily use. I didn't really have any problems with it until I let it sit for 10 days between December 31 and January 8 or 9 or so.... then it only read 3 volts and wouldn't accept a charge from a charger or from the bike (hell, it wouldn't even flip the bike's lights).
The PC680MJT was daily duty in my Accord for the better part of a year. I only stopped using it when I stopped using the car. I only had a problem with that when I let the car sit for 2 or 3 weeks and it had a really, really poor charge... but my prior tradtional batteries would also drain quickly when sitting with that car, leading me to believe there was a short somewhere. I wouldn't use the PC680 for daily use in an 8 cylinder car like your Mustang, but in small 4 cylinders it seems to be a good ticket. I was thinking of modifying the space in the VFR to accomodate a PC680....
- white_2kgt - 02-01-2006
JohnC Wrote:white_2kgt Wrote:Optima has 3 battery's, red - general auto, yellow- deep cycle (what I have) and blue, marine. I'm just saying I use it for jumpstarting cars that are dead, since it is a deep cycle battery it is prefect for that.
Prefect? For a Ford? Wheres my towel?
:?:
It is a DEEP CYCLE battery, so it is made for doing just what I'm using it for.
- JohnC - 02-01-2006
white_2kgt Wrote:It is a DEEP CYCLE battery, so it is made for doing just what I'm using it for.
You're missing the joke. Don't worry, it wasn't very good to begin with, but I was laughing my ass off.
- CaptainHenreh - 02-01-2006
JohnC Wrote:Prefect? For a Ford? Wheres my towel? Half a donut and 2 cans of Diet Dr. Pepper to the first person who mentions a relevant number between 41.5 and 712.
42.
And, for the record, I thought it was funny.
- JohnC - 02-01-2006
CaptainHenreh Wrote:42.
And, for the record, I thought it was funny.
winnAR!!!!
- D_Eclipse9916 - 02-01-2006
Actually asteele had 310 and 680 in his post technically, I say it was rigged!!!
- Jeff - 02-01-2006
what does 42 mean? Im lost and sad...
- CaptainHenreh - 02-01-2006
TurboOmni08 Wrote:what does 42 mean? Im lost and sad...
Yup.
I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number.
- Maengelito - 02-01-2006
after consulting with our fuel cell/advanced power guy at work and a reservist that does his annual training where i work but works for energizer as a civilian, i will be going with a cheapo battery. i was also sent this link which has tons of info:
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- BLINGMW - 02-01-2006
Maengelito Wrote:after consulting with our fuel cell/advanced power guy at work and a reservist that does his annual training where i work but works for energizer as a civilian, i will be going with a cheapo battery. i was also sent this link which has tons of info:
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eh? you got a full-cell guy? Can I have his job?
- Maengelito - 02-02-2006
BLINGMW Wrote:eh? you got a full-cell guy? Can I have his job?
actually, he is retiring sometime in the next couple of years, but his replacement has already been working there for the past year or so. we go out drinking all the time
- ScottyB - 02-02-2006
Maengelito Wrote:we go out drinking all the time
sounds like my kind of fuel research.