What battery do you use?

[JonBeast]

Duralast from Autozone...Red one, cost me 80 bucks last summer, still running like a champ.

 

[ram360]

optima red top here...I used the ones from advanced auto as well in my foxes and never a problem w/ those either.

 

[DropTopPony]

I'm thinking if the Yellow Top can't be brought back to life i will get a cheap one from somewhere. When i drive it a few times a week the batteries last a long time but when i let them sit i kill them....

I club baby batteries!

 

[wckdgt]

you need to remember even if you dont drive your car there are still accesories pulling power from it like your clock and stereo they a constant power source hooked to them, and for every day that a battery sits it loses 1% of its charge or less so 60 days = 40% charged. i've had a yellow top since 06

 

[Matt94GT]

yellow top, had it 5 years, its been ran down to nothing about 4 times, car sits for months and it still fires up.

 

[TxCobrA98]

Optima Red top - had it for about a year n half or 2 years. works pretty well. don't believe i've had to charge it once.

 

[vermilion]

i bought a cheap diehard battery from sears it lasted a year. i had an optima redtop in my explorer with the stereo. it finally died after 4 years of beating it senseless.

 

[riored96gt]

There are only 3 battery manufacturers in the U.S. East Penn Manufacturing (Deka Batteries), Exide Battery, and Interstate Batteries. All automotive batteries are made by one of these 3.

East Penn and Exide are both my customers. East Penn buys alot of there lead from the Exide smelter in Reading Pa. The EPA regulations make it to expensive to expand there smelting capabuilities at the Lyons Station Pa. location. That is how I understand it.

How about Trojan Battery in Santa Fe Springs, Calif?

 

[riored96gt]

A while back, Costco had some spiral-wrap 'Nascar' Optima-knock off's. I bought 2 for my truck. I had 3 replaced within 1 year and one within 2. The last one is still in there from early'05.

I put a walmart yellow thing in the Mustang when I bought it, coming up on 3 years. $65 bucks and 3 year replacement. I just can't see spending so much more for an Optima.

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

There are only 3 battery manufacturers in the U.S. East Penn Manufacturing (Deka Batteries), Exide Battery, and Interstate Batteries. All automotive batteries are made by one of these 3.

East Penn and Exide are both my customers. East Penn buys alot of there lead from the Exide smelter in Reading Pa. The EPA regulations make it to expensive to expand there smelting capabuilities at the Lyons Station Pa. location. That is how I understand it.

How about Trojan Battery in Santa Fe Springs, Calif?

I forgot all about Trojan Batteries. That is pretty sad considering that all Tennant battery powered equipment uses Trojan Batteries. Do they make car batteries? I have only seen them in deep cycle applications.

 

[wytstang]

Opt Red top here since 05'.

 

[duh09]

Some autozone Duralast battery .

 

[DropTopPony]

So the Yellow Top is officially dead, won't hold a charge even after a long slow attempt.

Off to get a cheap one in the morning

 

[Win]

What about Odyssey I used to run one in my MR2 they were so light yet they were a damn good batt.

http://www.odysseyfactory.com/index.html

That thing i put through hell and back and it always stood up to anything i threw at it.

 

[AaRoN]

Braille

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[riored96gt]

There are only 3 battery manufacturers in the U.S. East Penn Manufacturing (Deka Batteries), Exide Battery, and Interstate Batteries. All automotive batteries are made by one of these 3.

East Penn and Exide are both my customers. East Penn buys alot of there lead from the Exide smelter in Reading Pa. The EPA regulations make it to expensive to expand there smelting capabuilities at the Lyons Station Pa. location. That is how I understand it.

How about Trojan Battery in Santa Fe Springs, Calif?

I forgot all about Trojan Batteries. That is pretty sad considering that all Tennant battery powered equipment uses Trojan Batteries. Do they make car batteries? I have only seen them in deep cycle applications.

Its been a long time since I was there, did an air system for the assembly room. They used to sponsor Indy cars...

 

[riored96gt]

What about Odyssey I used to run one in my MR2 they were so light yet they were a damn good batt.

http://www.odysseyfactory.com/index.html

That thing i put through hell and back and it always stood up to anything i threw at it.

I had one in the Mirage-12 GTP car, first one I saw. It laid on its side in a compartment you couldn't get it out of...easily...

 

[DropTopPony]

I think i'm going to get an Interstate Megatron Plus. Its rated good and has a nice warranty and plenty of power for $50 less than an Optima.

 

[Rice_slayer]

Costco special battery here, Cheap, 10 year warranty and does it's job. I have replaced 1 in 3 years...

 

[kintek]

i have a interstate warehouse next to my work. the batterys are excellent.