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Offline HVACMASTER

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WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« on: 09/ 4/08 - 07:22PM »
HAVE A RED TOP THAT HASN'T LASTED A YEAR.  WOUNDERING IF A YELLOW TOP WOULDN'T BE BETTER FOR USE OF WINCH AND LIGHTS.
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #1 on: 09/ 4/08 - 07:33PM »
Don't they have a one year warranty?
I've heard of a lot people burning up reds lately.
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #2 on: 09/ 4/08 - 07:49PM »
HAS A THREE YEAR FREE REPLACEMENT, PROBLEM IS I BOUGHT FROM 4WD AND WARRANTY IS BEING A PAIN, TRYING TO GET ORIGINAL INVOICE.  FOUND OUT I BOUGHT IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
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Offline TJ-2thousand

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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #3 on: 09/ 4/08 - 08:35PM »
WHAT ABOUT PRO COMPS SUPER HDX? THEY ARE EVEN A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN OPTIMAS. AND HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING A HIGH OUTPUT ALT. TO HELP WITH ALL THE POWER DRAW FROM YOUR LIGHTS AND WINCH?
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #4 on: 09/ 4/08 - 09:40PM »
OR EVEN A DUAL BATTERY SETUP?
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #5 on: 09/ 5/08 - 12:45AM »
my red top made it about 2.5 years no problems at all then all at once it was toast. I got a free replacement though. I think the yellow thats in the rubie is a little stronger it seems on the winching. it does not seem to draw down as fast.
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #6 on: 09/ 5/08 - 12:42PM »
My red top has been nothing but a pain in my ass.  If it sits for any amount of time it dies.  It does seem to have plenty of umph to winch, though, and when it's fully charged & driven 4 or 5 times a week, it does great.
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #7 on: 09/ 5/08 - 02:20PM »
My red top dies after 3 or 4 months of sitting too...
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #8 on: 09/ 5/08 - 03:39PM »
talked to optima today, they said if volts ever get below 10.5 alternator won't charge up correctly.  they said to hook a good battery to red top with jumper cables and then charge, 2 amp trickle charge will take 28 hours to fully charge battery.  sound like horse sh** to me.  found a buddy to get it warrantied and swap out for yellow top.  optima also told me I had the wrong battery for my application because I have a winch I need a yellow top, red tops are designed for starting only, when they even do that.  have a new yellow top sometime next week, planning on making the meeting and greet.
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Offline bigjeep2

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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #9 on: 09/ 5/08 - 09:58PM »
Deff. a yellow top. Mine is almost 10yrs old and it still works like new. ;)
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Re: WHATS THE BEST BATTERY FOR JEEPS?
« Reply #10 on: 09/11/08 - 09:19AM »
YELLOWS N AND IT'S GOOD
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