Everyone always says to get an Optima yellow top battery...What exactly are the advantages to these batteries? What difference is there between these and others.
Optima went down hill when they were bought out by Interstate. I would suggest you look into Hawker / Odyssey
https://www.odysseyfactory.com they also manufacture the batteries for Stinger
https://stingerelectronics.com/web/homepage_industrial.asp Will it even matter if I never play my system with the car off?
If you’re going to spend the money and do the upgrade why settle for the 2nd best!
You will not see any kind of a difference. If your battery is fairly new I would wait until it needs to be replaced. But if its time to replace it then I would defiantly go with an Optima or Odyssey.
If you go with the Stinger you’re paying for the name. If you do your research you can figure out which Stinger is which Odyssey. But there is nothing wrong with going for the Stinger. https://autosoundgear.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&grp=43
Edicius wrote:
What exactly are the advantages to these batteries? What difference is there between these and others.
The Optima Yellow Top battery is deep cycle battery, in the simplest terms. It can be depleted over 300+ times, down to 35% with out sulfication, or plate failure.
Because the battery is AGM based, it can be mounted in any position. Because of its nature and composition the battery also has a very low internal resistance.
ie. It will recharge very quickly, it will also release more CCA than a standard SLI battery based on the same group size.
The Yellow Top is also sealed, meaning that it does not vent gases in the same way as a SLI battery.
But do not confuse the battery as being ventless. The battery does indeed incorporate extreme pressure relief valves, if the recombination is excessive.
They are the 2 recessed grey vent plugs on the top.
The most important aspect of a deep cycle battery is its ability to withstand repeated deep cycles with out ill affects to its operational service life, or current output.
ie. If you deplete a SLI battery only once to 35% of its capacity. The service life of the battery will drop by 30%.
So if the battery is suppose to perform for 5 years without faulter. Because of only one deep cycle, 1.50 years has been taken off, and so on.
This is the abridged version of what the battery can, do.
Regards
EVIL Teken . . .
so if you just wanted one pattery, would a red top be the best choice?
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Yellow tops can be used as the primary battery. You should try to use the same age and definitely use the same types of batteries in your system.