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Alpine Guy

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Posted: December 12, 2004 at 3:49 PM / IP Logged

Whell, battery pooched today finally, , time for a big one, , im looking for the biggest baddest optima style battery i can get that has minimum 750cca . I can get an orbital for $180 900cca 2 hour reserve. I definately need the top and side posts. Whats the biggest optima i can get, ,and where can i get it the cheepest?

Lemme know your suggestions. My truck see's -20 degrees celcius for about 3 months a year so its gota have a good cca #.

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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

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Posted: December 12, 2004 at 4:42 PM / IP Logged

yellow top, you can get it at any local car audio shop, or battery store cost around 140, It is a deep cycle battery will take deep discharges with no problem and will make everything in your electrical system feel like it has been revived.. kind of like taking your wife to a day spa. I live in alaska my battery sees -60 all the time, If your worried about a battery getting to cold, go and get a battery warmer for about 20.00 and when it get cold plug your vehicle in.

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Posted: December 12, 2004 at 5:41 PM / IP Logged

I have always had good experiences with the optima batteries, red, yellow, or blue.

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Alpine Guy

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Posted: December 12, 2004 at 6:14 PM / IP Logged

which ones the better one, red, or yellow?

And does anyone know what model # i would need? I keep getting run in circles when looking for a dual post one thats a big mofo. And no stores carry them around here, , i would have to order it online.

2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

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Posted: December 12, 2004 at 7:06 PM / IP Logged

They all have different purposes...red is for off road vehicles...yellow if for high current vehicles..and blue are for boats.

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Posted: December 12, 2004 at 8:22 PM / IP Logged

Whell my truck is an offroad vehicle with an high current stereo haha. I actually think im going to go with the Exide Orbital Extreme , it has some better looking numbers, andi can get it locally for $175 , , the optimas are like $190 plus shipping, plus canadian to american exchange.

Thanks tho guys

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Posted: December 13, 2004 at 1:56 AM / IP Logged

i used both optime and orbital in my car stereo applications. i like the yellow top personally.

i believe the red top is a good under the hood starting battery. no experience with the blue though.

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Posted: December 13, 2004 at 12:17 PM / IP Logged

I went with the orbital extreme today, its really nice. You can put up to 8 battery posts on it. And it has some triple release valve thingy so if the pressure inside gets too high from over chargeing it will burp and seal back up. Pretty cool stuff.

2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

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