Wiring: Three Optima Yellow Tops

by **Jon11582** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:34 pm

http://www.sounddomain.com/shoplist~b~O ... ~Batteries

Would any of these work without having to rerun the wires?

Found a local deal on Yellow tops, but only want one if it fits in without rewiring.

Thanks in advance.

by **Yanks0114** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:01 pm

No, but the get the optima orange top. It is equal to the red top but it is reverse polarity so it fits our cars no problem

by **Jon11582** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:46 pm

51RD (middle one) is also reverse polarity. Wouldnt that work?

by **Yanks0114** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 10:17 pm

Jon11582 wrote:51RD (middle one) is also reverse polarity. Wouldnt that work?

Theorhetically yes, but the dimensions are off.

by **Jon11582** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 10:54 pm

Ah I see. I suppose the orange top has the same dimensions, or similar to our OEM battery then. Ive never heard of this one, but I guess ill keep an eye out for this one if I see it.

Thanks for the insight

by **ZXLNT** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:17 am

If they would make dual post battery wired to fit the Solar that would be great..

by **Paladin06Greg** » Sat May 22, 2004 5:18 am

I just got the RED Top and with a minor modification it works and looks great!

by **WortownSolara** » Sat May 22, 2004 6:32 am

my only question is why 3?? Batteries are a band-aid, even the largest custom systems we do here only end up with 2 at the most, one for the vehicle, one for the system, Rockford makes some INSANE caps, 50 farad is not bad money and they were able to run a F-350 DIESEL off it for 3 days (no battery in the truck at all) Not to mention with one of these you wont have to kill the weight on the vehicle, you would be surprised how much it effects the ride quality. The absolute best way to gain more power is an alternator upgrade, for the price of 3 batteries its almost the cost of a larger alternator, plus if there is anyone around you that reworks alternators, you can get 30 more amps out of our stock one, and they usually only charge a doller a wind. Just some info guys.
Marc

by **Fenix** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:44 am

WortownSolara wrote:my only question is why 3?? Batteries are a band-aid, even the largest custom systems we do here only end up with 2 at the most, one for the vehicle, one for the system, Rockford makes some INSANE caps, 50 farad is not bad money and they were able to run a F-350 DIESEL off it for 3 days (no battery in the truck at all) Not to mention with one of these you wont have to kill the weight on the vehicle, you would be surprised how much it effects the ride quality. The absolute best way to gain more power is an alternator upgrade, for the price of 3 batteries its almost the cost of a larger alternator, plus if there is anyone around you that reworks alternators, you can get 30 more amps out of our stock one, and they usually only charge a doller a wind. Just some info guys.
Marc

I think what Jon (the original poster) meant was out of those three Optima yellow tops in the link, which one was best for him to buy.

by **Paladin06Greg** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:52 am

LOL..

Fenix wrote:
WortownSolara wrote:my only question is why 3?? Batteries are a band-aid, even the largest custom systems we do here only end up with 2 at the most, one for the vehicle, one for the system, Rockford makes some INSANE caps, 50 farad is not bad money and they were able to run a F-350 DIESEL off it for 3 days (no battery in the truck at all) Not to mention with one of these you wont have to kill the weight on the vehicle, you would be surprised how much it effects the ride quality. The absolute best way to gain more power is an alternator upgrade, for the price of 3 batteries its almost the cost of a larger alternator, plus if there is anyone around you that reworks alternators, you can get 30 more amps out of our stock one, and they usually only charge a doller a wind. Just some info guys.
Marc

I think what Jon (the original poster) meant was out of those three Optima yellow tops in the link, which one was best for him to buy.

by **HKSV6SLE** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:23 pm

iof your gonna ge a better battery better oiff getting an yellow or blue top..the red doesnt have much more power than our stock ones.

by **Paladin06Greg** » Sat May 22, 2004 3:12 pm

Hummmmmm, not sure of your stock battery but this Red top has a lot more cranking amps them the stock required battery..

by **krook** » Sat May 22, 2004 5:09 pm

i wanted to get the Optima Blue top to match the color scheme i got goin' on with my engine bay. but aren't those for "marine" use. (ex. yachs, boats) would that make it useless for a car?

by **Paladin06Greg** » Sat May 22, 2004 6:46 pm

Yea, that's why I got REd for the color scheme and high cranking powrer. The blue is for boats and such. I'm not sure if it will work in a car or not.

krooked Solara wrote:i wanted to get the Optima Blue top to match the color scheme i got goin' on with my engine bay. but aren't those for "marine" use. (ex. yachs, boats) would that make it useless for a car?

by **WunLoudSolara** » Sat May 22, 2004 8:27 pm

I gotta blue top, works well, best thing bout em they got screw posts with wing nuts and regular posts, I just use the screw posts because,
1: all my connections are ring terminals so they fit right on there and
2: in order to disconnect the battery all you gotta do is unscrew two wing nuts and pull off the wires and its disconnected

Wiring: Three Optima Yellow Tops

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