Subject	Marine batteries are usally meant to be fully discharged
Posted by	dogpile on December 17, 2007 at 5:27 PM
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In Reply To	I've got 2, had them for a few years now and never had an posted by zxhoon on December 17, 2007 at 04:03 PM
Message	Well, maybe not meant to be fully discharged, but are designed to handle it better? My father has a blue top in his boat and never unhooks it. Puts it on the charger the start of every season and that's that. I'd say he's had the Optima in there since 2000.
Follow Ups	failed optima yellow top - AxleZTTic 13:21:57 12/17/07 once an optima dies, its dead - Alan(NJ) 13:24:56 12/17/07 Agreed a dead yellow top isnt coming back - z32bob 13:54:43 12/17/07 Autozone has a 3 year free replacement on Optima's - TTFairladyZ 13:39:30 12/17/07 they told me one year - Alan(NJ) 13:42:23 12/17/07 1 year Yellow top- 3 years red. - Slow3z 14:03:02 12/17/07 i have a red top (n/m) - Alan(NJ) 14:05:28 12/17/07 Do you still have your receipt? - TTFairladyZ 14:18:30 12/17/07 yes i still have it (n/m) - Alan(NJ) 14:21:06 12/17/07 I've seen this question popup a few times, heres a link - Slow3z 14:33:50 12/17/07 Do they still support the lifetime warranty on the duralast? (n/m) - nemo1080 17:41:51 12/17/07 Same experience with my yellow top......replaced it with - Gold Z 13:42:08 12/17/07 2nd - ive had my interstate for 5 years now, cranks right up (n/m) - fanta-z 15:10:09 12/17/07 Ive got an Interstate in the Rover. Great battery. (n/m) - ENVYMYZ 15:25:57 12/17/07 kirkland ftw! (n/m) - inf 13:47:26 12/17/07 Same here. I killed a redtop and two yellowtops - Greg (Dallas) 13:53:42 12/17/07 I had a yellow top optima ..replaced it with interstate (n/m) - The Devils Z 13:58:24 12/17/07 Same here, they have a great warranty too (n/m) - 550HPTT 14:03:00 12/17/07 My last Optima was an Interstate - SeedyROM 15:19:15 12/17/07 There's really only a handful of companies that make - dogpile 17:24:48 12/17/07 Yeah, it sure does seem that way - SeedyROM 17:42:50 12/17/07 arent the blue tops, the marine ones good? - ricerocketeer31 14:02:50 12/17/07 I've got 2, had them for a few years now and never had an - zxhoon 16:03:52 12/17/07 i had a blue top for 5+ years. it finally died on me. - apudapus 17:14:47 12/17/07 Marine batteries are usally meant to be fully discharged - dogpile 17:27:21 12/17/07 well if they are different it seems the blue top looks best - zxhoon 20:16:09 12/17/07 I've had 2 reds die on me, I now keep a trickle charger - Adam(Phoenix) 14:04:53 12/17/07 I have an opposite story. - ZiNnYc 14:06:02 12/17/07 OEM has worked for me with out an issue, my Z rests in - Cap927(Boston) 14:15:26 12/17/07 2nd - TTZMatt 14:20:08 12/17/07 My yellow top died in less than a year, with one winter - zgene4 14:54:13 12/17/07 if my red top dies again - Alan(NJ) 14:56:59 12/17/07 Morale of the story: skip the optima. (n/m) - CameronSF 15:15:29 12/17/07 My $45 Wal-Mart battery has lasted 5 years. I also buy - Yoshi 15:46:42 12/17/07 3+ years and counting on my Red Top... - ltd 16:11:40 12/17/07 My Z has sat for 3 months and today I went to charge my - nissanguyz32 16:52:44 12/17/07 Did you have it connected for those three months? - SeedyROM 17:43:38 12/17/07 Six years, six months (6.5 yrs) Red Top. Still hard at work. - Gordo 93TT Daytona 18:48:44 12/17/07 My first red top lasted 5 years. (I killed it with too many - Inzane 09:39:57 12/18/07 my redtop has been through a lot and never let me down. - AntiHero 09:28:53 12/18/07
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