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Fear
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Registered: 20th Nov 02
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12th Apr 03 at 21:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I went to fit my new Optima Yellow Top Battery today but couldnt fit it!!

This was because the terminals are on the other side of the battery to my standard one and the powers leads and earths didnt reach the new battery terminals!!!!!

Anybody know how to over come this problem easily or is the battery simply not gonna fit right!!!!
supacorsa
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12th Apr 03 at 21:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
turn the batery around?
John_C
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12th Apr 03 at 21:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats a good 1
Fear
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12th Apr 03 at 21:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeh thanks didnt think of that one!!!!

But if you used you wit to think about it you'll see that if you turn the battery around the terminals will be the other way round and therefore even further away from the leads!!!!!
John_C
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12th Apr 03 at 21:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
y not jus get a bigger vaux 1 for a quarter of the money
Fear
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12th Apr 03 at 21:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I wanted a yellow top so i could run my ICE for a while like an hour or something and the biggest vaux battery i could of fitted in would do it!!!!!
John_C
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12th Apr 03 at 21:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well if it could do it!!! y not get it

also if u want 2 run ur ice wen the car is switched off then u'll need a second battery most prob
Fear
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12th Apr 03 at 21:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know a guy who can run his ice with engine switched off for 2 hours with a yellow top and still the car starts no problem!!!

Its just real annoying to have the battery sat here when it could be in the car!!!!
John_C
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12th Apr 03 at 21:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends how big the system is, the biggest vaux batt i would of thought could b comparable.
Richie
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12th Apr 03 at 22:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i thought the yellow top wasnt designed to be used under the hood...
Makarus
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13th Apr 03 at 10:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah I thought the Yellow top was designed to be fitted seperatly to the engine bay, like in the boot or some such.
Fear
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13th Apr 03 at 13:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I asked at a couple of ice shops and they both phoned autoleads who supply them and they said both times that it is designed for prolonged ICE use and day to day use aswell!!!!

They should know i spose!!!
John_C
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13th Apr 03 at 19:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yellow can b but they do a red 1 as well
Fear
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13th Apr 03 at 21:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think the red one is even more powerful, a deeper cycle i think!!! But also more money i think!!!
They do a orange top aswell i think the bottom of the range!!!
corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
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13th Apr 03 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and a blue top
My yellow top sat in my bedroom for 3 months before i put it in!

 
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