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Ed_Manifold
Explorer
Sep 11, 2016

Batteries

Last year in March on our way to and from Las Vegas Nascar I had trouble with my starting batteries so after my new tires I will install two new starting batteries. On three of my vehicles I have installed Optima Batteries, in the Jeep the Optima has been in for 9 years and in the Corvette the Optima has been in for 7 years. My question to the forum is would the Optima batteries work for starting batteries? My coach batteries are the Lifelines gel cells.
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  • J-Rooster's avatar
    J-Rooster
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2016
    They didn't work for me! Because I didn't start my RV enough! Those batteries need to be started and charged frequently.
  • MrWizard's avatar
    MrWizard
    Moderator
    Sep 11, 2016
    do you off road the jeep ?
    optima are rugged, great batteries for jet skis and off road vehicles

    for on the highway especially high torque diesel engines
    i would get the lifelines or similar battery
    can the optima do it ? yes
    but you will get more starting power for the same or maybe less money by getting a conventional AGM battery
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Sep 11, 2016
    Ed Manifold wrote:
    My coach batteries are the Lifelines gel cells.
    Lifeline is AGM similar to Optima.

    And likewise I recommend Lifeline starting battery for superior performance and higher capacity than Optima. Or similar is fine such as Sears Platinum which is an AGM made by Odyssey.
  • pianotuna's avatar
    pianotuna
    Nomad III
    Sep 11, 2016
    Hi,

    Optima will work--but so will any other AGM of similar size--and likely the footprint may allow at least 30% more capacity than the spiral cell design of the Optima.

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