Hot Optima

Wow. Someone overcharged that battery??? I simply don't understand why anyone would use Optima batteries when for about the same money they can get a standard construction AGM battery with twice the capacity.

Ed_Gee wrote:
I simply don't understand why anyone would use Optima batteries ..

Pretty and cylinders. :)

There was no comment about what it was used in
May have come out of jeep, jet ski, or boat

duct tape will fix it!

He's pretty sure he over charged it- it's been used a bunch of places- boat, trailer, truck, and it's probably 10 years old.

lj2654 wrote:
duct tape will fix it!

Be sure to top it off with some tap water first.

Well that is one way to open the Optima to add water ;)

The hole is plenty big enough to let 2-charges escape shoulder-to-shoulder. You've heard the old saw about the steel ball a d feather duster...

Ed_Gee wrote:
Wow. Someone overcharged that battery??? I simply don't understand why anyone would use Optima batteries when for about the same money they can get a standard construction AGM battery with twice the capacity.

I use Optima batteries, the first set lasted 13.5 years. The set I just installed are bigger than my last ones (D31M instead of D34M), I also looked and I never found anything that had twice the capacity and most cost more, the new ones have 75AH and because of the way they are made I was able to use my old sliding tray be angling them.

If you buy Optimas don't buy them off the internet, read the warranty, they have a paragraph in RED that says they will not warranty them because they aren't authorized dealers and the batteries may be rejects. The ones I bought had a little different number because they came from a Interstate Dealer, I can warranty them at any Interstate Dealer in the country.

Denny