Which battery?
 

The 'ol Die Hard in my Cherokee gave up the ghost, time to upgrade. I can
get a 1000CCA standard battery from Les Schwab for about 100 bux. Is it
worth the extra 60 for an Optima? If I get the Optima, which is best? Red
top? Blue top? Yellow top?

Vehicle is 89 Cherokee 4.0, Warn m8000 winch, 400watt audio amp, no aux
lighting but I will be adding some.

Thanks,

Carl

Re: Which battery?
 

With your winch, Optima's Blue Top or Yellow Top deep-cycle/starting
batteries would be a good choice, the Red Top would not since Optima
will not warranty it if a winch is connected to it. The Blue Top is
exactly the same as the Yellow Top internally and only varies by the
external case color and connectors. The extra top post on the Blue Top
is suitable for connecting a winch to, a winch cannot be connected to
the side posts that come on the Yellow Top since they cannot handle the
amount of current a winch can draw (in excess of 400 amperes). I'm real
happy with my two year old second Yellow Top, my first Yellow Top lasted
around five years with lots of winching under its belt before I replaced
it just to make sure it didn't strand me in the middle of the desert.

Jerry

Carl Saiyed wrote:
> The 'ol Die Hard in my Cherokee gave up the ghost, time to upgrade. I can
> get a 1000CCA standard battery from Les Schwab for about 100 bux. Is it
> worth the extra 60 for an Optima? If I get the Optima, which is best? Red
> top? Blue top? Yellow top?
>
> Vehicle is 89 Cherokee 4.0, Warn m8000 winch, 400watt audio amp, no aux
> lighting but I will be adding some.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

Re: Which battery?
 

With your winch, Optima's Blue Top or Yellow Top deep-cycle/starting
batteries would be a good choice, the Red Top would not since Optima
will not warranty it if a winch is connected to it. The Blue Top is
exactly the same as the Yellow Top internally and only varies by the
external case color and connectors. The extra top post on the Blue Top
is suitable for connecting a winch to, a winch cannot be connected to
the side posts that come on the Yellow Top since they cannot handle the
amount of current a winch can draw (in excess of 400 amperes). I'm real
happy with my two year old second Yellow Top, my first Yellow Top lasted
around five years with lots of winching under its belt before I replaced
it just to make sure it didn't strand me in the middle of the desert.

Jerry

Carl Saiyed wrote:
> The 'ol Die Hard in my Cherokee gave up the ghost, time to upgrade. I can
> get a 1000CCA standard battery from Les Schwab for about 100 bux. Is it
> worth the extra 60 for an Optima? If I get the Optima, which is best? Red
> top? Blue top? Yellow top?
>
> Vehicle is 89 Cherokee 4.0, Warn m8000 winch, 400watt audio amp, no aux
> lighting but I will be adding some.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

Re: Which battery?
 

With your winch, Optima's Blue Top or Yellow Top deep-cycle/starting
batteries would be a good choice, the Red Top would not since Optima
will not warranty it if a winch is connected to it. The Blue Top is
exactly the same as the Yellow Top internally and only varies by the
external case color and connectors. The extra top post on the Blue Top
is suitable for connecting a winch to, a winch cannot be connected to
the side posts that come on the Yellow Top since they cannot handle the
amount of current a winch can draw (in excess of 400 amperes). I'm real
happy with my two year old second Yellow Top, my first Yellow Top lasted
around five years with lots of winching under its belt before I replaced
it just to make sure it didn't strand me in the middle of the desert.

Jerry

Carl Saiyed wrote:
> The 'ol Die Hard in my Cherokee gave up the ghost, time to upgrade. I can
> get a 1000CCA standard battery from Les Schwab for about 100 bux. Is it
> worth the extra 60 for an Optima? If I get the Optima, which is best? Red
> top? Blue top? Yellow top?
>
> Vehicle is 89 Cherokee 4.0, Warn m8000 winch, 400watt audio amp, no aux
> lighting but I will be adding some.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
>
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

Re: Which battery?
 

Thanks, Jerry. Based on your reccomendation and various articles I found on
the internet, I think I'll be going with the Yellow Top.


Thanks again,

Carl

Re: Which battery?
 

Thanks, Jerry. Based on your reccomendation and various articles I found on
the internet, I think I'll be going with the Yellow Top.


Thanks again,

Carl

Re: Which battery?
 

Thanks, Jerry. Based on your reccomendation and various articles I found on
the internet, I think I'll be going with the Yellow Top.


Thanks again,

Carl

Re: Which battery?
 

Great... but I'm just curious why you chose it over the Blue Top that
makes connecting a winch easier?

Jerry

Carl Saiyed wrote:
> Thanks, Jerry. Based on your reccomendation and various articles I found on
> the internet, I think I'll be going with the Yellow Top.
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Carl
>
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

Re: Which battery?
 

Great... but I'm just curious why you chose it over the Blue Top that
makes connecting a winch easier?

Jerry

Carl Saiyed wrote:
> Thanks, Jerry. Based on your reccomendation and various articles I found on
> the internet, I think I'll be going with the Yellow Top.
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Carl
>
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

Re: Which battery?
 

Great... but I'm just curious why you chose it over the Blue Top that
makes connecting a winch easier?

Jerry

Carl Saiyed wrote:
> Thanks, Jerry. Based on your reccomendation and various articles I found on
> the internet, I think I'll be going with the Yellow Top.
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Carl
>
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/