Optima batteries
06-25-2007, 02:25 PM
#1
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Optima batteries
This was the response I got from Optima about their batteries.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Hello Mike,
Please accept our apologies for the delayed response.
Unfortunately we do not have a suggested battery for your vehicle due
to
your battery location. It requires venting to the outside of the
vehicle
and unfortunately we do not have the proper connections on our
batteries
for vent tubes or any venting accessories.
Please feel free to contact customer service at the number below if you
have any other questions. Thank you for your interest and support of
Optima
Batteries.
Bridget
Optima Batteries
Customer Service
Please accept our apologies for the delayed response.
Unfortunately we do not have a suggested battery for your vehicle due
to
your battery location. It requires venting to the outside of the
vehicle
and unfortunately we do not have the proper connections on our
batteries
for vent tubes or any venting accessories.
Please feel free to contact customer service at the number below if you
have any other questions. Thank you for your interest and support of
Optima
Batteries.
Bridget
Optima Batteries
Customer Service
06-25-2007, 02:55 PM
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I have a red top in Kelley's GTM since March. So far no problems. The ground cable was a little tricky to connect but it fit. I wonder how many car audio files have this as their extra battery in the trunk? Have they had any problems?
I let you see it on Saturday.
I let you see it on Saturday.
06-25-2007, 03:01 PM
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That's too bad! I was hoping to get one of those as a replacment when our original battery goes kaput! That should be any time now since we'll have had our HHR 2 Years in August, and batteries don't, as a rule, last much longer than that here in the Phoenix area. I'd rather not put another Delco Battery in it, given a choice. Just depends on where the HHR is when it dies. I told my Wife if it happens away from home just have AAA take it to the Dealer anyway.
I wonder if an Exide, or a Bosch battery would be any better than the Delco? 
06-25-2007, 04:47 PM
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You could also use use a after market battery box into the trunk with a vent tube, making cables is to connect the old cables to the new box should not be too hard. Then all you would have to make would be mounts for the box.
06-26-2007, 06:40 AM
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I'm guessing they are saying that the battery itself is not vented for interior use. Placing in the trunk is a little different. I like Optima's, hopefuly by the time I need a battery, they have this addressed.
06-26-2007, 06:50 AM
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My son has an Optima, yellow top, for his sound system.
It comes with mounting brackets, and apparently, it can even be mounted up side down. He hasn`t said anything neg. about it, and he`s REALLY picky about his RIDE. Not vented per-sa.
It comes with mounting brackets, and apparently, it can even be mounted up side down. He hasn`t said anything neg. about it, and he`s REALLY picky about his RIDE. Not vented per-sa.