Re: best battery?
[Re: Challenger 1]
#1234563
05/16/12 08:03 PM
05/16/12 08:03 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,907 Athens, Greece
Pyper70
master
|
master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,907
Athens, Greece
|
Had an Optima 780cca in three cars....2 of them died prematurely. I brought one back to life using a light bulb trick....then it died a month later without a rebirth. I have a 540cca Delco and it spins the mini starter just fine., Never had a problem with it 3 years.
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
|
|
|
Re: best battery?
[Re: ramman5600]
#1234567
05/17/12 12:53 AM
05/17/12 12:53 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 602 N.E.Ohio
pacifica
mopar
|
mopar
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 602
N.E.Ohio
|
Quote:
Anyone use Odyssey Brand AGM?
i bought Odyssey VRLA for my tractor this spring.
So far so good...only been 2 months though
|
|
|
Re: best battery?
[Re: 70VcodeCoronetRT]
#1234569
05/17/12 08:06 PM
05/17/12 08:06 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,895 Florida
Locomotion
master
|
master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,895
Florida
|
I put an Odyssey 1500 in the trunk of my race car a couple of years ago. I run a 50 amp alternator as required by the rules, but I charge between rounds during cooling anyway because of the electric fan and water pump. I liked it enough to buy pair of Die-Hard Platinum batteries for my 2004 Dodge diesel dually because they are manufactured by Odyssey, just relabeled - and less expensive!
I used Optima Red and Blue before with good luck, but now have the Optima as my auxilary trailer battery.
Last edited by Locomotion; 05/17/12 08:07 PM.
|
|
|
Re: best battery?
[Re: ramman5600]
#1234571
05/19/12 09:46 AM
05/19/12 09:46 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,895 Florida
Locomotion
master
|
master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,895
Florida
|
Quote:
Any cross reference of links that shows the Odyssey compared to DieHard?
I don't know of an actual # cross-reference chart, but the specs and casings are the same, just different colors. Sears seems to have the most popular versions in their Platinum line, not as many variations as the Odyssey labeled versions.
|
|
|
Re: best battery?
[Re: Locomotion]
#1234572
05/19/12 09:57 AM
05/19/12 09:57 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 12,013 Finally a HUSKER again
Moparnut426
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 12,013
Finally a HUSKER again
|
Being a GM sercive manager/tech, we deal in delco batterys. I can tell ya that they have really fallen off the deep end. This last winter we literally warrentied EVERY delco battery we sold. and 3 of them took 3 tries to get a decent one for the customer.
embarrassing, hell yes. Try keeping customers that way. Didnt happen. We had to give a few their money back, and havent seen them since.
The Delco rep who is a jackass came in every month and gave us grief every time till finally I took a battery, just a random battery he dropped of to us, took it over to a truck we were fixing the brakes on, and it wouldnt start the truck, just a fast click, click,click, then I tested it with our tester and his off his truck, 0cca, and 8 volts or something like that.
So from now on I tend to tell the good customer that still come in to us to let us sell them a John Deere battery. THose things are awesome.
The one in my dads van has been in there since 2004, and its still jsut as good as the day he bought it.
|
|
|
Re: best battery?
[Re: ramman5600]
#1234576
05/19/12 04:06 PM
05/19/12 04:06 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,895 Florida
Locomotion
master
|
master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,895
Florida
|
Checking the specs between the same series batteries showed the same numbers weight, amps, etc. Cases are the same, just a different color. While it is possible there may be some differences, several other people on different forums observed the same thing. Sears Platinum Odyssey Can't explain the listed 4 lbs difference. But I wouldn't call it a "deal breaker".
Last edited by Locomotion; 05/19/12 04:19 PM.
|
|
|
|
|