Looking for a good battery for winching.got a yellow top, been nothing but junk from Start.Thinking was this and that ,to find out its the $200 dollor battery thats a let down
FJ80 battery Needed/Offroad
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I use the super start platinum battery's from O'reilly auto. They seem to hold up well although I haven't had one longer than three years yet.
It is pretty well known that Optimas went down the tubes after Johnson Controls bought them out and started "value engineering" the products. There is a thread out there somewhere in the internet where a former engineer that worked for them spilled the beans on all the cheapness changes.
The hot ticket nowadays is the Sears DieHard Platinum made by Odyssey. See this old thread: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/sears-die-hard-platinum-discounts-every-month.469681/
Sales are still held on these things, just have to watch and wait.
The hot ticket nowadays is the Sears DieHard Platinum made by Odyssey. See this old thread: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/sears-die-hard-platinum-discounts-every-month.469681/
Sales are still held on these things, just have to watch and wait.
^^This is right. A winch motor is essentially a high amp starter motor. I have dual winches, dual batteries, and a completely separate electrical system for my winches. I use starting batteries for my winch. They are designed for the high draw of initial loads of winching. In my research most deep cycle batteries are designed to sustain a longer, slower drain over time. The hard discharge of winching is quite hard on these batteries. IMHO.
I would also add, size matters - my 60 has series 27 batteries. I may upgrade to series 31 when these are used up, they will fit and being larger are more suitable.
Second on Sears DieHard Platinums as one of the best all-around batteries out there for the money.