what sayeth the list? i just picked up a second from the factory that had been on the shelf for too long. i'm thinking of putting it in the 45. anyone have experience with these glass mat buggers?
orbital batterys
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I've had one in my '78 for maybe 2 years, Ige, and I have no complaints. Of course, I still have the original Ford battery in my 94 pickup, so we'll have to see how the Orbital does for longevity.
Todd Bull.
Todd Bull.
I got 4(maybe 5) of them, I like them alot, I will buy these over a Optima all day long.
great battery, "supposedly" the side post can take the draw of a winch.........but I aint gonna find out
the ones I use are the Extreme's (XCD)
great battery, "supposedly" the side post can take the draw of a winch.........but I aint gonna find out
the ones I use are the Extreme's (XCD)
Landpimp said:"supposedly" the side post can take the draw of a winch.........but I aint gonna find out
I contacted Exide about that before I bought one. They say the side posts have the same ampacity as the top posts. So far, I've had no problems with the winch fed from the sides.
Did discover one problem with use of the side posts, though. I have a negative cable going to the winch, in addition to the positive cable. At some point, I disconnected the negative top post cable to work on the truck and forgot about the negative side post. A day or two later, thinking the battery was disconnected, I started fiddling around with the starter cable. Yikes, lightning. No damage, but it could have been a real problem under different circumstances. Doh!
Landpimp said:I got 4(maybe 5) of them, I like them alot, I will buy these over a Optima all day long.
great battery, "supposedly" the side post can take the draw of a winch.........but I aint gonna find out
the ones I use are the Extreme's (XCD)
Ditto
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thanks...glad to know i got a good battery. the guy that sits next to me at work was ordering a battery from our exide rep and the rep asked if we'd be interested in some "old" batterys...they'd been on the shelf for 6 months. i got it for $30...figured i couldn't really beat that price.
I have owned several of these. One in the FJ40. The dry cells seem to die on us about every two and a half years. These give no warning when they go. Jury is still out.
