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Old 06-17-2015, 05:00 AM   #1
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So I've decided that it is time to change my battery. I have a Duralast right now and after having the ti sit for awhile in the garage the phantom drain totally killed the battery. I have my CTek charging it right now but since I have a MINI it doesn't really matter since I'm using that car right now, I have searched this and came across an old thread that said someone is using an Orange Top, Optima doesn't make the Orange Top and I'm considering either the Red or Yellow top battery but I'm not sure how the fit will be nor if the Amps will be okay as I don't know what the Amp rating is on the Yellow/Red Top batteries are.

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Interested as I need a battery for the 97.
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I put a blue top in my boat in 2002 and still have it. This boat is a high vibration enviroment with a 16amp stator so the battery is always in a draw state due to more power used than the stator makes. Many times totally drained and never had an issue with this blue top battery. Before the blue top I went through 2 advanced auto parts marine batteries due to vibration. Highly recomend Optima batteries as my experience has been 100% good.

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when they first hit the market,i put one in my '89 cabrio . they battery went four months shy of 10 yrs... Only reason I replaced is the positive post broke flush with the top of battery.
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I'm glad that I'm hearing good things about Optima from you guys! Now I just need to decide on which one I'm going to use.
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