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Re: Reason for Optima failures?
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Posted by Jon Hagen on December 06, 2006 at 06:20:40 from (69.26.29.138):
In Reply to: Re: Reason for Optima failures? posted by IH2444 on December 06, 2006 at 05:44:36:
It does not seem to harm them, I have run my 15 year old Optima stone dead from leaving some accessory turned on for days at least a half dozen times in the last 15 years,and have never more than jump started it and allowed the 60 amp alternator to hammer a charge back into it. They tell me that the spiral cell design sees much damage from a very deep discharge compared to a conventional flooded cell battery.
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