batterys
 

Yes i looked thru the ads and have a question on a battery style 12Volt

Good 12v for a dragster that is not too heavy, 468bbc normal electrial for a dragster,fuel,fan,brake,water pump,delay,7al3,air shifted. hope this is enough info to give feed back. Want only one have a altinator

thanks

Most common is the red top optima. We ran them before upgrading to 16 volts.

Me and you both, but your gonna get slammed when everybody reads this. I raced mine for 3 years and it's been in my Duramax for at least another year.

Most wil say a NAPA battery is the best. I'm sure somebody will post which NAPA #.

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The Napa Battery is a ORBITAL.I REALY think they are Made by EXCIDE......?I Have both the Optima and Orbital,I lean more towards the Orbital because of the Warranty.
With a Plow Truck,and Dual batteries in the Trailer.I have spent $$ on Both Sides!
Later
G 8)

I don't understand the issues with the Optima. I have run them for a long time. I have had each dragster for 2-3 years. Each one until the 2010 had Optima in it. Never did I have a problem with the 5 or 6 I had over the years in multiple applications.

what # for the orbital our dealer can't seem to find??

Exide Orbital is my choice also.

I think the # is ORB78DT-84


Optimas are junk for a few reasons, 1 they dont last more then a few years normally, 2 even if they do fail under warranty you'll have a hard time getting a new one. A dealer in town says to me " I wont take them as Optima will never take care of me after I replace bad battery"

that in a nut shell has kept me far away from them

Optimas are junk!!! Bought one and it lasted for six months and took it back to were i bought it from, they said it was out of warranty. When i bought the battery it had a sticker on it with 6-10 and when i called optima and read the date code off the top they said it only had a year warranty and was maid 4-09 there was nothing they could do for me but sell me another battery. Well i went back were i bought it and they said optima dont stand by what they sell because pepole dont charge, store, mantain, ect. My thing is how long the battery lasted not even two years with an alt on my car and i only had it 6 months. JMO!

And there over priced

I have used Optima batteries for years and can't complain. I did have a couple that didn't last as they should have but they were warrantied without any problems. I guess it makes a difference who you buy from and how much they want your business. I think they may have had a bad run a couple of years ago and I think that's about the time I had my bad ones. Something that has to be kept in mind with the Optima is they don't charge like a conventional battery. If it gets discharged below a certain point you have to jumper it to another charged battery and slowly bring it back up. I'm sure a lot of these batteries were considered bad when they were just discharged and the proper procedure for recharging hadn't been followed. To each their own but I will continue to use Optima until I have a problem that isn't taken care of to my satisfaction.

Hi Chuck, I agree. I am a shop owner and bought it from another shop that carried them, which gets them from interstate batteries. I called them and they tried to a/c charge it with no luck, so i think that all everyone wanted to do was pass the buck from the maker to the sellers. I beleive that the warranty should start from the date of purchase and not from the day it was maid. I had alot of problems with interstate batts in the past and dont carrier them anymore so maybe thats why they didnt want to do anything for me, but optima should have stood by there battery and instead said sorry we can sell you a new one. I told them no thanks and that i could buy two car batts with a 5 year warranty cheaper than one of theres.

Well good luck with what ever battery he gose with.

Many of the top brand batteries are made by U. S. battery. They just change the decals and casings for different brands. U.S. Battery has two plants here in Augusta, Ga.

95% of the time it's NOT the batteries fault. Undercharging, OVERCHARGING, bad ground / bad positive, or poor wiring in general or a bad starter is the reason the battery failed.

I agree. My experience has been if there is no other proof of purchase such as a receipt then they will use the date of manufacture for warranty purposes. One of the failed batteries I had was barely within the 2 year warranty period from the date I purchased it and I know the date of manufacture was older than that. I have been an Interstate dealer for over 20 years and the distributor I buy from apparently wants to keep me happy. When it comes right down to it if I sell a product that my supplier won't warranty I will take the loss and keep my customer happy but I won't have to worry about product from the source again.

BATTERY
 

COULD ANYONE HELP THIS DUMB MAN ON BATTERY ISSUES I HAVE A 12 VOLT SYSTEM NOW DO I HAVE TO CHANGE EVERY THING IF I WANT TO GO TO 16 VOLTS AND DO THEY MAKE A 16 VOLT ALT WATER PUMP OR CAN I JUST CHANGE THE BATTERY EVERYTHING CAN STAY THE SAME

Re: BATTERY
 

Just change the battery. 16 volt WILL make everything turn a little faster, but it will be ok. It'll wake up your fan and it really wakes up your starter. Yes, they do make a 16 volt alt.
NO WAY WOULD I EVER GO BACK TO 12 VOLTS. (Well, unless she was really rich. lol)

Re: BATTERY
 

Most everything will handle 16v, not everything will handle 16v with a good alt .. typically 18.5v that way.

If you do switch to 16v make sure you dont use your 12v alt

BATTERY
 

THANKS DAVID AND A THANKS TO YOU RABBIT IM JUST GOING TO CHANGE THE BATTERY TO 16 VOLTS HOPE IT WONT HURT FUEL PUMP THANKS GUYS :?: :?: :?: :?: :roll:

Fuel pump will be fine.

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It want hurt it, BUT MAKE SURE TO RE-CHECK THE FUEL PRESSURE.