David Gersic wrote:
> On Friday 20 March 2009 07:16 pm, Barry Oliver wrote:
>
>>I went through 5 OPTIMA red tops before I got a good one... even the
>>expensive batteries have bad lots...
>
>
> What symptoms were you having with the bad ones? I've had batteries go
> spontaneously dead on me, but this isn't acting like those times.
>
>
Ok, The original reason I needed to replace the battery was similar to
your issues.
I went to a O'Reilys and bought Red top #1, put it in, and drove home.
The next morning, bupkis nada nothing. I took it back in, they tried to
garge it and the charger refused, so they gave me #2. I really should
have tested #2 because it didn't even manage to start my truck the first
time. Back to the store, and a bit annoyed, and looking around to see
if Tom is hiding in a bush laughing at me...
The store was out of red tops, so I had to go across town to try for #3.
#3 lasted 4 days before it went flat. #4 was just like #2, but I had
the foresight to have them stick it on the tester so I never even made
it out of the store. #5 came from Store #3 and was a different date
code [12/07]. The "bad batch" was all [06/07], and at the time there
was a couple of google results dealing with a bad batch of optimas.
*Now* I am 100% pleased with my red top and it's 100%....
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