Yes, you are right with respect to the capacity of Red Tops. However, their life under these conditions (deep discharge) is roughly 7x *less* than YTs.
Good thought though. Thanks, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dymaxion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 1:15 PM Subject: Re: FS: 20 Optima Batteries > Just a thought here, perhaps you should research using the batteries > you have. U of Idaho used red tops in their racing Camaro. Alledgedly > they could get 40 miles of range. Not sure about life, but they were > used for hour long races. http://www.evalbum.com has a page > http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/123.html on the car and links to the > University for more info. > > --- Dave Luiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > You may recall a post to the EV list this past April for "a new set > > of > > factory first Optima YTs, a > > stack of 20". I was the "lucky" one who picked these up for $80 ea > > and they > > now reside in my garage. > > > > It turns out that these were not standard production batteries as > > they were > > marked as BLEMS because they had red colored tops over a light grey > > case and > > therefore could not be sold as standard units. I was told by > > someone > > knowledgable about Optima batteries that these were deep discharge > > Yellow > > Tops even though they have the red colored top that comes on the > > Optima > > starting battery. > > > > Well, the sad fact is, these are Red Top starting batteries and are > > therefore of no use in my EV. The fully charged OCV after rest of > > 12.8V > > tipped me off to this. Their 39lb weight leaves no doubt. > > > > So, I now have 20 Optima batteries that are for sale as RED TOP > > STARTING > > BATTERIES. They are new and still in the shrink wrap. $80ea. > > Contact me off > > list if interested or have any prospects. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave Luiz > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com >
