Yep!

After getting a nice optima yellowtop a year ago (maybe a bit more - can't find the invoice - Damn!), and after sterling service starting the engine ocassionally, and caring for it using an optimate conditioner most of the time....

.....on monday I could not get enough juice to started at all.
Put it on charge for a bit, then noticed after 5 mins that the charger amperage needle had suddenly shot up way to the right - full amps!

Fast-start mode the same!

...so looks like it had died!

I am peeved! Anyone else got a similar problem with these?

Just hope now, that Optima can find my purchase and deliver on their warranty!

We will see!

YEESSS

my yellow top died as well.

Just replaced with odyssey extreme 40.

Battery guy said yellow top is not what we should have. That should be used for deep discharge and running ancillaries.

On cars like ours you need big cranking amps and then alternator takes over , so Red top!

Dave

...

so a year or so it seemed that everyone was singing the praises of the Optima YellowTop YTR27 (p/n 873176)..

...now some are saying something else????



ALL I want is a friccin battery that will do the job and last for a reasonable time...

Shhherly there is such a thing out there?

I have gone for a Red Top 60 when the old Red Top 40 struggled with my LS7.

The 60 spins the engine easily and should have no problems with all the electrical bits and bobs.

You will need a new battery holder though, and support for the top, as it is quite a bit heavier as well as pricey (£270).


Paul

I use a conditioner on my Cerbera, but it seems that if you get a power cut it reverts to full charge which cooks the battery!!!!!

Had to get a fresh Red Top for it this spring. Bu**er.



Paul

As I've said before, my Red Top is 12 years old and still going strong. It's connected to an Optimate when the car not being used.

This mains interruption / full charge issue is a concern... SO if you have a rural home or super sensitive fusebox (trips with certain lamp failure) then these trickle charger-conditioner units revert to full flat-out charge rate irrespective of battery condition ??

Similar to Paul I'm looking at the 60 but have no desire to invest 400 quid in battery and Ctek to potentially have it cook at the first failure whilst away with work !

Must be a reasonable solution out there .... disconnection perhaps ??

I have CTEK. Many power outages no problem.
738 you need for fusebox sorting out. I am an electrician and that kind of thing does not need to occur. Is it new in the last couple of years?

738. 3 years hmm. If I had installed 3 years ago I would not have put any lighting on RCD. The rules changed sometime around then though. I would have put in a split board. All plug circuits yes rcd, lighting no. minimum spec for a disboard now is 2 RCDs i.e. only half would go off. Top spec is a separate RCD for each circuit. i.e. you would only loose the circuit with the bulb in. My boards have no rcd for lighting just 6 amp MCBs C type. Anyway as said power cuts should not effect chargers anyway.

Steve you need to change the MCB from a B type to a C type. The bulb blowing causes a surge in current. The B type MCB is more sensitive to surges than the C type which although it has the same rating (usually 6 amp) will not trip with the surge as the bulb blows. This will need to come from a wholesaler and probably not be on the shelf. I can get one if you like usually less than a tenner. Just tell me what make. you might get it online.