i have a underdrive pulley an just took my system out... do you think if i put in a optima batterie that it wouldnt drain to much??? what are some ways i could go so i could put my system back in??? its a 1200watt sony amp an 2 infinitys

 

The Optima batteries are designed for your type of application where they would be drained by high powered sound systems and still be fine. What you need is a higher power alternator, I'd go to a local shop and see if someone could rebuild it to give it a higher output.

 

so if i bebuild my alternator i wont need the optima??

 

I would run both.

 

which optima red top yellow top???

 

as far as I know they are only making the yellow top batteries for the civic at this time. Either way that is the one I would go with.

 

what does the yellow top mean compared to red an blue???

 

I honestly don't think that "1200 watt" sony amp is going to put a lot of drain on any electrical system. The true wattage of that amp is around 300-400 watts, which isn't much. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

holy crap man you need to do some reading on products that interest you and then ask the questions here. Yellow tops are "deep cycle" batteries which are designed to be constantly drained and recharged without damagine the battery. I would go to the Optima battery site if you want the rest of the info.

 

Stinger

 

why look up all that when i can ax you???

 

^^^post *****^^^

But I do like the avatar though.

 

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why "ask" and waste people's time when you can just use google: http://www.optimabatteries.com

 

what an ***

 

justr something to tLK about

 

Last post before this get locked...

 

what you drive???

 

first cheak the current draw from your amps, not the wattage cuz that doesn't mean ****.
if your amp is drawing 80A fuses... i highly suggest a yellow top and a high output alt.
go to http://www.4alterstart.com for high output alternators.

 

thanks man

 

ill do some research an make my decision

 

forget the yellow top, if you are going for civic sized replacement, the "SVR 50" is a better battery by a lot from what I can tell, and depending on where you go, costs just as much. The specs shown on comparisons with Optima, as Ive found, are for their high end yellow tops, much bigger than can be used in our civic main battery place.

You might need a little longer (1/4 inch longer maybe) battery tie downs though for the SVR 50.. no biggy.. like 2$ with tax at AdvanceAutoParts

 

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You might need a little longer (1/4 inch longer maybe) battery tie downs though for the SVR 50.. no biggy.. like 2$ with tax at AdvanceAutoParts</TD></TR></TABLE>

http://www.carsound.com/reviews/power/yelltp.html
OPTIMA-Test Results
In our first test, the Yellow Top produced a constant 350 watts for about an hour before its voltage dropped below 10.5 V. This equates to 476 watt-minutes per pound, or 7.9 watt-hours per pound. In our second test, the Yellow Top produced a maximum of 457 amps at 10.5 V, which gives us a specification of 10.27 amps per pound.


http://www.carsound.com/reviews/power/svr5012.html
SVR 50- Test Results
The SVR 50-12 produced a constant 350 watts for about 46 minutes before its voltage dropped below 10.5 V. This equates to 448 watt-minutes per pound or 7.5 watt-hours per pound. During test two, the SVR produced a maximum of 240 amps at 10.5 V, which means that it is capable of producing 6.67 amps per pound.

 

ok so will it be able to hold up cuz i got pulleys and what not

 

Just a FYI, I have installed a full size (really huge) Yellow top in the stock location of my EG Civic. Had to rivet a couple of small pieces of square aluminum tubing to the tray to lift the battery an inch so it would clear the wheelhouse.

 

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http://www.carsound.com/reviews/power/yelltp.html
OPTIMA-Test Results
In our first test, the Yellow Top produced a constant 350 watts for about an hour before its voltage dropped below 10.5 V. This equates to 476 watt-minutes per pound, or 7.9 watt-hours per pound. In our second test, the Yellow Top produced a maximum of 457 amps at 10.5 V, which gives us a specification of 10.27 amps per pound.


http://www.carsound.com/reviews/power/svr5012.html
SVR 50- Test Results
The SVR 50-12 produced a constant 350 watts for about 46 minutes before its voltage dropped below 10.5 V. This equates to 448 watt-minutes per pound or 7.5 watt-hours per pound. During test two, the SVR produced a maximum of 240 amps at 10.5 V, which means that it is capable of producing 6.67 amps per pound.
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just as I said, exactly, a better larger yellow top (probably the large D34/78 which is weighed in at 43.5lbs on optima, site, so it is probably a little heavier, like that review you showed I have seen many many times.) than an evenly matched size and weight SVR, that isnt the civic battery for the yellow top almost 10 lbs more..., if you want to get that one, then sure, go ahead, but if he is getting the normal sized, the SVR is much better... and if you want to get the bigger sized svr that matches that yellow top, it will win as well....


THIS is the 51R, or, the even match for the SVR 50..... the Civic size one.

Open Circuit Voltage (fully charged): 13.1 volts Internal Resistance (fully charged): 0.0046 ohms

Capacity: 41 Ah (C/20)
Reserve Capacity: BCI: 70 minutes (25 amp discharge, 80°F (26.7°C), to 10.5 volts cut-off)

Power:
CCA (BCI 0°F): 500 amps MCA (BCI 32°F): 625 amps



Modified by CooBlueDAB at 6:11 PM 1/9/2005