[TPR] First Place perks

[TeamPantera]

Awsome on your 1st Place spoils kid...more reason now to hate and resent  you ;-)

I replaced my Optima yellow deep cycle super DEAD battery just before SS....as I took that old battery into the store to replace it with a new one...a guy walked by me and said,

"Hey I thought those Optima batteries never fail"


Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:

>Hey all,
>The first place finishers in the Silver State Classic Challenge were 
>treated to a Certificate from Optima Batteries for a free Battery of the 
>winners choice.
>
>Having replaced the Pantera battery recently with a Sears DieHard 
>Platinum AGM, I didn't need one for that car.  Instead I chose a 
>deep-cycle/starting Marine style battery for all-around general use.  I 
>took delivery last week.  Awesome... FREE Battery!
>
>I've already used it to attempt recovery of -another- old spiral cell 
>battery from Napa.  That battery was showing about 0.1 volt, and it's 
>been that way for a few years.  Using a diagram and procedure from 
>Optima, I hooked the new battery in parallel to the old and the whole 
>assembly to a Battery Tender AGM charger.  After about a day, the old 
>battery showed 8 volts when isolated.  After re-charging the Optima to 
>over 12V, I now have the charger just on the old battery.  We'll see if 
>I can bring it back to life.
>
>If I can get that battery to recover, my first plan is to use both 
>batteries for a 30KW diesel generator I currently have that requires 24V 
>to start.  I also plan to use it for other "mobile" Amateur radio 
>applications because it has two nice screw-on posts in addition to the 
>regular battery cable posts.
>
>A shout out to Optima for sponsoring the Nevada Open Road and Silver 
>State Classic Challenge races.  And thanks to my co-pilot for the win.  ;)
>
>Asa Jay
>
>-- 
>Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>&  Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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