<p>Hey not oy private to you... I said my OPTIMA battery DIED as in not so optima...it would not hold a charge...okay 3 summers in San Joaquin Valley and Global Warming didnt help.</p>
<p>Before you give AJ a bigger head REMEMBER I was the fastest in my class of 21 cars...and passed two cars ahead of me...technically I should get something FREE besides a Pauls KATCH ENVIRONMENTAL t shirt...okay I loves thst shirt...have it on RIGHT NOW!!!!</p>
<p>Mark is gonna say he was much faster then me... and JB is gonna say he passed guys in his RV faster then my fastest speed but just saying STOP telling AJ how wonderful he is.<br>
Makes me jealous</p>
<p>laurieferrari--- via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com> wrote:</p>
<p>> Very proud of all three of you and a first place trophy for AJ...well that's just incredibly fantastic!!! Hope that's true about the Optima being immortal because I just bought one fairly recently myself. Finally managed to kill my Odyssey : (<br>
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>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@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 >****************************** >http://www.racingagainstautism.com >http://www.teampanteraracing.com >http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism > > >_______________________________________________ >TPR mailing list >TPR@teampanteraracing.com >http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com _______________________________________________ TPR mailing list TPR@teampanteraracing.com http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com<br>
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<p dir="ltr"> Very proud of all three of you and a first place trophy for AJ...well that's just incredibly fantastic!!! Hope that's true about the Optima being immortal because I just bought one fairly recently myself. Finally managed to kill my Odyssey : (</p>
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</br></br><div class="device_aol_et_org_dt_dd_quote"></div><hr style="border:0;height:1px;color:#999;background-color:#999;width:100%;margin:0 0 9px 0;padding:0;"></hr><span style="font-size:14px; color:#999999;">On Monday, October 5, 2015 TeamPantera via TPR <<span style="color:#0000A0">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</span>> wrote:</span><br></br>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 <<a href='mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com'>tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>> 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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