<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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