Batteries...

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I have an Optima Red battery the has been relocated to the rear.  I
disconnected it to work on my car in Feburary, to exchange transmissions..
Well other projects took over and I finally got my car back together this
month (July) and hooked up the battery, it registered 12 volts on the gauge
and cranked the car over with no problem after sitting for 5 months.  I have
also heard good things about the Braille battery that USRT sells.  It is
ultra light and small.

On 7/14/06, Brian Haygood <haygood@myway.com> wrote:
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> I'll chip in again to say that I think Optimas are probably well worth
> their price.  I've been amazed a few times how well it holds its charge over
> a long time, etc.  We recently did some testing at work where we had to roll
> an ATV over about 7 times.  I rented my Optima battery to work for the
> project and it had absolutely no problem with the torture.  I took it out of
> a car I haven't driven in about two months and it still had all the power we
> needed to get the winch motor we were powering (to use as a steering motor)
> spinning for quite a while.  I put it on the charger the night before the
> final test, and the charger said it was still fully charged.  This is a 4
> year old battery!
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> --- On Fri 07/14, C Boyko < roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca > wrote:
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> From: C Boyko [mailto: roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]
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> To: haygood@myway.com
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>     Cc: smithma7@gmail.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
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> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:46:46 -0400
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> Subject: RE: Batteries...
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> On 1:27 am 07/14/06 "Brian Haygood" <haygood@myway.com> wrote:<br>><br>>
> Is your positive terminal on the passenger side of your battery and<br>>
> toward the rear of the car?  This is the type of battery your VW wants,<br>>
> and is not the standard format for a battery.  If you have an Optima or<br>>
> something, the regular battery cables basically won't
> fit.<br>><br>><br>><br>> BH<br><br><br>You CAN order Optimas with the right
> configuration for any vehicle, I<br>discovered this after suffering with a
> weak excuse for a battery in my bug<br>for years. The new one is not only
> small enough to fit the small spot<br>allotted for it, but has the terminals
> on the correct (wrong) sides (And<br>has OOODLES of juice to crank over the
> TDI!!). FWIW, a New Beetle battery<br>fits a Rocco real nicely for shape
> too, it MAY just be the Red Top to order<br>if you go that route. I'll be
> there real soon, I'm guessing, the 16V's<br>getting pukey to start again,
> and grounds all look
> good.<br>Cathy<br><br>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)