Guess It Might Be Time For A New Battery...

[Dingo]

No. That one is nothing but a trickle charger. It plugs into an extension cord, which then plugs into the wall.

 

[Martin]

Oh......well that won't work for me since the car is in the street.

 

[TRACket Paul]

DesertFox '07, something like this...

 

[TRACket Paul]

DesertFox '07, perhaps something like this...

 

[Dingo]

If the vehicle is a '96+, do an ebay search for "VW solar." Buy one of the larger ones. They're made by the most reputable company in solar panels. Volkswagon puts them in cars when they ship them here, so the batteries stay charged on the boat.

 

[Martin]

TRACket and Dingo......thanks, I'll look into those....the car is a '97 Escort Sport. I don't drive it much and usually only use it to take the dogs to the vet, etc.

 

[TrainTrac]

Well, I finally decided to pull the trigger on an Optima Red Top. I priced a Motorcraft replacement at the dealer today ($99). I then went to Farm & Fleet to check out the Optima's again, and found them to be on sale for $10 off regular price. Plus, there's a $25 rebate on them right now. So that brought it down in the ball park of the Motorcraft. I'd pretty much already decided to buy an Optima, but the sale/rebate savings just clinched it. Plus, I liked the dual terminal feature on the Optima Red 34/78. I think I'll run the leads for my brake controller and aux horn to the side terminals instead of the main terms.



Gonna install it tonight when I get home from work.