second battery.... options/questions...

[OoMesKoO 10+ year member]

Sup fellas. Question for all of you. I want to run a second battery for my vehicle. Now, do I NEED to run a drycell? Optima, kinetik, and such? Or can I just run a huge Interstate battery or something? It won't be going inside the vehicle if that matters. I know wet cells throw some fumes, so they can't go inside. I have a spot under the hood for a second battery.

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[azeroth123 10+ year member]

any battery will work just fine, but dry cells hold up better to repeated draining and charging (deep cycling).

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Check out Deka batteries @ remybattery.com I'll be picking up the 9A31 for a rear battery as well as a 9A34 eventually for under the hood.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Sup fellas. Question for all of you. I want to run a second battery for my vehicle. Now, do I NEED to run a drycell? Optima, kinetik, and such? Or can I just run a huge Interstate battery or something? It won't be going inside the vehicle if that matters. I know wet cells throw some fumes, so they can't go inside. I have a spot under the hood for a second battery.
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You got a 80 ish Monte Carlo SS? I saw a guy with 2 yellows up front and a Kinetik 2400 in the back. He had 4 l7s in a custom box. It looked like the second battery spot up front was made for it or something. It had a pan and everything.

to answer the question go with a Optima or a Kinetik. They are made for what you want to do.

 

[OoMesKoO 10+ year member]

Actually I have a Tahoe. Perfect spot for a second battery under that. Sucks, I diddnt want to dish out 200 or so on a yellowtop, but meh.... guess I can't be cheap.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Actually I have a Tahoe. Perfect spot for a second battery under that. Sucks, I diddnt want to dish out 200 or so on a yellowtop, but meh.... guess I can't be cheap.

If i can give you some advice, I'd say do it right the first time. There's a lot of good info and ideas here if you sift through the BS.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Many people say Deka > Optima, //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Search through GD and you'll find a big post on deka's.