yellow or red top

[havoc06 10+ year member]

i have a car audio system pulling near 3000 watts, and i dont know which battery is better for spl. Red or Yellow top battery..what do you all think

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[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

None is better for SPL. Red Top would be for your primary starting battery, Yellow Top are stereo-dedicated batteries.

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

yep, u can look for other high V batts, i believe some put out 16V, i think stinger does this, and there was some other compnay i forgot which one, but someone will help u.

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Matador yep, u can look for other high V batts, i believe some put out 16V, i think stinger does this, and there was some other compnay i forgot which one, but someone will help u.

Loyd had 2 8volt batts, I think.. he was about to run high current stuff but decided not to.

I think 16V might just burn the car's ECU. I also think he'd need to have a high current amp to run it at 16V constant.

 

[crhye250r 10+ year member]

I have an Optima Yellow Top dedicated to my system. It works very well.. I would also look into the Stinger SP1000, or the SPV44, both are excellent units we use all the time at the shop.

 

[havoc06 10+ year member]

well thats the thing, is that i only have room for 1 battery, so it all runs off of the one under the hood. I have an Ohio Generator alternator so i dont really need a second battery...so with this set up, red top would be better?

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by havoc06 well thats the thing, is that i only have room for 1 battery, so it all runs off of the one under the hood. I have an Ohio Generator alternator so i dont really need a second battery...so with this set up, red top would be better?

The secondary batt would usually be in the trunk, not in the engine bay..//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

A red top is supposed to be beneficial during start-ups. It does not like deep-cycling, like other standard batts. The yellow top's are deep cycle friendly.

 

[junocdx 10+ year member]

I'm stupid. What is deep cycling?

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by junocdx I'm stupid. What is deep cycling?

Nah, you ain't stupid. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Hell, I don't know what bling bling is. People have yet to tell me..

I could be wrong, but:

Deep-cycling is the batt's ability to be drained to a very low level, then recharged to full capacity without damaging itself.

Standard and red-tops, once you've nearly depleted the batt, even if you get them recharged, you won't get much out of it. I learnt this the ahrd way when I bought my red top.. lasted about three years.

I dunno why optima USA doesn't recommend the yellow as the primary batt (maybe a marketing strategy to sell off more batts). My dad's car has run the yellow top as the main bat for about 5 years without a glitch. Optima Korea says there's nothing wrong with using the yellow as primary. Loads of people here do that with zero problems.

 

[junocdx 10+ year member]

Originally posted by paikiah Nah, you ain't stupid. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Hell, I don't know what bling bling is. People have yet to tell me..

 

I dunno why optima USA doesn't recommend the yellow as the primary batt (maybe a marketing strategy to sell off more batts). My dad's car has run the yellow top as the main bat for about 5 years without a glitch. Optima Korea says there's nothing wrong with using the yellow as primary. Loads of people here do that with zero problems.

Bling bling is... I guess the sound that stupid rappers made up for what diamonds and glass and sparkly shit does when it hits the light. LoL I dont really know myself. I am STILL waiting for someone to tell me what it means to get 'crunk"

So I can get a yellow top and run it as my primary starting batt?

 

[burtonsnow83 10+ year member]

crunked is to get high or drunk

...get crunked up.

How many deep cycles are they good for, and if your car is off how long can you play with that battery providing power?

 

[crhye250r 10+ year member]

Not sure how many cycles each battery is good for, but i know my system, with a red top for a starting battery, and a yellow top dedicated to the system can play for quite some time without going dead. My system is below.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

I thought krunk was to get hyped up and such...

 

[SlammedB2200 10+ year member]

deep cycles are good in boats. anyone interested in red tops my bro can get them to ya for 50 bucks plus shipping brand new.

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by SlammedB2200 deep cycles are good in boats. anyone interested in red tops my bro can get them to ya for 50 bucks plus shipping brand new.

I believe the blue tops are for marine use...

Again, the red tops are not made to withstand deep cycling.