My battery shifted and the positive terminal hit one of the door cables that was starting to lose its plastic coating. It fried my new optima battery. It also completely disintegrated the cable. Obviously, I need to be careful when closing the door panel as well as securing the batteries.
Has this happened to anyone else?
burned up a new optima battery
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agm batteries
slighty off topic from your problem:
not that i need it, but i wonder if there is an agm battery sized to fit a pinz box. if you research agm batteries you find they are better than any other battery type, except their cranking (it's not bad, tho), and maybe their size. the trojan site is a good place see this.
i'm making room for 2 large 12volt agm's. they will be charged by 2 135 watt (or better) solar panels, as well the alternator.
not that i need it, but i wonder if there is an agm battery sized to fit a pinz box. if you research agm batteries you find they are better than any other battery type, except their cranking (it's not bad, tho), and maybe their size. the trojan site is a good place see this.
i'm making room for 2 large 12volt agm's. they will be charged by 2 135 watt (or better) solar panels, as well the alternator.
Last edited by 2012 on Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:54 am, edited 1 time in total.
Check this out. It would have prevented your problem.
http://www.sdp-pinzgauer.org/html/batte ... ement.html
http://www.sdp-pinzgauer.org/html/batte ... ement.html
Jay
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Re: burned up a new optima battery
Did you see any fireworks?critter wrote:My battery shifted and the positive terminal hit one of the door cables that was starting to lose its plastic coating. It fried my new optima battery. It also completely disintegrated the cable. Obviously, I need to be careful when closing the door panel as well as securing the batteries.
Has this happened to anyone else?
I haven't done that but I have been in a truck (404.0 Doka) that had the voltage regulator go bad and the optimas were getting over 35 volts! They were bubbling and boiling, it was a sight. Smelt really good too....
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optima s
I've burned out two optimas now. It's always the Neg side that goes. I think its time I get a new voltage reg. But the optimas are just so darn easy to exchange hehe. I always wondered why batterys dont have there own cutoffs.
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