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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580  
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Optima red tops are starter batteries.
Optima Yellow tops are combined leisure starter batteries. A good split charge system should be able to cope. What system have you got? We sell Odyssey batteries which are compined starter/leisure batteries so have to be careful what I say. Would suggest you google Optima batteries or do a search on other Land Rover forums. The Odyssey batteries do cost more but are (IIRC all the figures) Odyssey 1500 are 68 amphr batteries compared to 55 amphr for yellow tops. CCA on 1500 is 880 amps, yellow top 690 amps. 1500 weighs about 3 kg more then the Optima, also has a 40% dod. Our Red 110 has 2 x Odysset 1700's in plus Gensis management Our Black 110 has 2 x Odyssey 1500s in plus IBS split management Our Disco 2 has 1 x Odyssey 1500 in HTH Brendan Last edited by leeds on 18th Dec 2011 5:05pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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18th Dec 2011 11:57am |
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| markalpha Member Since: 23 Apr 2008 Location: Downham Market Posts: 690  
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I used odyssey on my split charge system on my 110. No problems at all with them. I was advised by the company who did the work on my truck that they had a few issues with optima batteries.
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18th Dec 2011 4:53pm |
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| Blindpugh Member Since: 14 Jun 2010 Location: Reading Posts: 40 
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Hi Brendan I used the T-max spilt charger as it was in my price range and had all the features I think I needed,hopefully that should be ok to work on a red/yellow top combo.
But I will look at the Odyssey 1500 just out of interest what would a pair of them cost and how tall are they as that is the main constraint as the clamp I have will only go up to a max body hight of 170mm. Thanks for the advice. Paul. He who dies with the most toys wins. |
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18th Dec 2011 5:23pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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I'm thinking about fitting 2 optima yellow tops and a VSR - but I might go for Odyssey 1500's or 1700's and a VSR
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18th Dec 2011 8:20pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5668 
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I have two Odyssey 1500 in mine, like the idea of two of the same batteries, as you can swop them. They fit in easily and even have enough room for all the rest of the wiring and a big set of jump leads.
Optima's don't always get good comments on a lot of the forums. Andy |
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18th Dec 2011 8:27pm |
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| tatra805 Member Since: 16 Aug 2011 Location: Dolany Posts: 436  
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Aware of the comments about optimas i want to add my experiences.
Bought 2 yellow tops at billing 2007, they were installed for 6 months in my discovery and since then not used anymore. With the winter kicking in and the 110 since this summer i took them out of the barn not expecting anything merely hoping for something. One still had 11volt the second barely 8. 
Second wouldnt charge so i put it in parallel while charging. Guess what.. 12 hours later they were both fully charged and now functional for the past 4 days. Fingers crossed but in any case tripple  for them. That is +4 years storage and still functional
So  to optima from my side. |
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18th Dec 2011 10:34pm |
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| kzycnn Member Since: 24 Apr 2009 Location: Northumberland Posts: 276 
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I've got two Optima yellow tops fitted to my Defender. No problems at all (touch wood) with either in over 5 years.
Tony |
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19th Dec 2011 7:48am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Nothing but praise for the YT's fitted to our split charged D3's & FFRR although Odesseys fitted to the Puma must say not conviced totally but they fit nice so for the min I'll live with them
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19th Dec 2011 8:33am |
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| Blindpugh Member Since: 14 Jun 2010 Location: Reading Posts: 40
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Thanks for the advice guy looks like I will go the 2 yellow tops route.
He who dies with the most toys wins. |
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19th Dec 2011 9:49am |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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why not to use a vsr http://www.adverc.co.uk/batterymanagement/split-charging-systems |
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19th Dec 2011 11:13am |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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I thought Optima batteries were outdated, superceded with a more advanced battery/brand! Have read a couple of threads on this but don't can't remember the make as I would never need them! Will do a search on another forum
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19th Dec 2011 2:33pm |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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Optima is yet another in the same stable as BFG etc as a "must have" thing based on previous reputation going years back which is now no longer warranted with better, cheaper products out there. There are FAR better batteries out there like varta, yuasa, unipart, numax. cranking amps on a defender are not that high, a calcium unipart is perfect for example. Numax too are good, VERY good in fact for running fridges and accessories from. a fantastic source of really good, simple stuff re batteries and split charges etc is www.adverc.co.uk I've been using these products now for two years. They're robust, don't fail in extreme temps and just..work. plus they are really helpful. |
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19th Dec 2011 3:02pm |
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| Blindpugh Member Since: 14 Jun 2010 Location: Reading Posts: 40
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Made the decision two yellow tops ordered will let you know how they get on. He who dies with the most toys wins. |
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20th Dec 2011 10:04am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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I have taken some advice and researched, I'm now thinking of twin Odyssey 1500s and using a BlueSea 7622 ACR to manage them.
see http://www.mobilecentre.co.uk/automatic-vo...p-565.html does anyone have any experience of these units ? I like the idea because they are a pretty simple install. (I'm not going to run a winch, just chargers, 12v electric blankets, lights and webasto) |
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