[Supras] Anyone have any issues with the Exide Sub Zero 78DT Battery?

[Sean Cavanaugh]

I traded my Exide battery for an Optima Yellowcap deepcycle and have not had a problem since. Before, if the car just SAT for more than 3 days, I needed a jumpstart, now I can go weeks and it will start right up.
 
-Sean



> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:48:08 -0600> From: MNIKOLAI at SHAW.CA> To: Supras at Supras.com> Subject: [Supras] Anyone have any issues with the Exide Sub Zero 78DT Battery?> > Hello list,> > I am at a loss here.> > This summer I have replaced my alternator 3 times and replaced my battery 3 times.> > It looks like the cause for the alternators was a poor battery.> > As the title mentions I am using a Exide Sub Zero 78DT Battery purchased from part source.> > The only new electrical item I installed this year was my Flex-i-lite Dual electric fans. These are wired directly into the ignition.> > I get about a few hours out of the battery before it starts to show that my volts gauge on my SAFCII is reading to 13, then 12.6 , keeps dropping etc. I can go about a week (driving the car very rarely) before the battery reads at 8.5 or 9 Volts. I tested my alternator and it tested good. I tested the battery and tested bad. The partsource agreed to replace it for the third time.> > Does anyone have any experience with these batteries and what could potentially causing them to fail? Is it possible that I picked up a crappy run of batteries? Would the flex-i-lite fans be causing premature battery failure?> > My next step is to clean/ replace the battery cables.> > I am running the same battery in my 97 Avalon XLS with no issues.> > Any help is appreciated.> > The car is a 1991 Toyota Supra Turbo, 5 Speed with an Electric sunroof.> > Mike> _______________________________________________> Supras mailing list> Supras at supras.com> http://supras.com/mailman/listinfo/supras_supras.com
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