RE: Optima alternatives

[John Lussmyer <Cougar@CasaDelGato.Com>]

At 10:50 AM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>*Best prices I found (but you need to check their added shipping)
>$159.95 http://www.alternatorparts.com/Optima%20Batteries.htm
>$130    http://shop.store.yahoo.com/corvetteforum/opyeltopdual.html
>
>-What is a good Optima YT source with the best price in the SF bay
>area?

Check with your local Optima dealer.  I got mine for $124 (I think, can't 
remember right now.) delivered.

>-Has anyone checked if the Evercell would fit?

They don't.  Sparrows have very odd shaped battery compartments that are 
customized to just fit 13 YT's.  I think the best you can fit with the 
100AH Evercells is 10 of them.  I'd be worried that dropping to 120v would 
hurt the top speed of the Sparrow. I did figure out a layout that used the 
15ah units in series parallel (5 in parallel, 13 sets in series) that would 
just fit.  I  was looking into trying that setup, but Evercell won't even 
quote you a price until you submit full design specifications for the 
battery management system you are going to use.

>There has to be an alternative we can find if we persist.
>Sparrows may be tough to get new right now, but there

Actually, several dealers have them sitting on the lot waiting for buyers.


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