Replacing OEM HHR Battery with a Yellow Top Optima
03-03-2016, 11:37 AM
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Yes, of course, what's plugged into it would be an important factor.
Optima doesn't offer a perfect fit battery for HHR. D35 is close, but about 3/4" taller.
I got the sears group 47 AGM, direct bolt in. Here is the discussion we had a little over a year ago
Optima doesn't offer a perfect fit battery for HHR. D35 is close, but about 3/4" taller.
I got the sears group 47 AGM, direct bolt in. Here is the discussion we had a little over a year ago
03-03-2016, 02:50 PM
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RJ has it been a year, how is that Sears AGM battery working?
Perhaps a better choice than the Optima, I've only run the Pptima batteries in my race cars, never had a problem, even after a wreck and rollover, the safety crew rolled it back on its wheels and towed it back into the pits, it started right up.
Perhaps a better choice than the Optima, I've only run the Pptima batteries in my race cars, never had a problem, even after a wreck and rollover, the safety crew rolled it back on its wheels and towed it back into the pits, it started right up.
03-03-2016, 03:04 PM
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It's been great, I don't have any 'extra' load on it, like the OP will. But I did run the radio a few times while working on the car, probably an hour of two at a time, and it started right up with no problem at all. It's never even hinted at a slow crank.
When the original was starting to go, running the radio for 20 minutes or so would give me problems starting it. But interestingly, I never had any of the flashing lights or gauges or intermittent problems these buggies get with low batteries.
When the original was starting to go, running the radio for 20 minutes or so would give me problems starting it. But interestingly, I never had any of the flashing lights or gauges or intermittent problems these buggies get with low batteries.
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