Optima Red top?

[EricB]

Hi, I was wondering if this is the best battery choice to run a winch on
a single battery set up. Also is this a good price?

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Optima Redtop
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS 34
Cold Cranking Amps at 0°F 800
Reserve Capacity - minutes 110
Capacity (c/20 rate) - Amp Hours 50

$346.50
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TABOR 9K 12V DC PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

4000 Line Pull 5.9 f/min 559 amps

Recommended Battery: 650 CCA minimum for winching


Thanks
Eric

[EricB]

Just rang Optima and they recommend the Yellow Top for cranking and Winching.

Might give this a go

[Ingenious-Eng]

They are great Batteries but I would have some concerns regarding the amp/hr rating as to how much winch pull time you'll get from just one.
I sell the red tops for $305.00 (only 55amp/hr) & the yellow top for $345.00 (only 65amp/hr)
If you had to have just one battery to do every thing, I would go with the biggest & lowest resistance Absorbed Glass Matt type battery that you could fit under your bonnet, around 120amp/hr with a short circuit current capacity of 2790amps, costs $335.00.
Just my 2c's worth though!! Cheers.

[EricB]

Ok, what would the size of one of those be?

Think the standard Battery tray is 27cm x 18cm something like that.

Cheers
Eric

[EricB]

I ended up going for a Century Overlander 700 $180

Will see how that goes and with the money I saved from not getting the optima I will put it towards seting up 2 if I find that it is struggling.

[snowy365]

I was running the overland 700 on a 9500 brawn winch...worked a treat

[EricB]

Cool, I spent 2.5 hrs in Vic Range on Sunday trying to help to cars out that we stumbled accross. I got one out and when winching the second one, the winch died, it winches out but not in. I am suspecting the cableing that I used to extend the control box into the engine bay. Other than that it might be a solinoid

[snowy365]

I would suspect the solenoid...That much winching can really cook em...blows the contacts apart. Im running two batts with a solenoid that I can turn on (by passes pirahna box) if I run out of grunt...but it sounds like you dont really need it.
ps vic ranges can be nasty, spewwwwwin ya busted ya winch helping someone, but good stuff for helpin out

[EricB]

Really? I only winched for 10-20 sec then had a 10 min break and then the second winch was 5 sec before it broke.

I rang a contact for Warn and he said to put self tapper through the base of the solinoids into the back plate of the control box to earth them a little better. No luck. Will call back this morning.

[EricB]

I had the soliniod replaced on the spot today by one of the Warn Reps.

Excellent service!

Now ready for test day number 2