TOY: Re: optima yellow top change???

["Kevin Read" <seajeeper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I bought mine a couple months ago I noticed the same thing.  I e-mailed
Optima and got a response back which basically said they relabeled it to
comply with certification requirements, but it was the exact same battery
that they had been selling as a 750AH.  Sounded kinda like they were going
to get it certified and then change the label again to 750, but the
correspondence is at work and so I don't have their exact wording.  If I
remember I'll get it tomorrow and send out to the list.

I ended up buying it anyway because as long as the battery is the same, the
reputation it has earned is intact.  It did make me wonder about the exact
specs and how they label and certify them.  Sounded a little fishy if you
know what I mean.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Knight" <knight@atmos.albany.edu>
To: <toyota@4x4wire.com>; <Offroad@offroadlist.com>
Cc: "David Knight" <knight@atmos.albany.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 6:00 AM
Subject: TOY: optima yellow top change???


> Hi,
>     Two years ago I purchased an Optima yellow top
> battery. Model D750U, part#8014-021, 65 AH 750 CCA.
> I liked it so much I just recently purchased another
> Optima yellow top (thinking it was the same battery).
> This new yellow top is part#D34/78-950, model#8014-045,
> but has only 55AH and 550 CCA. It looks like the
> same battery, but the capacities are notably smaller.
>
> Anybody know what is going on here?
> Thanks
> David
>
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