Stinger
 

Get the stinger. The stinger ROCKS.

http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/STISP1000
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the stinger weighs like 38 lbs dyna batt is 13 lbs

i was simply putting it into terms for people who don't know charging systems could understand, so i made a small mistake....big deal.
i'm not even going to get started "defending" myself, i have the bosch handbook, my "technical notes" have been aquired from some very inteligent engineers.
AND i'm going to leave the "treatise" comment alone, if i was publishing something i wouldn't be posting it on the internet.
so much for sharing knowledge........

No need to defend yourself bell, theories and other handbook type information are all well and good but real world experiences are a whole different thing. Sure neither of our experiences with Optima batteries is a scientific test but I find it to be more than a coincidence that you and I as well as several others I know IRL have had the same issues with these batteries on totally different cars. Besides the request was for opinions on which battery to choose, not for a comphrehensive explanation of charging systems.

i simply dabled in the short explaination of the charging system since it the optimas were brought up,and having alot of experience with them on my and customer cars i felt the info could be beneficial. i didn't get into detail until it was requested.
no harm done.