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sperry · 2003-03-31, 08:59 AM

I think I may need to pick up one of these... I'm having power issues in my car now that I got my headlights set up. With my highs and driving beams on (55w x 4 + 100w x 2 = 420w of headlights) my voltage drains with the car running!! I think I've killed the battery with all my stereo playing whil I work on the car. I've got a DC inverter so I can charge the battery in my garage, but I think it prematurely wore the battery out...

Either that, or my alternator is bad... it's not underdriven so much that my headlights would drain the battery...

Which Optima are you guys using, and where'd you pick one up from?

2003-03-31, 08:59 AM	#6
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	I think I may need to pick up one of these... I'm having power issues in my car now that I got my headlights set up. With my highs and driving beams on (55w x 4 + 100w x 2 = 420w of headlights) my voltage drains with the car running!! I think I've killed the battery with all my stereo playing whil I work on the car. I've got a DC inverter so I can charge the battery in my garage, but I think it prematurely wore the battery out... Either that, or my alternator is bad... it's not underdriven so much that my headlights would drain the battery... Which Optima are you guys using, and where'd you pick one up from? __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?