When you don't intend to ever deeply discharge the battery - this kills the RedTop, like any other starting batteryīlueTop Optimas are for marine use where you need a starting battery OR a deep cycle.
For starting heavy equipment where there aren't too many other electrical loads.
For regular car, truck, and RV starting.
When electrical load can be handled solely by the alternator/generator/stator while running.
When your vehicle has some way of rapidly generating electricity as the battery is drained.
You still don't have a winch or a huge stereo in this thing - that's what a YellowTop is for. You need to know that you can roll your Jeep without battery acid getting everywhere, and that when the drugrunners shoot at you for stealing Mayan artifacts, your Jeep will (probably) still start. Your drive to work is a 5 mile rock garden.įor this drive to work you need a battery that will hold up against vibration, that you can mount sideways, and that can sit for a while without self-draining while you hike into the jungle looking for Mayan artifacts. So let's take our commuter car example above, and change that into a "commuter Jeep" on 37s. It holds a certain capacity, but only delivers a small amount of it at a time. It's your normal car starting battery on steroids.Ī starting battery exists to provide short blasts of high current.