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Daryl Bertram
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Fitting Optima Battery in Pre-A Battery Box

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Is there a way to fit a Red Top Optima 6 volt battery within the Pre-A battery box space? I'm not asking the right question to the search engine to get a reply. Thanks!

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Had Optima in my 55 for years with custon hold down. Mounted diagonal. Only pic I could find attached.
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Thanks Phil your pic says it all...neg out and positive in on an angle. Thank you.

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Make sure to well insulate positive terminal.
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Excellent articles Peter. Thank you. I see I can do it which is good since the battery is on my workbench lol! Thank you all.

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Linus Pauling Jr. used to make a cover for the optima battery that disguised the angled position. Don't know if they are still available. At 96, it is hard to get hold of him.
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I have one of the "Optima cloaking devices." Unfortunately its the slightly larger size box and doesn't quite fit in the Pre-A battery area.
The smaller one in front is the one I use, which fits perfectly. $100 at Tractor Supply Co.
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#9 Post by Albert Haefner »

Nice solution but too large for preAs.
 

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