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There are lots of good brands of AGM battery, and what I’ve read about Optima on forums lately steered me away from them. AGM batteries at least a few months ago were in short supply. I had a hell of a time finding one.Early morning stupid battery questions:
I'm considering a second battery setup and as a marker I'm going to start with an Optima Red Top as my cranking battery and an Optima Yellow Top as my second "device powering" battery. So here we go:
1. Are there AGM batteries other than Optima which are worth a look?
2. Can you mix and match e.g. a lead-acid cranking battery with an AGM second battery? If so is there an advantage to using an Optima Red (or other AGM cranking battery) vs traditional sealed lead-acid battery?
4. What the the best locations for a second battery in a G2 X?
5. Is there a kit or "easy way" to do this myself? Taylor Spaulding has at least 100 steps to perform the installation which is based on GeoXplorer's How To on TNX which is even more complicated and way too heavy for me. If that's how it is that's fine I just don't want to jump into something I can't finish.
Thank you!
I will say for AGM vs regular, if you’re going to do any off-roading you want AGM so your battery isn’t splashing and spilling out. If you get an AGM you should consider a battery maintainer (I use CTEK MXS 5.0) because the Xterra alternator doesn’t put out enough to fully recharge it.