damn.... maybe you had an arch blaste lol. anything that could have jumpped wires or connections?

i killed my original a few times w/ my amps being left on (had them wired like a tard) so i replaced it with my redtop. and well... it decided to 'splode.

i'm guessing my original would still be kicking had left the car stock.


nope. that first pic is the housing for where the terminal screws into. it was arching around that.. for some reason. clearly... catastrophic failure occurred... for reasons unknown.

thats crazy, did you hear any noises before the car died or smell smoke lol

unfortunately... stereo was turned up, windows down, and driving with wind against the driver's side door... so.. that eliminates nearly all those possibilities. :lol:

lol i guess you may never know... freak accident? unless you put in a new battery and it happens again...

the new question... red or yellow?

is there really THAT big of a difference between the red's starting capabilities vs the yellow deep cycle features?

lol not 2 minutes after i read this thread i went outside and my battery was dead xD

yes..

OMFG! SOMEONE CALL DAN RATHER... ITS A BATTERY PANDEMIC!!!11!!!!1!!!eleventeen!1! :lol:


and about the battery question. i mean... i know the red "starts quicker" and the yellow is deep cycle (can't be killed easily) but should i just stick w/ red? is its "starting speed" that much better then the yellow's deep cycle feature?

obvously the yellow top is going to start the car, go yellow

yellow ftw

X2....

I've heard that red's are great for starting but yellow is better for delivering constant power.

The best thing to do is compare the stats on the red and yellow, if I am not mistaken they have the same reserve capacity rating. I have owned both, and they can both handle a night at the drive in with subs running. If you do shows and such you will have better luck with the yellow for running subs, lights, etc yet the red will do it for a while also.

isn't that just lead???

don't take much to melt lead.

i know a lot of people that have had problem with yellow tops, i would never buy one. i'd get a red top or a kinetik.

i've seen this happen to plenty of people.... surprisingly, it's always on GM cars but with the original AcDelco battery. it happened on our suburban. the car shouldn't have shut off tho, the alternator should have kept it running.

i ran my original battery until last fall when it was going dead every other day.

the terminal completely detached. alt had no way of giving power to the rest of the car.


...better yet... w/ the + terminal off, the ground circuit couldn't be completed... so.. no power.

hmm...interesting... because with our suburban, it kept running when the positive cable was completely detached... ours did the same thing as yours. completely melted off.

Yellow's deep cycle means that it can be drained and recharged without damage to the battery, unlike a regular battery which will die if you run it low too much.
Basically good for things that will draw the battery down a lot without charging it (running stereo/ lights without the car on or a trolling motor). Deep cycles technically aren't meant to be charged constantly like how an alternator does.. but its not a big deal or anything.

Red, AFAIK is just a big beefy starting battery, which willdie quicker if run down a lot.