doeboy99

take a multimeter and test the postive output stud on the alternator. IF its 13.5+ your alternator is fine.

if your worried about corrosion just get the tinned copper wire that they use in marine wire setups... no chance of corrosion in there unlike all the tiny strands that OFC cable has.

200 for a HO alternator isnt enough for a quality alternator. Your probably looking at double that to have it done. Thou that would be for a 200amp or higher unit. If your looking for under that im sure it will be cheaper but not by a lot.

Perhaps if the batteries are of the same chemistry all that will happen is the higher sitting volt battery will charge the lower until they reach an equilibrium. If the difference between the two is say .1 or .2 I really dont see how that could destroy the life of a battery. Thou if you had a 12 volt battery and a 16 volt I could see the life of both being compromised.

As far as the makup of most batteries I sure as hell know what goes in them(first hand) I just don't know about the wet cell's since the plant stopped making those. Stop being a smart ass and if you have nothing worthwhile to add then just shut up.

Unless they are draining them down with the quickness to the point where you can't start the car I dont see how half a volt is going to cut a batteries life down massively with as much punishment as a true car audiophile puts on them as long as he puts a good charge to them a la driving around for more than a few minutes I really don't see how a battery is just going to get damaged n have a reduced life span/. If anything you would more likely get a damaged worn out battery from the heat of the summer then it dies in the winter when you try to crank.

This post has soo many assumptions running in it. I can tell you that the dry-cell and agm batteries are basically the same inside. This is from actually working in the plant that manuf. most of the dry cell batteries for a variety of companies. Ford,gm,chrysler,walmart,sams club, advanced auto, interstate.. etc. I been thinking about runnign this interstate megatron up front and this yellowtop optima in the back myself. The same type of battery I always chalked up to urban myth. I am not sure about wet cell vs dry cell. The optima is a dry cell agm battery and the interstate is also a dry cell battery. I always thought what would happen is they would drop down to the lowest resting voltage of the battery whatever that is.. so if one is 12.9 and the other 12.5 the one would feed on the other till the two were the same voltage. Could be totally wrong thou.