Wow! What a difference

I'd forgotten what a punch that Red Top battery packs. Three days of trickle charge and it spins the big six into life faster than ever. Even better, the windscreen wipers park properly again! They stopped parking around a year ago, probably when I fitted the battery. I must have disturbed a connection.

Time for a boost

It's a year since I fitted the Optima Red Top battery and it's given pretty good service. But during the summer I've used my bicycle and motorbike a lot. Leaving the car's alarm set, slowly drains the battery and so as the colder weather and darker nights have nudged me back into the car, the battery is audibly flagging. It just manages to turn the engine enough to fire, and no more.

With the clocks going back and the bad weather here, I really need to boost the battery to help it cope with wipers, heater, lights and heated rear screen.

I unhooked it for the whole weekend and put it on charge.