# Life Expectancy of an Optima battery

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [July 29, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/life-expectancy-of-an-optima-battery/33158 "2007-07-29T20:45:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![jetta4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetta4life/32/7368_2.png) [@jetta4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetta4life)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/life-expectancy-of-an-optima-battery/33158/9 "2007-08-02T12:14:56Z")

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mine (red top) is at 5.5 Volts and hasnt been used since january, i am going to try to charge and test it tomorrow. i will post back with results. it is 3.5 yrs old.

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