Hello all,

I want to upgrade the battery in my truck as I am getting a new sound system that may/will require it. My question is? What is the protocol with the Edge? Should I flash it back to stock before I disconnect the battery? Will I have to start all over on setting up my Edge when I replace the battery? I just want to do things correctly so that I don't "F" up my Edge. I have never had any issues/problems with it so far and I don't want to start now by me doing something stupid.

Anyway, any help on what I should do would be appreciated!

 

Just throw a battery in it. I took mine out last night cuase i was working on the altenator. I have disconected the battery and put it together many times with my edge and there hasn't been a problem.

Go for it. The edge rewrites the computer so the computer wont know the differance. Its just like having the stock program in it.

 

Nope. Just disconnect as you normally would ( vehicle off).

Reconnect when the new batt is in.

This is the beauty of non-volatile memory.

 

Thanks guys! Last thing I wanted was a dead Edge on my hands! Next question? Maybe not the right place for it, but anyway...

What's the best biggest CCA battery I should look at? I was thinking about a Interstate Megatron. Any others that may be better? Thanks again!!!

 

Optima Yellow Top.

 

Yep, a lot of guys say the Optima Yellow Top, and they have them at Sam's Club here, but I doubt it is any better than the Top Interstate. Either would probably be just fine. Do a search on Yellow Top and see what some have had to say.

 

After looking into them, looks like the Yellow Top may be the better way to go! Thanks all!!

 

Do you leave your stereo or some other accessory running for long periods of time w/ the engine off? If not, when I was looking at new batteries, the Optima red top actually fit my needs better. Honestly, I dont remember everything I read about the differences but I know the charging of the battery and how much you drove the vehicle lead me to believe the red top was the way to go.

 

Honestly? I have not looked into the Red Top. I was considering the Yellow Top as that seems to be the battery of choice.