Last week I search the Audio/Video section for a few hours, cyphering through almost 60 threads trying to educate myself on the Optima Yellow Top battery specifically. You see, I was looking for this battery specifically because it fit all the criteria I was looking for. Deep cycle, weight was not a factor, the ability to be discharged 100% with little risk of battery damage, ability to run over 1000 watts of audio equipment with the vehicle off, & ease of swap with the OEM battery. What I found was the
Optima Yellow Top model D35.
I have created this thread so others that have questions about this battery, what it looks like, and how it's installed do not have to go through all the trouble I did.
Hopefully this thread will take all the guess work out of the purchasing and installation process.