Durned if they don't look wrong to me too. Those pictures don't seem to match the product listing, do they?
Here is a pic of a stock YB14L-A2 Yuasha battery from Bob's for comparison. Bob's is listing the alternate configuration as "the battery" now.
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Bill, if you want the reversed pole position they sell that one too for the same price. I think you need to watch out for the pictures though, I am not sure but that they don't use the same pic for a lot of different designations as these terminals didn't move left right either.
The CB prefix number on the battery doesn't seem to match the YB product listing either. It does give the suffix as A-2 though. Do you think maybe some generic substitution is going on at the wholesale level also? Or is that a manufacturer specific part number instead of the Yuasha system number?
http://www.batteryxpress.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=95The A-2 or the B-2 is the crux of the old Yuasha style designation for the lead acids as far as flipping the terminals front/back right/left.
I think these guys have the correct battery for any Yuasha battery designation at a very reasonable $29.95 price.
I would just type in the whole and correct battery number into the search box and it will show you all the competitive brand names and prices.Perhaps this is a sign of our battery future -- if you lengthen your cables a bit you can digest whatever the current generic lead acid battery comes in looking like. If you have to get the exact terminal configuration you used to get, use the full battery designation and cross your fingers that there hasn't been a substitution done by the vendor chain.
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With the influx of sealed batteries running under the manufacturer's own designation systems, the old wet acid "habit" of always listing batteries under the Yuasha designation system seems to be breaking down industry wide.
Go net looking for an LS650 battery now days won't even yield the "generic" battery type number listing any more, just that particular manufacturer's number.
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Battery prices are getting right shocking too. Last battery I bought was $14.95 shipped dry with an acid pack in the box. I kept it around for a while before using it, but shipped dry & stored indoors a battery has nearly infinite storage life. I saw some for $95 this time around (shudder). $29.95 seems to be the best price around right now.
Your next battery will likely cost a lot more.