Date:         Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:30:19 -0400
Reply-To:     "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      What Specific Model Optima Auxiliary Battery Should I Buy? Any
              Comments on the Hella Kit?
Comments: cc: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>,
          Tom Moritz <tmoritz@bmi.net>, The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>,
          harald_nancy@EARTHLINK.NET
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I am almost reluctant to send this given the debate auxiliary battery installations seem to cause, but I am going to take the plunge and do the install so I need help from you Volks. Plus its Friday so why not mix things up a bit! I think eventually I want to do the full on install the likes of what Bill, Tom, and Harald have described but for the short term I think I might just go with the fridge relay or Hella kit solutions. Here are my questions:

1) I am sold on the Optima Deep Cycle Battery, but they have a few models,most are the same dimensions. Which specific model should I buy?
2) Did we ever determine if there was any advantage to the Hella kit over the fridge relay modification on www.vanagon.com?
3) I want to be able to start from the auxiliary. To do this with the fridge relay I have to jump to the starter battery, do I have to do this with the Hella Kit?

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
Toronto, Ontario,
'80 Westy "Pokey"
'87 Chevrolet Sprint (Ice Racer)
'91 Pontiac Firefly Convertible



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