If cost is a factor just get Walmart's $40 standard group 41 battery and put it in the other battery compartment under the driver's seat. You can buy a battery switch or a heavy duty relay for about $20. Add another $20 for wire and connectors and you can do the whole thing for under $100. If you like, put the new battery in the main battery position and use your old one for the aux battery. I use this approach and cycle in a new main battery every 2 years and move the old one to the aux position. This way I always have a fairly new main battery for starting. Mark Terry Kay wrote: > > Scott, > > The idea of having an extra battey is to lessen the chance of you > running the primary starting battery down while camping. > > I myself, would enjoy the thought of knowing that I have an extra > battery besides the one I'm using for the house current. > > Johnson Controls makes one hell of a battery--Optima is the best your > money can buy. > > If for some reason the monetary outlay is a little much for the > Optima--hit Walmart--they have deep cycle batteries cheap. > > Two is always better----Right Benny?:>) > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| > > Terry-- > > "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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