>Installing a starting battery would be a bad idea - they are not meant to >be used infrequently. They will become unable to hold a charge fairly >quickly. It really depends on the usage. You are right, you cannot discharge them too deeply very often, but that was not the application in question. >I installed a couple of wheelchair batteries which cost me about $70 >total, IIRC. Do you know off hand the amp hour rating you get from those batteries? Do they fit under the driver's seat? That space is frustratingly shallow :-) Thanks, John |
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