Date:         Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:27:25 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: optima vs 27DC-6?
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> I've been told the walmart (not sure the maker, do they private  label?)
> 27DC-6 is also perfectly good, fits just fine, and at $55 a whole  lot cheaper.  I
> hate the big box on principle, but a hundred bucks is a  hundred bucks.
> Anyone tried this one?  Comments?

The PO of my van put one of those in six months or so before I bought
it. Seems like a perfectly serviceable battery. I've run it down a
little lower than I should have forgetting to unplug my 12V peltier
cooled ice chest after arriving at my destination and it seems none
the worse for it. It indeed fits in the battery box well, although the
one I have doesn't have that lip at the base the locking bar clamps
down on so the bar had to be flipped over to hold it from the top--
sitting like the letter 'L' rather than a lowercase 'r', if you will.
Dunno if they've changed the design to fix that. Probably not. Even
so, probably a great deal at $55. I'm finally going to start up my
Vanagon this weekend after  8 months of non-functionality while I
replaced the engine, transmission, and hoses. We'll see how well it
works after being neglected and then charged.

-- 
John Bange
'90 Vanagon
"Keine Bange, wir holen die Zange!"