Date:         Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:53:41 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Deep cycle battery
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> I am wanting input on what battery to use for my deep cycle. I curious
> what options there are beyond Optima or is that the best overall.
>

What sort of use is planned for it? Running an in dash CD player for an hour
occasionally requires less than running (say) a Westy-type fridge overnight.
I think the only real advantage to an Optima is that you can safely turn
them any way you want, which means you can get one that fits semi-neatly
under the driver's seat when flipped on its side. I understand that Trojan
batteries are the best you can yet, but finding one that shoehorns under the
seat might be tough. I think the ideal solution it probably a big ol' single
12V or (even better) a pair of big 6V's in series under the rear seat, but
that's just the way I've chose to peel that banana...

John Bange
90 Vanagon
"We'd tell a monkey how to peel a banana, if he said he was peeling one in a
Vanagon."