Just to add another inexpensive option I've been considering: I've heard some people get two small deep cycle "wheelchair" batteries and wire these in parallel as an aux battery that fits under the drivers seat. Any info on this or the other ideas would be very appreciated! Thanks, Wes On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:43 PM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>wrote: > My starter battery could use replacing, and I'm thinking its a good time to > do some rewiring and install an aux battery at the same time. > > After looking at the whole optima/deep cycle battery situation, I'm tempted > to just get two of the walmart everstart plus group 41 batteries, and use > the second one as an aux battery (with the hella battery relay setup). I'd > be interested to hear what people think of this idea. (Especially if you've > tried it!) > > I don't intend to run the fridge off the battery for any significant amount > of time; I want the aux battery for the stereo/cabin lights/etc/ and 12v and > 110v outlets (I'm going to install an inverter) to use things like > laptops/music players/fans/etc. > > And, just to confirm it... there really aren't any deep cycle group 41 > batteries out there, right? > > Thanks guys, > Wes > |
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