Date:         Fri, 01 Nov 1996 11:49:36 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@zuni.chaco.com>
Subject:      Re: aux. battery

At 12:04 PM 10/31/96 -0600, Tom Forhan wrote:
>If your vehicle is pre-wired for the auxiliary battery,
>as are most late Westies, one place you can find the complete
>instructions are at Coyote's Vanagon FAQ:
>http://www.chaco.com/~coyote/vw 

Or just http://www.chaco.com/vw/
(submissions welcome!)

>Now, especially for the furnace fiends, my current aux battery
>is a 12 volt golf cart unit, something like 35 AMP. So at 1.5 amps
>continous, you are looking at 24hrs of operation, no doubt less in the
>real world. Ron would like something bigger, and so would I.
>
>Since I'm already giving up cargo space for the furnace, I want to find
>the biggest, meanest deep discharge battery that will still fit in that
>little, depth challenged space. When I took the Westie to my FLBS
>(friendly local battery store) the best the could do, with numerous
>trips back and forth for trial fits, was the 35 amp unit. So I bought
>it.
>
>If the ideal battery is still available in Europe, maybe someone could
>organize a group purchase, and ...nah...don't look at me. (Besides, I'll
>just bet batteries are harder to ship, hazardous and all that.) 
>
>As an alternative, maybe *your* FLBS has more selection, or creative
>alternatives. Lets hear about them.

I'm currently looking into the Stinger battery.  WAY expensive, but if it
fits, I'll consider it.  Like Tom said, I want the meanest battery I can
get for the new furnace.

Ron

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