You can find deep cycle marine batteries at Sam's Club. Golf cart shops may also have some 12Volt batteries, though I believe most of them are 24 Volts. Bill Ward
At 06:44 PM 4/4/98 -0800, you wrote: >The best palace to go is probably a marine battery shop or supplier. If >you do not liver near the ocean, try searching the web for a company >with a web page. The battery that can be used for a vanagon is limited >by the size of the under thr drivere seat compartment, which limits the >max amp to about 65 amp. hours. There are numerous marine application >batteries that put out over twice as much amperage...and they may fit in >the EV. >steve > >Les perceptifs wrote: > >> Does anybody know what's the best battery to replace the original >> dryfit >> battery in an Eurovan 92 ? We leave for Mexico and our auxiliary >> battery is dead. We bought the van in october and tried it during a >> short trip (3 days). The battery would charge (at least the computer >> was saying it was fully charged) but it couldn't keep its charge for >> more than a few hours with the fridge on or even only the lights on. >> What is the normal autonomy for this battery, with normal use of >> lights >> and fridge? >> >> Last week, we tried to plug it overnight, but it didn't work. No sign >> >> of life. The charger below the fridge outputs about 2 amperes. Could >> >> it be that the battery needs to be plugged for a much longer time ? >> Or >> maybe I should remove it and use (buy) a stronger charger. >> >> We will buy a battery anyway since we need one for the trip to Mexico >> and this wouldn't leave time to fully charge the battery (if I'm right >> >> and it needs a long charge). I was told a Delco battery would do it. >> What's my best bet ? May be I should buy one that is no bigger than >> the >> original one since, if the original still works, they both could fit >> in >> the battery area and I could plug them in parallel. Or is it better >> to >> buy a bigger one and use only one battery ? >> >> Any model to suggest me, at a reasonable price ? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Michel Pinard > > |
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