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Date:         Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:56:41 -0600
Reply-To:     Rob MacLeod <macleod@CVRTI.UTAH.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rob MacLeod <macleod@CVRTI.UTAH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Aux battery solution??!!!
Comments: To: bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM
In-Reply-To:  <027701bea3bb$5a93cc80$6f6f6f6f@aptiva> (message from Brent
              Christensen on Fri, 21 May 1999 11:54:20 -0700)

On Fri, 21 May 1999 11:54:20 -0700 Brent Christensen <bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:

> I just got off the phone with a very knowledgeable battery guy at a local > shop (he actually guessed that I was looking for an auxiliary battery for > a Westy when I told him the dimensions). After pooh-pooh'ing the Optima > yellow top (which I had called to order), he suggested a golf cart > battery called a "U1" The dimensions he gave me are 7 3/4"L x 5 1/8" W x > 7 1/4"H. Based on my measurements, the battery compartment will fit two > of these side by side, with about 1/8" of extra height (modify > compartment cover with a ball peen hammer...?)

I did not follow up on this before--did it work well in terms of fit and function? Are there some sources of this battery that you could point us at or even give us a way to reach the manufacturer?

Thanks!!

Rob. '87 Westy Salt Lake City, Utah


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