Brian, Deep Cycle batteries are designed to put out small amounts of power over a long period of time. Starter batteries are designed to put out large amounts of power over a very short amount of time. Both with do the job of the other, but not very well. And it will shorten the battery life to ask it to do a job that it is not designed to do. That said, there are combination batteries that are supposed to do both. I don't have any experience or technical knowledge of these combination batteries, but my experience with many other things in life are that one size fits all = one size fits none very well. And in the end you will be limited to what will fit into the battery box. I wanted to use a sealed starter battery under the passenger seat but could not find one that would fit the box. Good Luck Bill 90 Westy Syncro -----Original Message----- From: Brian Cirulnick <techrat@VM.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 8:00 PM Subject: Best Starter Battery?
>Hello Volks! > >With all the talk of Batteries on the list, thought I'd ask -- And assuming >that money is no object (yeah, right, but let's dream for a minute), what is >the best overall "Starter" battery? Could I use a sealed "deep cycle" battery >as a regular "start" battery? I've got a regular Vanagon, not a Westy, so I >only need one battery, but I live in the NYC metro area, where it's HOT and >humid in the summer, freezing in the winter, and rains in the seasons between. >I need something that's gonna give me plenty of power in any weather condition >- while also allowing me reserve for when I need to run lights without the >engine running. > >Anybody care to recommend a brand/type? > >Brian Cirulnick >techrat@vm.com > > > > >-- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > V A N G U A R D M E D I A C O R P > E-mail: techrat@vm.com URL: http://www.vm.com/ > BBS: (telnet into) bbs.vm.com:3000 --> (or dial into) 212-242-7685 >-The 'Web' is a medium. This is because it is neither rare, nor well done.- > |
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