Loren A. Busch wrote:

><snip> But do you really need a deep cycle battery?  I just
>replaced my aux battery (yesterday in fact).  I went with what has
>served me well over the years, a standard starting battery.  And I have
>quite a bit of 'stuff' that I run off the aux battery, sometimes for up
>to a week. It works fine.
>
I too use a regular battery for the aux... have done about 12K miles
this year camping mostly in 3 week trips with some driving every few
days.  Lasts for many years with this treatment.  Never had it let me
down and have used it to start & run the van in one emergency
(alternator failure that also killed the main battery).  I do have the
aux under the rear bench seat which gives me more choices is size.

Geo Hahn
84 Westy
Mt Lemmon, AZ