I was sold on the Trojans, but now I'm curious about the Rolls Surrette... so I'll poke around the web to reach a conclusion... this is all new to me... here I was owning one 100 amp 12 volt, oblivious to the fact that for 30 more dollars I could have owned two 6 volts w 225 amp hours.. at least by the time I get the golf cart batteries I'll have my heavy duty relay installed.. though I'm unclear why it has two attachments for, apparently, grounding it... 

From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net>
To: obeechi@RUNBOX.COM, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: Golf Cart Batteries

> True. For starters, the golf cart batteries will be much more durable. Just
> a better, more abuse resistant design. The A/H capacity will be about 225
> A/H. The group 27 will probably last 2-3 years. The golf cart batteries will
> give 3-5 or more. For the money, Trojan is the best. Rolls Surrette gives 7
> year warranty but cost is at double. 
> 
> Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark C
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Golf Cart Batteries
> 
> This place in Santa Ana, with a website, http://www.powertron.com told me
> over the phone that I would be better off with two 6 volt golf cart
> batteries wired in series than two 100 amp hour batteries (such as their
> 27mtx) wired in parallel... 
> 
> 

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