Yeah Michael, the standard battery is economical and has good
capacity and if you get a good one, is robust. My experience is that
for most non engine starting applications specialty batteries are
over rated. I also hear people discussing inverters hooked up to
these Optima batteries. Talk about a load eh!

Ian

On 5-Jan-08, at 8:13 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> A fair question. The Vanagon battery is an engine starting battery
> and not a deep cycle battery, but for most folk it could work just
> fine deep cycle application. The thinner plates of a starting
> battery won't last for as many deep discharge/charge cycles as can
> the thicker plates of a true deep-cycle battery, but hey -- if
> Vanagon starting batteries are inexpensive, why not use one?