David,
I had the same experience with a wal-mart battery. Finally bought a
new one before last winter. I set up my old one as an aux battery and
it's still going strong.  Go figure that!
John

On Jan 6, 2008 10:36 PM, David Wilhite <dlwilhite@comcast.net> wrote:
> FWIW, I finally bought a new battery for my 84' Westy.  My old battery was a measly 650 CCA from Wal-Mart and was purchased in July of 2000.  Rather surprising considering how many times I killed the battery leaving the lights on, using equipment while camping etc.  I figure it owes it's long life to it's location - inside the van, under the passenger seat.  Nothing astounding, but thought I'd mention it.
> Someday I'm going to put in an auxiliary battery, but I've been saying that for years...
> David Wilhite
> 84' West
>

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