... yeah, Don, NAPA batts are better. as for local SprawlMart - last year's reason to live/love to hate them was no layaway. this year it's `NO Overnight RV Parking'  `Git er done' somewhere else ...

--- On Mon, 11/21/11, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Newbie question about auxiliary power
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, November 21, 2011, 1:57 PM
> If you are in a small town, try
> NAPA...they have pretty good battery
> waranty program and there are more NAPA stores than Mall
> Worts...I've been
> using those batts for about 3yrs....only had to buy one,
> the others are
> replaced free when I 'use them up' pretending they are Deep
> Cycles in my
> extended winter camping trips...
> � Don Hanson
> 
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Tim Englund <tim.englund@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Wow, thanks all!!!
> > I've ordered the parts and, if they come in time, plan
> to brave a very
> > cold shop over the weekend.
> > The aux battery has been removed and will be replaced
> the next time I
> > get into a city big enough for a Wal-Mart. :)
> > Hopefully no epic stories will follow....
> >� -Tim
> >
> >
>