Are these deep cycle shore batteries what is most commonly used as aux.
electric power source installations in Vans and Westies? I had a motor
home once and it had four of these big puppies in parallel as aux
electric power. Those suckers were awesome for the length of time they
would run without having to recharge. Had a  charger installed that
charged the batteries any time the alternator was running or anytime the
vehicle was connected to external AC power. There were two heavy duty
standard vehicle batteries for normal vehicle operations and starting,
along with a gas generator for Aux Electric as well. It too would charge
the batteries. But mostly I found I never needed thing. Didn't like it
anyway. To noisy. New gens are pretty quiet in comparison, but still,
nobody likes  generator noise in a quiet campground.

John

On 8/7/2012 8:38 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> I run a Trojan 130 Ah deep cycle battery.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 08/06/2012 09:00 PM, Kim Brennan wrote:
>> Okay. I'm curious about alternative batteries that people may have
>> used for an aux (shore) battery in their Vanagons. I know Karl's used
>> a few different types. I just read about Lithium-Iron batteries (and
>> I've been using Lithium Ion batteries in yard tools).
>>
>> (yes that>IS<  IRON, and not ION).
>>
>> What (other than lead acid/gel/AGM) batteries have folk tried?
>