Brian,
Deep Cycle batteries are designed to put out small amounts of power over a
long period of time.
Starter batteries are designed to put out large amounts of power over a very
short amount of time.
Both with do the job of the other, but not very well. And it will shorten
the battery life to ask it to do a job that it is not designed to do.
That said, there are combination batteries that are supposed to do both. I
don't have any experience or technical knowledge of these combination
batteries, but my experience with many other things in life are that one
size fits all = one size fits none very well.
And in the end you will be limited to what will fit into the battery box.
I wanted to use a sealed starter battery under the passenger seat but could
not find one that would fit the box.
Good Luck
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Cirulnick <techrat@VM.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 8:00 PM
Subject: Best Starter Battery?

>Hello Volks!
>
>With all the talk of Batteries on the list, thought I'd ask -- And assuming
>that money is no object (yeah, right, but let's dream for a minute), what
is
>the best overall "Starter" battery? Could I use a sealed "deep cycle"
battery
>as a regular "start" battery? I've got a regular Vanagon, not a Westy, so I
>only need one battery, but I live in the NYC metro area, where it's HOT and
>humid in the summer, freezing in the winter, and rains in the seasons
between.
>I need something that's gonna give me plenty of power in any weather
condition
>- while also allowing me reserve for when I need to run lights without the
>engine running.
>
>Anybody care to recommend a brand/type?
>
>Brian Cirulnick
>techrat@vm.com
>
>
>
>
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