The best choice for an auxiliary battery is a deep Cycle battery.  They are
found in marine stores and aoutomotive stores.  If you have money i recomend
the optima deep cycle.  Other batteries do work but the reason a deap cycle
is recomended is that it is designed to loose its charge and then be
re-charged.  If you drain a reqular batterie you degrade the quality of the
batterie and it may not hold a complete charge and cause you problems down
the road. In my 74 westy we just installed a deep cycle and it works great
takes the load of the battery and we can still have our gadgets when the car
is of withought woring that the car will not start.
Later,
Adrian

>From: Susan Bernavich <susanb@WIZZARDS.NET>
>Reply-To: Susan Bernavich <susanb@WIZZARDS.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: auxilery battery
>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:08:51 -0800
>
>Hi ...i just came back from relacing the main battery in my 83
>Diesel...that went fine..followed advice of list...found an appropriate
>replacement easily...the problem came in when we tested the auxilery and
>it was deader than a doornail...the guy said that i needed a deep
>something and that a regular wouldn't do.....QUESTION:....what kind
>should i get and where can i get it??????  Thanks in advance...I'm in
>Oregon

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