thanks ...have been shopping around...hard to find here..the tallest it can be
is 6 and 7/8 tall (inches)...will hit the marine stores tomorrow......sb

adrian bertarelli wrote:

> 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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