Dave and others, many early sixties and some late fifties, (I think) had the long Battery Box, behind the LP tanks and just below the front window. It takes a 12 volt battery group, 3ET. You can buy that battery at almost any good battery store, Wal-Mart, Sam's ($49), and Sears for (59) and a 3 year guarantee. It has lots of reserve. Don't mess with those little lawnmower batteries. If you want to move the battery inside, get a sealed Optima, or Lifetime, or other sealed battery, so it doesn't emit hydrogen gas, and other fumes. I just bought a 3ET for my Bambi, from Sam's............$49 and it works fine. Bill
My Trailer hitch has the same narrow battery space. I use a heavy duty tractor battery that is about 18'' long and as I recall has a very high amp reserve. I have never run out of power and if I turn on several lights, none of them dim like a deep cycle does.. I don't worry about it not being a deep cycle because it is constantly being charged by either my tow vehicle, solar panel, or automatic battery charger, and has never been depleted more than 1/4. Good Luck! Vanessa The Trailer Lady '56 Overlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Pfeffer, Dave (davep) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: [VAC] Batteries > Folks: > > To those who are interested. My '62 Globetrotter has the small aluminum > battery tray in the front behind the LP tanks. Since the tray is designed > for a narrow 12 volt battery I thought I would have to relocate it to the > inside of the trailer. Well, I contacted > http://www.dcbattery.com/index.html, and one of their sales guys told me to > try using a battery made by a company called Powersonic. It is a 12 volt, > deep cycle battery that measures 5.95" long X 2.56" wide X 3.86" high. It > provides 7 amp hours of service. I plan to connect two in parallel to get 14 > amp hrs. Granted, 14 hrs is not a lot, but it is an option for those who > want to keep the battery box intact. These batteries are typically used as > battery back-up power in alarm systems. I contacted Powersonic in San Diego > at 619/661-2030 and they put me in touch with a distributor in my area. The > batteries are $23.00 each. I'll give them a try and let everyone know how it > goes. > > There you have it. > > David >
