"Albert T Cone" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Albert T Cone wrote:
I need to think about this a bit more I think. And check what the
actual current drain is.
Aye, good plan. I might also look at getting a deep cycle battery,
possibly someting like the optima things that Burgerman used to flog.

Please don't. They are over hyped and over priced. You can get a battery
with a longer warranty for a lot less money from Halfords. And no lead
acid of any type likes being run totally flat. Although some types can
cope slightly better than others.

Quite a lot better. I'm not at all sure that it's enough of a margin to
justify the cost, but if it happens a lot it might be worth it from a
ease-of-life standpoint.

I'll look into it.

Car was dead again today, and that's after being hooked up to a proper
trickle charger (was supposedly fully charged Sunday evening). Took a
longer route to work (still only about 5 miles or so though) and this
afternoon it wouldn't start again. Reckon it might be new battery time
anyway.

Still can't find my multimater though grrrrr