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Need to buy a battery ....what to buy ...

I am keeping in mind a dual bat set up .2 small batteries in the existing bat box .. ..
how many cca do i need 750 cca ??
what range do i need ??
I want wet cell batteries because of the summer heat and evaporation ..
what brand is best is your opinion

thanks D
 
I used 2 optima 6vts in series for starting with a die hard 12vt for auxillary power, both in the standard battery tray. I have a sure power battery seperator for charging.

When I get to it I will be replacing the 12vt with an Odyssey. They operate in deep cycle and high cranking amp mode. The one I was looking at was like 1100 cranking amps during the first 10 seconds. Other benefits of this battery is it is lighter weight, they can recover from 0 charge, and they are dry sealed. The military is switching over to these.
 
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I have two gel type batteries. A yellow top Optimal as my primary for deep cycling, and an Orbital as my back up. In my setup the primary battery needs to be a deep cycle battery. Before the dual Batt's I used the Orbital as my battery.
 
jamisobe said:
I used 2 optima 6vts in series for starting with a die hard 12vt for auxillary power, both in the standard battery tray. I have a sure power battery seperator for charging.

When I get to it I will be replacing the 12vt with an Odyssey. They operate in deep cycle and high cranking amp mode. The one I was looking at was like 1200 cranking amps during the first 8 seconds. Other benefits of this battery is it is lighter weight, they can recover from 0 charge, and they are dry sealed. The military is switching over to these.
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would you post up a pic of this .. There is no room unde the hood for another battery tray
 
Oh....Contrare...

See Romer's ROTW posts
 
decavo said:
yea... but i gotta 91 it is a little more crowded under there .. it has that fancy blower thing for cooling the exhaust and intake so that space is taken. I tried to stuff 2 batteries in there .needed a hammer so i stopped ... i need to find a small battery for back up ..
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WRONG! 91s have a lot more room for batteries. You don't hae as much computer crap and NO Abs stuff. All you need to do is add a FZJ battery tray on the DS and you are set. I might be selling mine soon too. I'm working on a custom battery box on the DS for my FZJ that will hold two standard sized batteries. I want them close to each other for cabling. Look up TRAILBUS or search TRAILBUS and battery. He has a 91 he did dual batteries in.
 
thanks for pointing me in the right direction ..But I cant find a post by that name .. here is a pic of the engine compartment no d.s. space for it even without the compresser.. but i been thinking of moving the tray back far enough to do the job we will see i think i have 3" to play with that will give the room to do it leave the rad res in place also ...gotta look again in the day light with a measuring stick to see if it will work ...
 
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decavo said:
would you post up a pic of this .. There is no room unde the hood for another battery tray
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Here you go. These 6vt Optima batteries in series crank(800cca). The die hard 12vt is good for now but I am looking forward to scoring one of these Odyssey drycell batteries for deep cycle/auxillary cranking power. They are an ideal battery for winches ...and whatever.

The battery seperator cost about $90 and is currently located on the fender back by the master cylinder. When I install the Odyssey I plan on relocating the seperator to under the battery tray.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=117770
 
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