Thread: What should I get as 2nd battery

I use a century marine battery from supercheap because it has a 24 month warranty[6 months on a deep cycle battery] and can be taken back to any supercheap, its runs a waeco cf50 constantly and is charged through a abr sidewinder[$79], been great for the last 18 months.
Richard

I've got an Optima yellow top as main, and have a another yellow top I'm going to run as second, also in the cargo area... When I get round to having it done.

yellow top

Yes yellow top. Ebay for a great price.

I've had 2 x Supercharge (no relation to Supercheap) All Rounders for the past 3 yrs... 7xx CCA; 105 AH. Less than $200 ea. Two sets of terminals: normal plus screw thread ones for auxil. connections. Can be used as starter or deep cell. Excellent

Yellow tops look very expensive. And the don't seem to be very high A/h???

55 if I remember correctly

But they do recharge quickly and can take a beating

As I posted long ago, my Yellow Top only lasted 3 years before dying, and I had the same life out of an "Absorbed Power' for much much less money and it was 85AH vs 55.. My latest cheapy 95 AH has only lasted 2years and 6 months but it only cost $219 delivered.LOL

I think the blue and red tops are good but as they have a lot of CCA for the size. I plan to put a red top in the Aux tray of my D2 for 800CCA and then I can fit a 110AH AGM in the front tray.

There are quite a few cheapies around but it is a lottery I guess. Fullriver and Absorbed Power Chinese batteries seem to have a good reputation.
Regard sPhilip A