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Old 08-18-2011, 12:02 PM   #5 (permalink)
busypaws
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I first moved my battery to the floor of what was the back seat. Then when I needed a replacement I got the smallest Lead-Acid. Saved 9 lbs over the stock battery. It's on the floor with a couple of straps so now I can experiment with other batteries and/or solar cells etc without worring about fitting the battery in the small tray under the hood. I might get deep cycle and do an alternator delete one day. All of those options are open now that I have it in on the floor in the back seat.
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