On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:33:10 -0000, "Ian Field"
wrote:

A motorcycle battery is less conspicuous than car size, then all you need is
a trendy electronic charger rated safe for float charging and a changeover
switch.

Motorcycle batteries are made to be fairly light weight and therefore
don't have enough lead to be considered deep cycle. Like automobile
batteries, they make lousy stationary batteries. They're made to dump
a large amount of current in a short time as in starting a car or
motorcycle. My experience with them for standby power is dismal.

I made a few wooden boxes to hold a few gel cells and charger. Some
are made to run lights, lanterns, ham radio, AM/FM radio, etc. All
have a standard pair of power connectors (Anderson power pole and
Molex something two pin). If I need power, I just bring one of the
boxes to the load.

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Jeff Liebermann
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