[VAC] Re: Bambi battery

[Rik & Susan Beeson <rik@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Dick,

About the best solution (albeit not the cheapest) is to use a Concorde AGM
(Absorbed Glass Mat) deep-cycle battery. This battery, to quote Home Power
magazine, "can be installed inside, without containments or venting." Also, they
are UL listed. They can be shipped via UPS or air freight because they are not
considered hazardous materials, as are conventional lead-acid batteries. If you
want to use a battery box, West Marine has nice ones.

The nice folks at Backwoods Solar Electric (among others) sell them, and I
believe they can get any size you might want:
http://www.backwoodssolar.com/index.htm

BTW, the fumes from conventional lead-acid batteries that concern us are
hydrogen, and they rise.

Best regards,

Rik