Auxilliary Battery

[Ralph Hardwick]

I've just fitted a Superwinch EPi9 to the front of the disco and added a split charge system.

My original battery started to play up some time ago so I replaced it with an Optima Red Top.  In order to get the split charge set up I have added my old battery as a Auxiliary and the Red Top as a starter battery.

My old bettery is now playing up again and doesn't seem to want to hold a charge.  So its time to bite the bullet and buy a replacement to run the winch, rooflights, fridge etc. etc.

The obvious choice is an Optima Yellow top deep cycle but at £160-ish its a lot of money for something which will only be used a few times a year in anger.

Does anyone know of any other (cheaper) options?  Having done some searching I have found NUMAX deep-cycle batteries which seem to meet the specs for less than half the price of a yellow top.  Does anyone have any experience of these?

NUMAX here:

http://www.tayna.co.uk/catalog/585/0/Leisure-Batteries-Numax-Sealed-Leisure-Batteries-page1.html

Any help would be greatly appreciated including what size/spec to buy.

Cheers
Ralph

[simdeb]

Ive been running a big leisure battery as a Auxiliary for the last two years paid about £35.00 for it and it has never missed once  :lol:

[duke]

hi there i notice that you lived in great yarmouth i use to live in swaffham cut to the chase optima are made some were near watton as therethere dailing code is the same you could see if there sell seconds/blemished batterys at third of the cost

[Ralph Hardwick]

hi there i notice that you lived in great yarmouth i use to live in swaffham cut to the chase optima are made some were near watton as therethere dailing code is the same you could see if there sell seconds/blemished batterys at third of the cost

Hi Duke
Thanks for that but Optima are an american company and as far as I can see they are made in Colorado.

Where did you get the UK contact number from?