[T3] Battery options

Jeff C knowonelse at gmail.com
Mon Apr 22 10:55:41 PDT 2019


I bought a Group 42 a few months ago. Brand Deka.
Jeff '67 Sqbk

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 10:52 AM William Jahn <willjahn975 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't know group 42's were obsolete. I do know since Firestone
> franchises here in southern Calif have for the most part vanished in the
> last year I can't find an Interstate yet they still list them on their
> site. Autozone offers their group 42 which I had previous to the interstate
> I got new in 2009 I seemed a better battery at that time. None of them
> really fit the front most type 3 bracket well since they seem to have made
> the base lip taller and as far as I know the same company makes both. I
> used to get a batteries that would fit close yet had a higher AH rating and
> never felt they got fully charged from a 30 amp generator.
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:46 AM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
> > Our original size was a Group 42, but I understand that these are now
> > obsolete. I think it was superceeded by another Group, possibly Group 92,
> > that has all the features of Group 42 plus hold-down lips on the ends as
> > well
> > as the sides.
> >
> > For a microbus, you have more options, since you don't have to worry
> about
> > headroom or, maybe, length. There are a number of Euro style battery
> > Groups in the 40s (43, 44, 45, 48...) that might work. That's probably
> > where
> > you could find whatever the 63 Ah version was. Maybe those are all 90s
> > now.
> >
> > I'll check later this week when I'm at my FLAPS.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On 22 Apr 2019 at 7:03, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Fair warning - not Type 3 - but probably applicable there as well.
> > >
> > > I have a 1978 Westy camper, all stock, and I am looking for a new
> > battery. I´m from Germany but currently living in the US and the
> > terminology here (Group XX) is all gobbledygook to me.
> > >
> > > The stock battery is 12V/54Ah, for the Canadian market they had a
> > slightly bigger 63Ah battery.
> > >
> > > I want to make sure to get something that has the posts in the right
> > place (top posts, both on the same side), that the posts fit the standard
> > VW clamps, and that the battery is held down safely by the stock battery
> > clamp that hooks over the protrusion at the bottom of the battery. I´m
> not
> > looking for anything special (gel, etc), just a good reliable battery
> that
> > fits and is held down safely.
> > >
> > > I am sure all that applies to Type 3s as well ;-)
> > >
> > > What would you recommend?
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > jens
> > >
> > >
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