hek, marine batteries are good for all kinds of decharging and recharging situations! I drove a chevy LUV for years that had no charging system whatsoever on it. Put a heavy deepcycle marine battery under the hood, and another one in the front floorboard. Would drive that thing all over on battery power alone, but learned to keep that spare. The hoods on those LUVs opened from the rear, and when the main battery was drained, and i was sitting at a store or somewhere, and it wouldn't start, (got a lot of funny looks here, as i'd try to start with no juice, get out, pull the cables through the passenger side window, lift the rear of the hood, hook up the cables to the main battery, lay the hood back in place, cables all tucked in, crank it up, and head on down the road). At this point I knew it needed to be headed towards the house, where there'd better be a good charger waiting ; )
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