<VV> batteries

[Thomas Stingl]

> No  type 51 available?    It drops right into an FC battery box.
> How many Euros for a typical Wal-Mart battery over there?    Here, with a
> trade-in core, Wal-Mart will still sell a Vair replacement battery (type
> 51) for around 40 bucks US.

Same as for light bulbs there is also no battery type numbering
system. For the bulbs voltage and power (and socket type if not
clear) is specified, e.g. 12 V 21 W for turn lights, and the batteries
are identified on the shelf by voltage and capacity, and if in doubt
you lookup the car type in a conversion table to the battery brand
specific labels ...
Prices are a little bit higher, as typical with most car parts.

My wagon came over here with a new battery, I guess this is a
51 or similar, as you say, it fits right in ... very nice. And
it does not have a (for me disturbing) rim on the bottom.

Unusual batteries, like some little Honda batteries are not
commonly (=cheap) available. 

Thomas

BTW, today's Rampside adventure was transporting a genuine USA made
fitness tower (15 years ago used by an US GI to pay his rent) ;-)
Took a while for me to figure out why one weight has 5.5 kg,
but now I can impress with the big numbers on them (in lbs :-)
  http://dl5sbs.de/ts/20040704tower.jpg
  http://dl5sbs.de/ts/20040704karlsdorf_nah.jpg