Tuesday, Jan 28, 2003 at 20:44
Brad, do you realise the Piranha setup is nearly identical and manufactured by GSL for less than half the price of the Piranha.
www.gsl.com.au
The Piranha unit is flash stickered, flash coloured anodised unit for around $250 and the equivelent GSL unit at worst case is $110 incl GST. The difference between the two units besides the red colour and $10.00 worth of cables is nothing. Personally, I prefer the Redarc unit which has better features and is the same price within a $2.00.
http://www.redarc.com.au/sbi.htm
Brad, really difficult to advise you on a battery that is going to give you value for money and reliability. Regardless of whose battery you choose, getting so little use is going to substantially deteriote the battery.
I would be inclined to buy a reaonable quality deep cycle lead acid battery for your two weeks on Fraser. Till you go on your around Oz trip, I would be something like the Optima D31A with a low voltage cut-out if your fridge does not already have one, and use the one battery till you actually go on your around Oz trip. That one battery will adequately do your 3 to 4 times a year weekend trips. When you do go on your trip, you will already have the GSL/Redarc/Piranha unit fitted, then can put in a second battery, utilise that, as
well as your main if necessary with the low voltage cut-out.
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