lightweight battery recommendation (non lipo/life)

[Eric Merryfield]

Originally Posted by Paul Merolla

I've been running the 11 lb Braille batteries for about 10 years now and they've been great. I do have two, one in stock location and one in the trunk. Not sure I'd trust just one at only 360 cranking amps, but they have a 21 pounder with 550.
I've left the fan and water pump on for a couple hours (twice in one weekend lol) dragging them down to 20-30% and they charge right back up. The ones in the car now are from 2020 so I'll replace over the winter.

Had a 17 pound braille in the nova, even fully charged up it would struggle. So I can see where 2 11lbs plus a alternator would be about as low as you could safely go with AGM. I swapped out the Braille for a 12V Lithium(with BMS) and it likes it 100% more, and dropped over 11 pounds, but its a lithium so not for everyone.