[Healeys] Anybody have experience with this battery?

[gradea1 at charter.net]

I'm using the concours correct 17L, 6V batteries from Antique auto
battery(now Jim's or NLE)...bought years ago and kept on maintain
charge. They no longer make a 17L battery. Now-a-days you can still
purchase a 19L battery which will fit the tray, has mounting ears, and
is about 1" taller than the old 17s. Reason why is that VW bugs and
MGBs also used that same unit. As Roland says: be sure to insulate the
battery lid with Armacord; if the lid is distorted it could short out
the terminals. Otherwise it fits fine and is more powerful than the
17L. Interstate Battery makes one available today. One 12V works as
well, but you will fail concours (if that's an issue). Here is the
battery layout using original 17Ls in my 100. Hank, healeyhelper.com

	-----------------------------------------From: "Roland Wilhelmy" 
To: "Bob Spidell"
Cc: "Healeys"
Sent: Sunday June 7 2020 8:26:46PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Anybody have experience with this battery?

Check if 8 1/2" is height of case only or height to top of battery
posts. If height to top of posts is 9 and a fraction inches you can
still use in a BN1 or 2 but you risk shorting battery to the body if
you aren't very careful and if you didn't insulate the underside of
the door well. It fits all the other cars, though. 
Also, the capacity of those original style tar tops is limited and
marginal. Modern batteries are much more energetic and smaller, too. A
12volt battery that will fit the battery tray will do better than two
original tar top 6volt batteries and cost about $50. So unless you are
going for Concours save your money. 
-RolandBN1 #724
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 5:35 PM Bob Spidell  wrote:
  I can't find dimensions for 17L anywhere, but this looks close:

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