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Nice. I currently have a couple of the 17HF Interstates; so far,
they've been OK, but I haven't had good luck with Interstate in
other cars. We did a lot of work to fix a DPO's jury-rig of a 12V
in the boot, I'd like to keep the original 2x6V if at all possible.<br>
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Yeah, I can't find a 17L anywhere; since they're smaller I'd guess
even less cranking power.<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/8/2020 10:53 AM,
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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<br>
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From: "Roland Wilhelmy" <sentenac.rw@gmail.com><br>
To: "Bob Spidell"<br>
Cc: "Healeys"<br>
Sent: Sunday June 7 2020 8:26:46PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Anybody have experience with this
battery?<br>
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<div dir="auto">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.
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<div dir="auto">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 <span class="money">$50</span>.
So unless you are going for Concours save your money. </div>
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<div dir="auto">-Roland</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 5:35 PM
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<div> I can't find dimensions for 17L anywhere, but this
looks close:<br>
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