Spring has sprung

Google for "battery faq", should get you to one of the most useful sites on the subject.

ok - now I'm a fully qualified bore on the subject of AGM deep cycle juice boxen , but I'm none the wiser on charging/isolation installations. However, one piece of knowledge seems universal - don't just bung in another battery in parallel with your starting battery because they'll drag each other down.

btw: the temorary hosting arrangements at batteryfaq.org appear to have broken the internal link structure - but the good news ... the URLs are fairly easy to decypher.

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Can't help with Coleman fuel in quantity (I've always used unleaded without incident), but the following is a useful reference for the ingredients in common fuels, including Coleman, and lists substitutes that shouldn't damage your stove:

I've heard of people buying "essence C" in France, which is supposedly cheaper and a similar makeup.

aye - so have I but it is extremely 'dirty' compared to coleman fuel.

ahh - yes, I found the web version of that.

Interesting - I'll bear that in mind, but I'm not travelling to France just to pick up a few litres of cookup fuel :)