JEAN PARROT wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

 JP>             Hello Roy, it is a lovely day today. 

 RJT> What,  one with standard as opposed to marine-style terminals?  Any
 RJT> other variation,  and it's not an 8D any more,  as that designation
 RJT> refers to the size of the battery...

 JP> There is a dealership here that offers 8Ds from Germany, Spain and 
 JP> local ones made in NS, by Surretts. They are all 8Ds as far as 
 JP> capacity is concerned but vary quite a bit in dimensions, 

That's not right.  The 8D designation refers to the dimensions of the
battery,  plain and simple.  Yeah,  you can get similar capacity in a
smaller box,  but are you looking at cranking amps,  or reserve power?  The
tradeoff there is the thickness of the plates,  thinner plates (and more of
them) gives higher cranking amps,  lower reserve power.

But anyway,  something smaller might have been okay to do the job,  it just
wasn't an 8D...      :-)

 JP> specially the posts. Some are car type of posts around which a 
 JP> connector is place and tightened, others have a wing nut on a 
 JP> bolt. That one stood too high.  A FWIW, Roy.

And I have adapters here that will give you "marine" terminals by
putting them over regular posts,  as well.  Plus some that will give posts
on a side-terminal battery,  or vice versa,  if you only have the wrong
type on hand.

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