Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy gel filled batteries, I need a couple of 12v 12ah jobs for my dads scooter

You'll want AGMs, not jell cells.

AGM's are Absorbed Glass Mat batteries, and they use a liquid electrolyte soaked into a fiberglass material between the plates.

Jells don't really like to be deep cycled, while AGM's have a low resisitance and can put out high currents without much Pukert losses.

maplins

or try

www.farnell.co.uk

part no 149449 is lead acid in solid suspension



atb

steve

[Edited on 11/9/05 by steve_gus]

I'm not sure what type of batteries they are offhand but what about the ones used in backups for fire and burglar alarms.
I have used them in the past in a freinds kids electric jeep.