The problem with batteries at at the front you have to fit an Odyssey / DMS Redflash. Whilst my experience of 4 failures in 4 years may not be typical, the other big problem is that when these batteries fail they seem to fail completely and without warning. As they are not an off-shelf-item this can be very embarrassing. Shove one in the back and any battery from Quick-fit will do
Since moving mine to the back, my battery costs have gone down from about £160 a year to about £10 a year.
A disadvantage of the rear location is that they are a b*****r to change, but realistically you need a a new battery drive into Quick-fit and the problems is theirs..
BTW what corrosion do you mean? the only area I can think of is the battery terminals, if there is any corrosion there it won't be anything to do with the location
Brian
