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• V6 EV / aux. batterys
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:55:45 -0800
  ...back page is listed (quote) "Lightning Cell Car Audio battery - peak discharge 1,200 amps, cold crank 550 amps, short circuit 2,600 amps...
• Re: Charging circuit wiring upgrade/maintenance report/questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:25:08 -0600
  ...deep > cycle battery was a spendy little item and I like to baby it, perhaps > overmuch, by charging it like I discharge it: slowly. >
• Re: [vanagon] 2nd battery in a vanagon for lights, heat etc.
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:50:01 +0100
  ...batteries at same time when > engine is running and yet not discharge primary battery when engine > is off? I'd like this to be...
• Re: Air Flow Meters <sigh>
  Historical mailing list - Dave T. Richards
  Tue, 31 Dec 1996 12:40:12 -0500
  ...there are surface mount capacitors > in there that charge and discharge as the wiper arm moves and the > resistance jumps all over the place...
• Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:52:51 -0800
  ...going into the aux battery (less if the battery is not discharged very much)... with the less robust set ups like the Hella that...
• Re: Understanding Amp Hours
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:43:34 -0700
  ...According to the battery guy I got my Trojan from, 80% is considered the max discharge without significantly compromising the battery, just as Dennis...
• Re: [vanagon] Shocking seats!!
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:32:17 -0500
  ...Just remember to discharge before filling up with gas. Bill -----Original Message----- From: JORDANVW@AOL.COM To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Cc: vanagon@yahoogroups...
• Re: aux. battery
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 01 Nov 1996 11:49:36 -0800
  ...for the furnace, I want to find >the biggest, meanest deep discharge battery that will still fit in that >little, depth challenged space. When...
• still looking for Westy.......
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 21 Oct 96 13:49:36 EDT
  ...I opened up the discharge valve just to see if any stuff was left (don't worry, I wasn't going to dump Freon...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:49:28 -0500
  ...some of the energy that was stored in >the coil -- then discharges shoves it back into the coil again, expanding >the magnetic field and...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:55:17 -0700
  ...The only thing the high > pressure (freon pressure) switch does is to kick the radiator fan up > the > the intermediate speed on high discharge...
• Re: solar panels
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:20:13 -0300
  ...On a vessel it's normally a side discharge near the waterline, very handy from a dinghy but not so handy from on board...
• Re: '82 diesel resurrection death?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:15:56 -0400
  ...This will drain down to the discharge side of the oil pump and prime it. I think most people don't realize their oil...
• Re: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:33:52 -0700
  ...Did I do that right? Given the largest battery that can fit under the driver's seat -- how quickly would it become discharged at...
• Re: A/C -R12--R134a
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:42:22 -0400
  ...Need to discharge old stuff, (you did that already) change fittings, use adapters fill it with ester type oil and 134a. 134a is a...
• Re: Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:28:14 -0700
  ...was recently discharged it to 11.15 > Volts. > The charger has a "16V Boost" de-sulphation mode. ..... to melt any > soft sulphate...... > Have others...
• 1987 Vanagon GL Westfalia For Sale in Boulder, CO
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Sitongia
  Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:11:57 -0700
  ...Dometic awning Auxiliary marine deep-discharge battery added, with relay circuit for charging and wiring to connect to removable 32 watt solar panel in...
• Severe coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Ian Stewart
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:11:52 -0700
  Hello, I have a 1987 2.1L 4-speed, and last night, I experienced a sudden and severe discharge of coolant from the left...
• Re: Inverters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:26:48 -0700
  ...12 >>>> to 120 >>>> volts (400 watts) >> snip >>>> Four days later my two batteries were almost totally discharged! >>
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:24:35 -0500
  ...They don't even bother to rate the flooded batteries beyond 60% discharge where they're rated at 700 cycles. They say that 80...
• Re: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:51:30 -0700
  ...charge, rest, & discharge times). The physical construction of the coil, heat sinking/heat dissipation parameters, are designed around these variables. Virtually no current is...
• Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Aug 2017 16:49:24 -0700
  ...On 8/9/17, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > During charging or in use discharge there is no problem have two different > size...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Mar 2007 (#2007-324)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:19:33 -0700
  ...my disappointment the battery on the '82 Westy is almost completely discharged. Trying to find a reason I measured the output of the charger...
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:17:35 -0400
  ...There is a post in the archives where somebody measured a deeply discharged Optima deep cycle pulling 50amps. I don't think you are...
• Re: 4 Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 16 May 2008 14:14:08 -0400
  ...Otherwise the battery > with the higher voltage potential will discharge to the lower state of a > weaker battery. If you really need more A...
• Re: A/C Success (long)
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Mon, 26 May 2003 18:28:44 -0400
  ...I took about 30 minutes of highway driving to get discharge air down to 45 deg. F (ambient was about 82 deg. F). Another...
• Re: Dominic
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:22:53 -0500
  ...The 12v element on the Dometic RM215 fridge consumes 9.2 > amps, which is enough to seriously discharge any battery when the engine is...
• Re: van won't go
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:34:42 -0500
  For starters, once a battery is discharged in freezing weather, it is damaged and should be replaced. As a battery dischrges, the electrolyte, (acid...
• Re: '91 Camper Comments
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Mon, 3 Oct 1994 16:20:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...they get all the good stuff? :( > > joel > Actually, the air being discharged from the A/C vents should be pretty dry. Most of the...
• Re: more heating ideas
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Oct 1995 23:14:35 +0500
  ...If you started with a good deep > discharge cycle marine battery, maybe 5 minutes before you sucked the battery > inside out? > > Harvey >
• Re: 81 Westy A/C
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 10:53:35 -0800
  ...The system was charged, but no belt was installed (I discharged it). The venting that runs the length of the roof is missing, and...
• Re: Voltage regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:51:01 -0400
  ...store for a time and upon emerging, found the battery had > discharged to the point it would not crank the engine. The battery is...
• capacitance cells, sorry meant to add was Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:41:23 -0400
  ...Capacitance cells would be trouble when discharged but should > charge and jump the same as a lead acid. ...I'm guessing since they > don...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:03:41 -0400
  ...After 1 month of sitting the optima was discharged to 10V, while the wetcell was 12.1V. External parasite current is 10-20mA, and...
• Re: Buzzing fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:22:55 -0400
  ...Someone mentioned that they had run the pump with different combinations of inlet and discharge filters; but... Did anyone ever run the filter between...
• Power loss problem solved.... I think.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Irvin
  Thu, 11 May 2000 09:32:41 -0800
  ...The power loss was coupled with an intermittent problem with a discharged battery. For the life of me I could not diagnosis the problem...
• Re: 83.5 Westfalia questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 15:16:51 -0600
  ...This drain pipe discharges right behind the > propane > tank. > Does this drain the water storage tank (clean water) or the refuse > water > from the...
• Re: Alternator regulator voltage tolerances #
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:18:19 -0400
  ...This also caused complete discharge of the battery on long night drives in hot weather (i.e. headlights and A/C drawing lots of...
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:59:39 -0700
  ...re > risking battery damage on the third day (more than 50% discharge). > > Depending on your choices, the fridge will cost $400-$900 and the...
• Re: auxiliary battery for 87 westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 07:18:42 -0800
  ...the only way I know that you have to with the Optima is because I deep discharged it and measured the amps on starting...
• Re: Lithium battery
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 04:51:21 +0000
  ...The BMS may have a much lower max discharge current that a lead acid, so they may not work as starting batteries, but are...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:50:58 -0600
  ...Splitting the plugs, indexing the plugs, using ventilated point sets checking resistance in spark plug wires, different valve settings, magnetos, capacitor discharge ignition etc...
• Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:57:17 -0700
  ...if the batteries were of the type that could be safely > discharged to 80%.... then could 30% more of the house battery capactiy be...
• Re: Bad New Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:09:54 -0500
  ...if it still discharges in a similar manner, then it is likely defective. make sure battery exterior is clean and dry. dan On Tue...
• Road Trip problems
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 3 Jun 2016 17:51:11 -0500
  ...During which time (worried about battery discharge) I started and ran the bus a couple of times and turned the A/C on and...
• Re: Auxilary battery
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:50:32 -0400
  ...will have a rather short life if you tend to deep discharge it. Deep cycle marine batteries are probably your best bet. Consider a...
• Re: Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:44:58 -0400
  ...over 6 years. > They just don't like to be fully discharged. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: Optima d750-S vs. d750-U
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:34:07 -0700
  ...be less b/c batteries have progressively > less capacity as the discharge rate goes up. > > I can put more words around all that if...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:08:15 -0500
  ...a normal resistor, which is why batteries get hot when you discharge them fast.) Additionally, if you really try to put 2 MW through...
• Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:15:44 -0700
  ...if the batteries were of the type > that could be safely > discharged to 80%.... then could 30% more of the > house battery capactiy be...
• Re: FIRE!!! (True story from this morning)
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 13:39:07 -0800
  ...FIRE!!! (True story from this morning) Airplanes have rings of hollow tubing circulated through the engines and in strategic points with discharge nozzles directed...
• Re: The alternator issue
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:13:01 -0700
  ...the current flowing.&nbsp; The diode is then forward biased and discharges most of the stored energy in the coil. <br> <br> A capacitor...
• Re: Auxillary battery alternative
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:57:22 -0700
  ...Even this wire size (and the stock 30 amp relay) is marginal for the 40 plus amps drawn by a discharged auxiliary battery. If...
• Re: 83 Air Cooled - Production dates.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 May 2002 10:21:20 -0500
  ...his deposit in Germany and waited 6 months until he got > discharged > to take delivery in the US through a dealer.) > I've found...
• Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:27:53 -0500
  ...Rest areas > and some run around time for 45 minutes-plus gets the little restless > bodies discharged and ready for the next round. When...
• Re: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:06:33 -0500
  ...It was not meant to supply power to an auxiliary battery which > can draw over 50 amps if the battery has been deeply discharged...
• Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:07:55 -0700
  ...going into the aux battery (less if > the battery is not discharged very much)... with the less robust set ups > like the Hella that...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:01:54 -0400
  ...Of course Starting Battery don't like deep discharge, well, will you discharge them all the way down??? GEL don't like Starting battery...
• Deep cycle batteries on sale at Canadian tire
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:32:42 -0600
  ...those supposedly new better technologies) 100Ah at a fishily long 100h discharge rate. $212, gives $0.47/Ah Which one would you buy? Any...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Aug 94 13:06:21 EDT
  ...see if there is any evidence that there has been a discharge from the drain hole. If there is, that indicates coolant is getting...