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  • Re: 2nd battery full-time?
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:53:53 -0700
    ...On 8/15/06, Shawn Luft <shawnagan@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hi, > I just installed a heavy duty deep cycle battery under the rear bench...
  • Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:36:27 -0400
    ...Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator? Way cool re: Alliance. Much less $ than a Trojan SCS150 http://www.trojanbattery.com/Products/SCS15012V...
  • List Mail Problem
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:58:53 -0700
    ...They showed up deep inside the mailbox. Had I not looked deep into the past few days I would probably have missed them and...
  • '91 westfalia 2000 bucks in Louisiana on Craigslist...
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 2 Jun 2014 23:04:33 -0400
    ...and the fact that this westy is from the deep south im sure it has no rust. i dont think this one has been...
  • Re: Power consumption & recharging with Vitrifrigo
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:35:01 -0700
    ...I have 2 group 42 deep cycles so I can usually camp for a regular or > 3 day weekend just on batteries. I have...
  • Re: Alternators and batteries
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:00:31 -0400
    ...Here is the info I have on them: * * * **Dry Cell sealed technology (Gel Cell)* **No Vent tube or Acid to cause damage *Deep discharge...
  • Re: Did I hurt my Aux Battery?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:14:01 -0700
    ...At time of purchase, I didn't note the battery >> type. (deep cycle or AGM). I *think* it's a deep cycle, but am...
  • Dual Batteries
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Tue, 19 Apr 1994 11:14:15 -0700 (PDT)
    ...t matter if you used a deep cycle battery or normal battery, other that maybe for a deep cycle battery you might not want...
  • Re: Solar charger question
    Historical mailing list - tom ring
    Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:35:05 -0600
    ...On the front of the bench seat is the charge controller, which then feeds back under the bench seat to the deep cycle, which...
  • Re: solar power for vanagon
    Historical mailing list - tom ring
    Sun, 12 Oct 2003 15:34:41 -0600
    ...Also the best buy for deep cycles are golf cart batteries. 2 6 volt batteries are 2x52 bucks, for 104 total (last I checked...
  • Lithium aux. Batt?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:03:01 -0700
    ...far superior to the older generation batteries...Do they even make deep cycle lithium battery s? I swapped in a lithium battery to save...
  • Re: good tool set...
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 5 Apr 2017 14:56:51 +0000
    ...Good sets come with standard and deep sockets. Jim
  • Re: A mod to make Felder's eyes bleed
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:42:10 -0500
    ...Can you tell us how that deep dense foam handles noise? Jim On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Alistair Bell <albell...
  • Re: Rough Living In a Westy
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:09:25 -0700
    I wrote: >Right now (almost noon PST) you need to be in the deep south to find the magic 70 degree mark and the...
  • Re: Making engine LOOK good
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:43:15 -0500
    At 06:25 PM 11/21/2010 -0500, A PETER MARSH wrote: >Greetings from the deep south of Florida. At the risk of starting...
  • RE: Bolt extraction (with lasers)
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:51:39 -0500
    >>two weeks, is that THIS "OUT" BROKE OFF INSIDE THE SECOND BOLT! It broke >off >>so deep that I had no hope of removing...
  • 2001 great on poptop
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 2 Nov 1996 16:42:03 -0500
    ...liquid produced a paint-job like slick finish, bringing out the deep maroon color and removing the whitish wax residue. All the black moldings...
  • Tire Life? + Good Westy Syncro Tire?
    Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
    Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:37:00 -0500
    ...They look to me a bit warn(but what do I know); the treads are just over an eighth inch deep. When should I...
  • Auxiliary Battery
    Historical mailing list - Ralph Channell
    Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:55:07 -0700
    ...I would like to get a deep cycle gel model. I have researched some of the vanagon archives and they weren't very helpful...
  • Pics of 14" BFG's ?
    Historical mailing list - Phil Walker
    Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:56:16 -0500
    ...We almost got stuck in some deep sand in the last trip and some maximum tread depth would've been helpful. Thanks, -Phil 89...
  • Re: [Syncro] Syncro front rotor life expectance
    Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
    Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:50:27 EDT
    ...But that doesn't mean it's deep rust or particularly bad for the rotors. its' surface rust and as soon as you apply...
  • pictures of last trip
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:23:20 -0700
    ...Believe me, the ruts (and mud within) were deeper and wetter before the pics were taken :) Larry, I call your attention to the "Alibachi...
  • Re: AI Engine Status For Vanagon Owners
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:28:14 -0800
    ...ACTUALLY, the best >>> way to use Deepseek is to use it via Perplexity because then your queries >>> don't go through China and get...
  • Re: VW MicroBus Concept
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:19:58 -0800
    ...how deep that dash is?? didn't anybody pay >attention to those "Dustbuster" vans that GM made, with their 4-foot >deep dashes?? > >it...
  • Re: Canadian Thanksgiving at John Brown's Buses next weekend.
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:12:37 -0700
    Yes sir, deep-fried turkey! I have heard of this thing, but I don't think I could eat it. On 9/27/06...
  • Re: Ideas to stop battery terminal corrosion?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:14:04 -0700
    ...Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA> wrote: > > I have a 100Ah deep cycle battery that grows heavy corrosion at the terminals every few months...
  • Charging batteries in parallel ?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
    Sun, 8 Feb 2015 11:37:05 -0500
    I'm going to install 3 -UB 122230 -12V 22Ah AGM Sealed Deep Cycle Batteries in my Westy. Installed in parallel. My question is...
  • Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:47:01 -0400
    ...The result is the same no matter >how deeply I insert the tube of the nozzle into That's the symptom of a blocked...
  • Re: Syncros
    Historical mailing list - sstones
    Sat, 18 May 1996 12:46:02 -0400 (EDT)
    On Sat, 18 May 1996, r_c_bleakley wrote: > > I wonder how deep you can ford with these things. Aren't the air intakes...
  • Re: Reclining the front passenger seat?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 06 Jun 1997 08:24:59 +0200
    ...The seats are very convenient and have arm rests, but they don't go back very deep. One company is offering an air suspended...
  • Glad To Be Part Of The Family
    Historical mailing list - Ron Putt
    Tue, 12 May 1998 22:18:43 PDT
    ...I've always been a VW fan, but really have been deep into it since the recent purchase of my 82 Vanagon air cooled...
  • Re: Suggest 17 psi as min. for off-roading
    Historical mailing list - NACHTAIN 7
    Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:40:34 EST
    i am going to go deep into the New Mexico desert. What tires would you reccomend? Last time i was there i kept getting...
  • auxiliary battery for 87 westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Marco Biancardi
    Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:05:55 -1000
    ...simple information on how to do it? Here are some questions? Deep cycle versus regular battery? Do I need a special assembly kit? and...
  • 2nd Battery Wiring Question
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Fri, 23 Jun 2000 22:11:30 -0700
    ...when ignition activates the starting process, the auxiliary battery has been deeply discharged and is connected with #4 wire.) 1. Aux Batt ----- Relay ---- Start...
  • Re: Planning to add auxiliary battery and fridge to my 91 week ender - suggestions?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
    Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:17:55 -0400
    ...Battery kit, and I think highly of it, found a Gel Deep cycle battery at the flea market for $20.00 dollars. for a...
  • Re: Spectators Welcome - Zetec Conversion in Dallas
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:28:14 -0700
    ...She almost > snarfed tea out of her nose, then continued to laugh (that deep, > fulfilling, > chuckling laugh) all the way out to her car...
  • Re: Golf Cart Batteries
    Historical mailing list - Mark C
    Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:00:36 -0700
    ...its a true deep cycle .... now if I could figure who makes the best pure sine wave converter I could visit the region of...
  • Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:16:39 -0700
    Loren Busch typed: > RE: Hats on backwards and giant tires? > Hey Mike, I saw some guys with those cool hats with the brim on...
  • Re: Oil pressure sender
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:54:29 -0800
    ...Mine isn't deep , but I can still use a half inch extension or ratchet .. it doesn't plug in all the way to...
  • Re: heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route?
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:55:41 -0600
    ...heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route? > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 2:43 PM > > > > Hello...
  • Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 9 Jun 2021 20:25:51 +0000
    ...Deep Cycle, High performance AGM Battery (vmaxtanks.com)<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vmaxtanks.com%2FMR197-200-Deep...
  • Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:08:16 -0800
    ...The side spring contacts didn't go in deep enough to hold the plug, and it would lose contact while driving. Very annoying. Stuart...
  • Re: heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route?
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:47:24 -0800
    ...heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 10:26 PM Florida...
  • Questions on a 2nd battery
    Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
    Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:00:32 -0800
    ...1) I understand why I need a deep-cycle battery. I also know that I want to stick the battery under the drivers' seat...
  • Re: hella 2nd battery kit
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:41:46 -0700
    The 15 amp fuse will blow the first time you deeply discharge your auxiliary battery (I actually did experiment with a deeply discharged Optima...
  • 2nd Optima Installed
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:32:52 -0700
    Despite my lust for the Lifeline deep cycle batteries, I have reluctantly installed my 2nd optima. Only if I had the time to make...
  • Table repair (report)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:21:55 -0700
    ...In hindsight I wouldn't have bothered, drilled less deep and gone straight to the wood filler. Kinda hard to cover up the fix...
  • Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:48:03 -0500
    ...Was it just a loose plug wire, or are there >deeper issues lurking? Deeper issues. The tach is driven off the coil primary negative...
  • Re: Disabling a Westy for Theft Deterring
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Tue, 23 Jul 2013 22:04:41 -0400
    ...Accept my deepest apologies. VW lists are for VWs. Political Lists are for Politics. Drive and enjoy your VW Daily!! Jonce
  • Re: Therein, lies a tale.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 9 Mar 2013 19:56:23 -0500
    ...No Rob, the deep Antarctic is one of the driest regions on Earth (0.2" per year, something like that?). He could leave his...
  • Re: more heating ideas
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 30 Sep 1995 21:31:20 -0500 (CDT)
    ...If you started with a good deep >discharge cycle marine battery, maybe 5 minutes before you sucked the battery >inside out? A 75 Ah...
  • VC
    Historical mailing list - Ray Perry
    Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:26:21 -0700
    ...When on deep snow/slush and rear wheel slipping, no front wheel action is noted. Seems only one wheel raised up would be necessary...
  • Re: Deep cycle battery
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:26:08 -0700
    RE: Sonnenschein Batteries I just checked through their website and cannot find a battery that a) will fit in the space (same or smaller...
  • Re: Inverter converter/charge system for $500-1000 ??
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:10:21 -0800
    ...you have to be is this any more complicated than just changing out the existing battery in the ups you fav deep cycle battery ?
  • Re: [retitled thread] Odyessy batteries from GoWesty, other deep cy
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:09:44 -0700
    How about 110 Cold Cranking Amps? On 9/26/06, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > Frank wrote: Kirkland group 41 battery from Costco...
  • Neato camp chairs for the van
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:25:52 -0700
    ...I would like to find a folding chair that is deeper than most of the aluminum framed folding chair for camping. Does anyone know...
  • Re: What do you cook when camping?
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
    Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:08:27 -0400
    ...oven stews > Hobo Dinners > Deep fried chocolate wontons > Baked apples > > > Coming up this summer I will be trying > > Deep fried turkey > > Dutch oven bread...
  • Re: Manual or AT?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Fri, 12 Sep 2003 00:22:23 -0400
    When the snow gets to be more than a couple of inches deep, you may find it difficult to get moving (especially uphill). A...
  • Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:21:57 -0700
    ...I don't let the aux battery become deeply discharged ( have solar panels). And assuming the alternator can put out 90 A, when hot...
  • Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:41:51 -0400
    ...detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Deep Cycle Batteries >Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:34:26 -0300 > >Malcolm...