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• Re: Fridge and spare parts for Syncro Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:38:44 -0700
  ...if you take your battery to a deep discharge > you will either ruin it or greatly reduce it's life. > > How to start it...
• Re: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:59:31 -0500
  ...fit under the driver's seat -- how > quickly would it become discharged at 2Ahr? > > And this Danfoss BD35F-based Waeco Coolmatic Cooling Kit . . . the...
• Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:58:12 -0400
  ...layer on them that > prevents a Good Charge & an Even Worse > > > > Discharge the next time they are called upon to Crank the Starter ~ So...
• Re: Refridgerator Relay Wiring Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:34:19 -0700
  ...And auxiliary battery can draw up to a 70 amp surge if fully discharged! A 75 amp relay can be had for under $20...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries on sale at Canadian tire
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:49:51 -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...
• Radio Wiring circuit draining battery???
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:15:20 -0500
  ...I have no faith in it, and has probably been totally discharged several times in it's short life. I replaced the battery with...
• Re: Second Battery / Battery wiring / 110vt Inverter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:48:09 -0400
  ...How long do you think your present battery can crank the engine? Ideally, batteries should be sized to be discharged at a 5 hour...
• Re: Interstate Batteries Researched & Purchased
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 10:05:20 -0800
  ...So you could still discharge your primary battery with the interior lights or stereo and be unable to start your engine. The 2nd battery...
• Re: Understanding Amp Hours
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:46:21 -0400
  The 650CCA has nothing to do with the long term discharge capacity. It is a rating of how much current can be delivered for...
• Re: replacing starter battery with deep cycle?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:28 -0700
  ...so if you're in a climate that freezes, the high discharge rate of the starter battery might be needed. I think it may...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 8 Jan 2017 12:40:20 -0800
  ...Batteries degrade over time, regardless of > discharge rate. I noticed that the battery companies are now advertising > that unopened packages of batteries should retain...
• Re: testing capacity of house battery
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 18:52:56 -0700
  ...Used as a house battery, they face long periods of time in a state of partial discharge, which is not healthy for them. The...
• Re: insane AC idea
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 11:25:45 -0400
  ...100 amps would give a nominal capacity of half an hour (you did say 72 AH, not 720, right?) but at that discharge rate...
• Re: repost - basic a/c hose connection question.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:41:21 EDT
  ...That explains the heat on the DIScharge side of the compressor. This hot, compressed gas goes to the condensor in the front of the...
• Re: Severe coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:37:43 -0700
  ...Severe coolant leak > Hello, I have a 1987 2.1L 4-speed, and last night, I experienced a sudden > and severe discharge of coolant...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Nov 94 10:12:19 MST
  ...Some kind of collector at the top of the tubes would collect the discharge from the burner(s) and send it out a small...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Lighting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 09:15:57 8
  ...hasn't been done already (consists of drilling out the air discharge port to allow more air-flow). -Wes Wes Neuenschwander Seattle, WA wesn...
• Re: Hand-held tach use with Digifant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 21:46:37 EDT
  ...unique primary ignition circuit control >perhaps similar to the old capacitive discharge systems. While >powerful >and efficient for ignition performance, the Digifant system dynamics...
• Re: coolant pipe
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:35:58 -0700
  ...There is another "t" that is connected to the pipe just before it discharges into that 6 " piece of hose. So it isn't...
• Re: charge rate at main & aux batt
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:48:35 -0800
  ...So in this case if the main battery is fully charged but if the Aux is still in a discharge state then the voltage...
• Re: 2nd Battery
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:41:19 -0500
  ...Lead Acid batteries should never be discharged below 50 > percent of their rated capacity. If you do so you will hurt them. However > they...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Jul 2003 - Special issue (#2003-752)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:41:28 -0800
  ...I run both batteries down to a full discharge of 11.5 volts most every night (7 days a week). So far (6 mnths...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:05:20 -0800
  ...The small 'battery tenders' or > 'maintainers' are only good for just that, very small output and not > enough to bring up a discharged battery...
• Using Aux Batt for CD Changer
  Historical mailing list - Jodi Sage
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:29:00 +0100
  ...2.) I don't want to discharge the primary battery when the engine is not running. Manual is a little vague on this. 3...
• Dometic PORTABLE Refrigerator (with 3 way power)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:52:56 -0500
  ...I would hesitate to run it all night on the regular battery, but it could probably be done with the deep discharge type, if...
• Re: Buying the ECU Chip- What version ECU to put it in!! -Works w-no rockers!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:59:02 EDT
  ...Just make sure precautions are taken to guard against ESD (electrostatic discharge). I think he mentioned there may be some sort of foil shielding...
• Re: heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:15:37 -0700
  ...engine compartment which had a rubber seal To keep the hot discharge air from re entering the engine compartment. All air cooled vws and...
• Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:02:31 -0800
  ...on the roof) is a really good way to have the tank EXPLODE AND KILL YOU and any other bystanders due to static discharge...
• Re: Extend-A-Stay Propane Kit
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:27:42 -0400
  ...But when I > disconnect the bottle, I got a huge discharge of propane from the > direction of the tank (not the bottle). Read in...
• Re: Aux Battery Suggestions for under Drivers seat
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:27:01 -0400
  ...They have proven to be very reliable and can be deeply discharged and recharged many time without any detriment to them. Be careful if...
• Re: Solar collector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:32:14 -0500
  ...But confused with the below. > "There are some loses in the inverter and as the battery discharges the > inverter will try to run all...
• Just hibernating & a battery mystery
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:13:37 -0800
  ...This should mean that the battery is so deeply discharged that it is damaged beyond recovery. I popped over to Sears and picked up...
• Re: Firearms and Inuvik?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 02:50:04 -0500
  ...If you follow the basic safety rules, such an AD (accidental discharge) won't occur. ;) >Let's suppose "someone" wanted to pack while on...
• Re: Batteries in parallel?
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:50:48 -0400
  ...Batteries connected in parallel in other than the above situations will tend to discharge each other, as the odds of their internal resistances being...
• Re: 2nd Battery
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:28:07 -0500
  ...Lead Acid batteries should never be discharged below 50 >percent of their rated capacity. If you do so you will hurt them. However >they...
• Re: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:55:35 -0700
  ...fit under the driver's seat -- how > quickly would it become discharged at 2Ahr? > > And this Danfoss BD35F-based Waeco Coolmatic Cooling Kit . . . the...
• Re: oil, oil filter & winter storage
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:49:52 -0400
  ...Every couple of months, discharge the battery to ~10 volts and recharge, if you can. This helps prevent the battery from acquiring a "memory...
• Re: Alternator questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:10:30 -0800
  ...On Jan 21, 2014 6:19 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > With discharged batteries and a heavy load 13.2 volts may...
• Interstate Batteries Researched & Purchased
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 11:00:05 -0500
  ...The Optima is a sort of exotic design that is supposed to charge up faster, be more able to withstand deep discharges, and can...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:24:20 -0800
  ...So this effect effect would have no relevance to a capacitor discharge >system? >c)... AND, everyone, this effect is BENEFICIAL, as far as timing...
• Re: Cleaning the engine bay...
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 7 May 2003 10:54:20 -0700
  ...I chase out the excess water with the air from the discharge side of a vacuum cleaner, remove the plastic and start the engine...
• Re: aux battery + jump starting
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:21:30 -0800
  ...drain the aux > running the fridge, and, if the main was discharged, > I'd get some help > from a (hopefully charged) aux. > > Yesterday I...
• Re: Electric confusion
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 18:31:10 +0200
  ...to leave it at that - but be aware that repeated deep discharge (e.g 4hrs plus of fridge use) of a standard starter battery...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Fri, 23 May 2008 07:52:26 -0700
  ...The figures I've heard are ideally 50% discharge, but as much as 65%. A resting voltage of no less than 12.2 or...
• Re: dead house battery / fully charged house battery?
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:26:48 -0500
  ...It is very sensitive so you will need to let your battery slowly discharge and then check voltage and adjust the lights to match...
• Re: solar charge controller
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:03:44 -0700
  ...battery is too low, saving it from damage > due to over-discharge; this voltage is also programmable and load current > compensated. I wanted the...
• Norcold results (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:46:42 -0700
  ...Couple that with the fact that batteries, even deep cycle, don't like being fully discharged, and you will need to either always camp...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:11:53 -0700
  ...You need 14.2 > volts to > fully charge a discharged AGM, and most alternators put out about 13 to > 13.7 > volts, depending on...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Jan 2017 16:42:23 -0500
  ...Batteries degrade over time, regardless of > > discharge rate. I noticed that the battery companies are now advertising > > that unopened packages of batteries should retain...
• Re: How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 11:41:07 -0700
  ...least 1 hour of driving time to re-charge from a discharged stated, based on a rated 90-110 Ah reserve capacity on a...
• Re: Batteries
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:54:55 -0700
  ...a starter battery almost anywhere Possible disadvantages? -Can't handle being discharged as much, and/or as far, as a deep cycle. Not good...
• Re: 84 Vanagon A/C
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:42:03 -0500
  ...This will prevent compressor from sucking air in case of a leak and also prevent the discharge line from blowing (like in our tremendously...
• Re: Which Optima for starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 21 May 2002 17:47:06 -0500
  ...Being deep > cycle > does not eliminate the advantage of a second battery as you can > still > discharge it and find your self stranded. The...
• Re: Auxiliary Battery Issue
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:34:39 -0400
  ...Floods can't handle discharges over and over again. I'm sure at this point the battery is toast. I would have it check...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:48:08 -0700
  ...over the 6 hour discharge rate. So you do not >> have enough battery and this sustained load will damage it. >> >> Next problem is using...
• Re: Rogue Battery Draw on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:47:24 +0000
  ...a properly equipped technician should be able to diagnose a > battery discharge issue. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: AC Freon
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 11:11:03 -0500
  ...to buy R-134a Note that it is illegal to intentionally discharge freon (of any type) into the air, but filling a system with...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:47:49 -0400
  ...It's sealed to the >housing by an O-ring, so it takes in on one side and discharges on >the other, directly into...
• Re: Vanagon AC - Experience with RedTek
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 13:40:07 -0400
  ...When I went to install it, I found that the D side (discharge) the hose end would not seat all the way down into...
• Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:15:46 -0800
  ...Did a similar discharge to a deep-cycle wet-cell, previous to the above experience (I learn slowly) and that generic-named battery soon...