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• Re: Shorten Aux Battery Recharge Time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:09:53 -0500
  At 11:36 AM 1/25/2002, lchase wrote: >I want to shorten the recharge time for a fully discharged Optima 750 Deep >Cell...
• Re: A/C - Freon to R134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:34:38 -0400
  ...These stand for Suction and Discharge. The suction is the low pressure side and the hose hooked to it will be the low pressure...
• Re: Battery question
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:15:58 -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...
• Which cylinder isn't firing??
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 03:51:39 MST
  ...I took them off the spark plugs and all seemed clean except for one which was a bit oily inside (suggesting spark discharges over...
• Re: aux battery + jump starting
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:54:03 -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: A/C tools question
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 9 May 2013 09:27:38 -0700
  ...It works fine as long as the system hasn't been left open or discharged for any amount of time.� I swapped out my...
• Re: Alternator Deal"what is busdepot's record on this"
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:17:53 -0500
  ...that the highspeed fan, lights, blower and charging needs for a discharged battery(located a long way from the alternator) may be too close...
• Re: microwave oven
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:33:03 -0500
  ...so as not to damage the batteries from too fast a > discharge. > > I think you'd be much better off looking into a steam...
• Re: For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:30:41 -0800
  ...80 vanagon? None > of the local vendors show anything in deep discharge that fits > (they're all too tall). > > What are Canadians using for...
• Re: new non-westy fridge
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:21:20 -0400
  ...As a car battery is deeply discharged multiple times, it loses charge capacity and eventually will run the fridge less than two hours fully...
• Re: Solar Panel config?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:23:24 -0700
  ...I use a Xantex digital volt/amp/amp-hour meter to monitor battery state of discharge. I have a Group 27 deep-cycle battery...
• Re: The good trickle charger
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:37:31 -0600
  ...Hi Dan, Batteries will self discharge while they sit, and also lose capacity in the cold. Starting the van will help keep them up...
• A/C Work Done but Failed. Long Version
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:11:47 -0500
  ...Refridgerant discharge criminal activity. My system was illegaly evacuating the R134a into the atmosphere. First it was coming from the front of the compressor...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:16:00 -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: Battery LEDs = Useful life?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:08:21 -0700
  ...Also had the battery discharge to the point where it would not turn the starter. This after two days of not running the engine...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:38:47 -0800
  ...deep cycling capability - up to 400 cycles at 80% depth of >> discharge. With twice the overall power and three times the life of >> conventional...
• How much pay for van? GLX version
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 23:03:05 -0400
  ...This ultra-rare model is equipped with gold trim accents and logos, 17" eletro-statically discharge plated solid gold 3 star wheels, illuminated zircon...
• Re: Vanagon TD: left motor mount
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:30:58 -0700 (MST)
  ...Actually, the Q exhaust manifold discharges right at #4 cylinder. The Quantum years to look for are 1982 to 1985 with the 1.6...
• Re: Adding the second battery to the early vanagon ('80)
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 12:06:02 -0400
  ...Wednesday, October 07, 1998 8:59 PM >> >> The problem with just connecting the second battery in parallel is that >> they both discharge at the...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 23 May 2008 13:34:57 -0700
  ...length of time. > > The figures I've heard are ideally 50% discharge, but as much as 65%. A > resting voltage of no less than...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:12:49 -0700
  ...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: Which Voltmeter to use?
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:45:26 -0700
  ...for a specified time, then measure the time it takes to discharge it at a constant rate and display the count as (voltage, pressure...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:28:18 -0700
  ...But then I was worried about loading the starting battery with a discharged aux battery AND headlights, so I added a relay fired by...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 03:23:17 MST
  ...I took them off the spark plugs and all seemed clean except for one which was a bit oily inside (suggesting spark discharges over...
• Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:49:19 -0400
  ...You can maybe make a convincing case to be somewhat serious with a starting battery like the Optima that's rated for 50 discharge...
• Re: More on Westy Interior changes, '68-'72
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 13:52:21 -0500
  ...for this series: >-Faucet that works (and hasn't lost its discharge pipe) >-Uncracked plastic sink >-Table that latches properly in the stored position...
• Re: battery sizes for Vanagons on wiki
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 8 May 2008 09:31:26 -0700
  ...design Military grade Resistant to > > vibration 60% more starting power Deep discharge reserve power2 year storage > > life 8-12 year design life Can be...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:41:11 -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: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:16:01 -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: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 06:07:49 -0400
  ...over the 6 hour discharge rate. So >> you do not have enough battery and this sustained load will damage it. >> >> Next problem is using...
• Westy/Campmobile Cabinets & Electric Water Pumps
  Historical mailing list - SBate82659
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:01:09 EDT
  ...I tried running it (with water in it of course) and noticed it was leaking from the pressure switch attached to the pump discharge...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:19:50 -0700
  ...When the battery has been freshly discharged turning the starter, it's going to be hungry for energy and will draw a lot of...
• Electrical / Westy weekender 2nd battery questions
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:22:17 -0400
  ...The battery in there is a starter type battery - identical to the main one. (When it dies, I'll switch to deep discharge or...
• My Favorite Vanagon Accessories
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:35:02 +1200
  ...slaved screens front & folding from roof (no TV receiver) -Xenon gas-discharge bulbs (real ones, not blue H4s) MECHANICAL -Rear stubaxles (Weddle, Precision Alloy...
• portable coolers and installing a auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:26:11 EDT
  ...If I ever fully discharge the main battery I can jump start the car internally with a simple single 4 ft.. jumper cable connected...
• Re: how to find a short
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Sat, 26 Jul 1997 14:19:32 +1000
  ...amperage on the m/meter (a leakage of 1 amp can discharge a battery in under two days ( 1ampx48 hours = 48 ampere-hours)). Continue...
• Sliding door remote lock (was Batteries & MXT's)
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:43:51 -0400
  ...been worried that the car will sit in that state and discharge the battery (hasn't happened to me yet, but it sounds like...
• Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:15:26 -0800
  ...Optima does not recommend letting this Yellow Top > >> discharge below 10.5 volts. > >> > >> That's my plan, it's a good one, and I...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:34:50 -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: testing capacity of house battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Aug 2016 09:27:10 -0400
  ...http://www.banggood.com/ZB2L3-Battery-Capacity-Tester-External-Load-Discharge-Type-Module-p-1058571.html For the load I used a tail light...
• Re: New battery chemistries to watch for
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:16:56 -0700
  ...Lithium-Polymer is an unstable chemistry, that is if you discharge them with a too high current they heat up beyond a point and...
• Re: Radio Wiring circuit draining battery???
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:22:00 -0700
  ...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: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 21:32:06 -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: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:08:55 -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: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:38:08 -0000
  ...b) So this effect effect would have no relevance to a capacitor discharge system? c)... AND, everyone, this effect is BENEFICIAL, as far as...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:58:52 -0500
  ...The sudden discharge of CO2 drops the temperature way below freezing thereby lowering the ignition point of whatever was burning, as well as displaces...
• NVC Batteries and recycling, was Re: [retitled thread] Odyessy batteries from GoWesty, other deep cy
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:36:17 -0400
  ...Eastern Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > I notice that few deep discharge batteries have a very long warranty - > don't remember seeing...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:24:38 -0800
  ...is that it will shut off when the battery reaches 100% discharge (10.5 volts)." Something like this fine $20 item, perhaps? <http://www...
• Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:11:32 -0600
  ...layer on them that >> prevents a Good Charge & an Even Worse >>> >>> Discharge the next time they are called upon to Crank the Starter ~ So...
• Van aerodynamics and high output alternators
  Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:46:34 -0400
  ...Many of these high-output alternators will put out tons of amps at higher rpms, but when you are idling they actually discharge your...
• Re: 2nd Battery
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:16:27 -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: Battery Relay for Aux. Battery.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 14:10:24 +0200
  ...batteries is only for disconnecting it from the primary battery in that way, that the starter battery can not be discharged during camping. The...
• Re: rebuilding a/c compressor??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 20 May 2008 13:50:49 -0700
  ...how to make a dip stick to measure, but got to > discharge your system and remove the compressor from its mounts--first. If > you...
• Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:25:12 -0500
  ...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: Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:32:43 -0600
  ...in the endurance over years of use and cyclic rate of discharge. From looking at other AGM specs i find that most of them...
• Re: expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 17:06:48 -0500
  ...It is pumped to the hot spots of the engine to pick up heat, then sent to a radiator to discharge the heat. Those...
• More Propane
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 16:47:06 -0400
  ...I let my (scavenged) replacement tank discharge very slowly on my front lawn on a windy day before working on it. I did not...
• Re: AFM upgrade using 16 volt tantalum capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:11:48 -0700
  ...that static can build up in the air intake and then discharge through the AFM. This could cause a sharp spike in the signal...
• Re: repost - basic a/c hose connection question.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:04:54 -0600
  ...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: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:25:12 -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...