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• Re: Shore power > battery charge question
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:53:42 -0400
  ...Dual > Bank is only $129. > > https://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi? > pdesc=ProMariner-ProSport-Generation-3-Marine-Battery- > Charger-8-Amp/Dual...
• Yandina combiners, charging and wire gauge
  Historical mailing list - Taeke Takeon
  Thu, 15 May 2008 21:13:13 -0400
  I am looking to charge a 220AH house battery bank, mainly from the stock 90A alternator and very, very seldomly shore power. http://www...
• Wiki has new aux battery page
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:24:29 -0800
  ...Anyone who wants to contribute to the aux battery page ("how I mounted my Optima," or "Battery separators," or "will a Sears starter battery...
• Re: Charging Lithium battery
  Historical mailing list - Bill Berg
  Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:26:14 -0500
  ...answer seems clear. > > > "For most applications, the BCDC1225D is suitable for battery bank sizes > of 75-200AH. For higher capacity needs of over 200AH...
• Re: Fw: What circuit runs the cabin light?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 26 May 1999 17:29:53 -0700
  ...as disconnecting the main battery lead from the fuse > panel and running a "hot" wire from my battery bank to this fuse? > > Thanks again...
• new series 48 Odyssey battery
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:29:51 -0800
  "I've yet to pull the 4 UB12220 bank and charge it, then test each battery separately, but am getting symptoms that they as...
• HEV conversion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 18:19:37 -0700
  ...Each motor would have a dedicated motor controller but shared battery bank. The motor controller would utilize inputs of throttle position and brake line...
• Re: Aceesories on aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 23 May 2014 12:21:19 -0600
  ...option on your aux battery. > Unless you have an amazing bank of batteries, it will kill your aux > battery very quickly. > > Dave B. > > > On...
• Re: power banks for Vanagon travel and camping
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:11:34 +0000
  Go on YouTube and look for a young content creator named Will Prowse.  He has many videos about solar generators and modern battery technology...
• Re: What I Learned from Trojan Battery's tech support guy
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:54:14 -0600
  I was planning on using a battery charger/tender to my westy when I install a deep cycle!! I have one in my fishn...
• power banks
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:51:21 +0000
  I have some concerns about packing the inverting and battery together and using it when the weather gets hot.   Best option is to keep...
• Re: Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:59:04 -0500
  ...They are connected to the start battery and the > other is connected to my aux battery bank (4 batteries). They are in place > year...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:39:05 -0700
  ...bank of charging batteries, ie a diesel electric submarine. alistair On 1-Oct-10, at 10:43 AM, Loren Busch wrote: RE: Stock battery...
• Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the ElectricalGurus
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:27:11 -0400
  ...It connects the two battery banks when either one is being charged. When the charge source stops and the voltage returns to a battery...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 1 Aug 2013 21:09:37 -0400
  ...I'm running 40A on a 200ah battery bank that so far has never been below 70% capacity. On 8/1/2013 8:57...
• Re: Auxillary battery alternative
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:49:06 -0700
  ...and your starter battery vented to the outside. Something to think about. Bill 90 Westy Syncro -----Original Message----- From: paul banks <paulbanks@NLLFAN.COM...
• Re: 12 volt battery rejuvination/restoration
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:45:45 -0800
  ...A $2,000 to $10,000 battery or bank you try to fix. A battery > that > costs about the same as a tank of...
• useful accessory
  Historical mailing list - paul banks
  Wed, 5 May 1999 18:45:00 -0400
  I saw a useful battery accessory at the hardware store that might interest some members if they haven't seen if before. There is...
• Re: Surepower 1315, auxiliary fuse block,
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 7 May 2009 09:09:58 -0700
  ...If either battery bank goes to 13.2 volt it will engage > connecting > the two banks together. This does allow a charger connected to...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 1 Aug 2013 18:27:47 -0700
  ...I'm running 40A on a 200ah battery bank > that so far has never been below 70% capacity. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca...
• Re: Aceesories on aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 23 May 2014 14:55:14 -0500
  ...Unless you have an amazing bank of batteries, it will kill your aux battery very quickly. > > Dave B. > > > On 05/22/14, vw woody...
• Re: Lithium aux. Batt?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:09:03 -0700
  ...a bank of batteries, and it'll cost a crapton. I'd love to do this too, I have a LiFePO4 battery on my...
• Re: Westie Battery Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 27 May 1999 22:30:33 -0700
  ...on the fuse panel (main battery) I just rewired everything so that all accessories run off my bank of two auxiliary batteries. It was...
• Re: Battery
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:55:19 -0600
  ...Hit the battery with 3 to 5 seconds of load bank and the battery doesn�t come back up over 10 or 11 volts...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:12:48 -0500
  ...batteries, to get a dual bank charger like this Schumacher and charge each battery independently? http://wwww.batterymart.com/p-schumacher-10-20-amp...
• Fuse Size for Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:12:30 -0500
  ...a fuse at the battery that would protect the 8 gauge wire that will connect the battery to a bank of four relays that...
• Re: new series 48 Odyssey battery
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:09:42 -0800
  ...I said: "I've yet to pull the 4 UB12220 bank and charge it, then test each battery separately," ... that means I will charge...
• Re: More electric drama.
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:50:24 -0700
  ...So chassis alternator charges house battery and a charger or other source connected to the house bank can charge the chassis battery. Now here...
• Re: power banks for Vanagon travel and camping
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:21:40 -0800
  ...FWIW, considering all advice received, I have ordered an Anker 26800 + 45 PD battery. If works as claimed, and as reviewed (for what those...
• Re: light above stove
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:51:43 -0600
  ...battery bank and get it off >my starting battery. I know it goes toward the drivers seat and then down >the A pillar, but...
• Auxillary battery alternative
  Historical mailing list - paul banks
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:04:47 -0400
  Over the last couple of months, I have read many elegant configurations listmembers devised for their battery systems. The way mine are set up...
• Re: Upgrades 2
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:20:40 -0700
  ...PSavage <psavage@saber.net> To: <Stephen.Fry@BANKOFAMERICA.COM> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:17 PM Subject: Re:Upgrades 2 > Hi Steve, > I...
• Re: More electric drama.
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:54:44 -0700
  ...So chassis alternator charges house battery and a charger or other source connected to the house bank can charge the chassis battery. Now here...
• Re: Battery question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:22:51 -0500
  ...1) Use two banks alternately, and measure voltage under zero load after a bank has sat unused for 24 hours to determine state of...
• Re: HELP!!! Electric Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 18:32:33 -0500
  ...We are >experiencing nearly a 2.0 amp drain from battery after Roger has removed all >fuses and relays at the dash. Battery goes...
• Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life,
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:53:12 -0800
  Best to size the battery bank according to expected usage. I'm installing 200 a/h in one of my vans, 232 a/h...
• Re: Friday - fuel cell battery charging
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 May 2017 13:22:38 +0000
  ...You still need battery banks and inverters same as you do with Solar. However the battery capacity can be much less with 24 hour...
• Optima Battery Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:06:28 -0600
  ...two battery selector switch (4 position) Two 75 Watt Solar Panels and solar controller Onboard 2 bank / 20 amp per bank / 110V battery charger...
• Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 06:54:47 -0800
  Most deep cell batterys average 8 inches tall. I need one thats 7.4 inches tall just so my rotating seat can still turn...
• Re: Battery isolator question
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:44:48 -0500
  ...I'm planning a side post battery stashed in the hole behind my current battery. Was also planning on a 2 bank battery charger...
• Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Jul 2017 14:37:50 -0700
  ...No combiner, just one 200Ah battery bank. The batteries are > still doing fine five years later and in daily use in central America: > kruisinkoru...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:26:15 -0400
  ...dual battery isolator Doesn't this type of isolator actually feed differing amounts of charge to each battery bank, based on the amount of...
• Re: aftermarket aux. battery combiner
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:37:14 -0700
  I have a Blue Seas 7600 which has performed without fault (6 years or so). " Voltage sensing for charge source on either battery bank...
• Re: gas + electric
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 95 12:28:06 EDT
  ...This means that, while charging batteries, those 16.2 volts will be counteracted by the 12V or so from the battery bank. That leaves...
• RE: Plugging in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 04 Nov 1996 16:31:01 -0500
  ...Plug in the van, and it will charge both battery banks independently, and pass 110 directly to the 110 outlet. I have friends living...
• Re: power banks for Vanagon travel and camping
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:32:53 -0500
  ...FWIW, considering all advice received, I > have ordered an Anker 26800 + 45 PD battery. If works as claimed, and as > reviewed (for what those...
• Re: Surepower 1315 test report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 May 2009 22:26:06 -0400
  ...Surepower 1315 test report To answer the question of whether disconnecting the ground from the 1315 battery separator would force the battery banks to...
• Re: Normal Voltage readings for 2nd battery?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:01:08 -0700
  ...i use six gauge line to my aux battery bank connection. when i have all three aux batteries on the charge line i get...
• Re: Auxillary battery alternative
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 02:29:23 -0400
  paul banks wrote: > > Over the last couple of months, I have read many > elegant configurations listmembers devised for their battery systems. > > The way mine...
• Re: Yandina combiners, charging and wire gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 May 2008 19:46:31 -0700
  ...http://genuinedealz.com/voltage-drop.html Mark Taeke Takeon wrote: > I am looking to charge a 220AH house battery bank, mainly from the stock...
• Re: 1 Solar Panel: Alternate Charging Between 2 Aux. Batteries?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:47:13 -0700
  ...quite an improvement over one great big ol' battery. > > It's the aggregate capacity of the bank that matters, not the individual > members. > > d
• Re: Optima d750-S vs. d750-U
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 01:34:03 -0400
  ...than that, working off a 1000 AH bank or three. But in a Vanagon without a battery trailer <g> I think an average drain...
• Re: Aceesories on aux battery
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 23 May 2014 17:39:37 -0500
  ...Unless you have an amazing bank of batteries, it will kill your aux battery very quickly. > > Dave B. > > > On 05/22/14, vw woody...
• Re: Aceesories on aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 May 2014 17:48:18 -0400
  ...Unless you have an amazing bank of batteries, it will kill your aux battery very quickly. > > Dave B. > > > On 05/22/14, vw woody...
• Re: 120A or 150A Alternator Source?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:39:24 -0500
  ...This will avoid alternator burn out and dead battery. Auxillary/winching battery or battery bank should be as large as affordable, fittable as you...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:56:13 -0400
  Best to size the battery bank according to expected usage. I'm installing 200 a/h in one of my vans, 232 a/h...
• Re: Helpful halloween Westy decorating tip
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:14:07 -0700
  ...Halloween's become such a big deal, there are tons of decorations these days and the battery powered LEDs are perfect for the westy...
• Power Banks
  Historical mailing list - AT&T
  Fri, 19 Nov 2021 06:45:39 +0000
  ...You can also replace the battery if need be. Much easier that wiring all of those things up, We got the cords for 12v...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:09:56 -0500
  ...Essentially switches the alternator charge from the house battery to the starting battery once the charging cycle has completed. Most boaters have two banks...
• Re: new series 48 Odyssey battery
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:17:40 -0400
  ...Now the battery bank sits at about 4volts each, and is officially "dead". Anyone want them? Free. I'm putting in a Group 41...