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• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:44:19 -0700
  ...If I understand your explanation of the battery not being an active device, it seems to me that as a passive device a discharged...
• Re: Run time to charge Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 14:13:01 -0400
  ...if you wanted to never discharge your > deep-cycle batteries too deeply (say never less than 80% discharged so > they last longer), then a...
• Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:23:51 -0400
  ...But as a compensating factor, you get many more cycles of life when doing shallow discharges. I was just looking at an off-grid...
• Re: Leak from LPG auto-stop valve's discharge port?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:51:47 -0500
  ...Leak from LPG auto-stop valve's discharge port? > Thanks, Dennis. > > I had the tank filled before our last, two week, camping trip. The...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 17:47:45 -0700
  ...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: power steering
  Historical mailing list - Gab and Em
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:50:06 -0400
  Question: Is there a pressure regulator upstream of the orifice to vent PS fluid from pump discharge back to pump suction?
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:30:20 -0700
  ...Now that I > know the fully charged voltage, how do I determine the fully > discharged voltage so that I can find the voltage number...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:52:59 -0700
  ...Not to argue with what David wrote, but Odyssey claims 400 cycles to 100% depth of discharge. Maybe "100% depth of discharge" has a...
• Re: Camping Battery
  Historical mailing list - olmcons
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 19:16:14 -0400
  ...The inrush into a discharged deep discharge (try saying that three times fast) battery is not very high. I use an isolation switch to...
• Re: Fw: Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:30:41 -0500
  ...A battery like the Optima starting battery that is rated for fifty deep discharges might be a good compromise -- typical starting batteries probably can...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 21:02:16 -0700
  ...Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge? > That certainly wouldn't cause a "Short". > > I once had a battery clamp that...
• Re: Leak from LPG auto-stop valve's discharge port?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:17:51 -0700
  ...fellow gets his tank properly filled to 80%, then spends two days at 105F+ temperatures -- might this also trigger a discharge? And now the...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:20:11 -0700
  ...Jeff On Jun 9, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Mike Elliott wrote: > Hi Jeffrey -- you can sorta determine depth of discharge based on > voltage...
• Re: Batteries in parallel?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:54:13 -0400
  On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, JM/CO wrote: > Batteries connected in parallel in other than the above situations will tend > to discharge each other...
• Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:25:14 +1200
  ...thanks gary These are NOT gas-discharge ("plasma") lights; they are ordinary 12V QH bulbs mwith a bluish coating to give a fake gas...
• Re: auxilery battery
  Historical mailing list - david griffiths
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:56:31 -0800
  ...Sounds like a deep discharge battery was recommended. Regular automotive batteries deliver large amounts of energy over a short time, DD batteries deliver the...
• Re: Batteries (I was delusional)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 14:41:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...As > I understand it, during the charge/discharge cycle of the battery an oxide > develops on the plates, and without a complete discharge ocassionally...
• Re: Understanding Amp Hours
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:25:51 -0700
  ...you don't want to discharge a battery* more than 20 to 50 percent. "Deep cycle" batteries are exactly that: they are designed for...
• Re: gas can in your westy cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 11 May 2002 10:35:30 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I'm a little confused about this "static discharge". IIRC my vanagon is not >electrically connected to the ground or...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:31:08 -0800
  ...Batteries will tend to discharge if > sitting directly on a grounding surface. The way they are built you > wouldn't think so - but I...
• Re: CDIs
  Historical mailing list - Brian M. Miller
  Fri, 1 Mar 96 9:48:40 PST
  ...The time constant of a inductive discharge system (Kettering) is L/R and a CDI R*C. Thus, in a CDI, a lengthy spark...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:29:07 -0400
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• Re: Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:58:09 -0300
  ...Among the "Deep Discharge" Battery manufacturers, it's a very competitive world out there and they are stretching the limits (and credibility too) all...
• Re: vanagon.com aux battery wiring intructions are NOT valid !!!!!(long)
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:34:22 -0400
  ...Whichever one is more discharged takes the most charge, > which is exactly what you want. This configuration fails if one of your batteries is...
• Re: A/C Basic Path of Flow?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 23 May 2005 10:36:32 -0400
  ...In a work system, the compressor discharge will probably be hot to the touch. The expansion Valve is in hose as it enters the...
• Re: SlightVC: Cellphone pics of the "new" turbo.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:35:49 -0500
  ...http://pictures.rawsuds.com/v/sudhirs_pictures/sudhir_cars-and-toys/sudhir_vanagon/vanagon_turbo/ The compressor has an a/r(area of discharge...
• RE: Battery for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 96 09:07:58 EST
  ...To summarize, NiCds are not deep discharge type batteries, but on the other hand, they should be discharged substantially before recharging rather than "topped...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:15:44 -0700
  ...I think someone referred to the fact that some capacitors can recover a dangerous level of charge even after having been shorted and discharged...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:35:50 -0400
  At a computer repair place I once worked the Mac guys had a tool to discharge the cap for the CRT in the iMacs...
• Re: vw solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:39:03 -0800
  ...I was exactly in your situation (well, not 3 months but 2-3 weeks) and aside from the battery discharge problem (from various circuits...
• Re: Halon extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 1 May 1998 21:32:06 -0700
  ...If it is in the okay range, consider you will have about 20 seconds of discharge time for the extinguisher, so take aim at...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 08:08:13 -0600
  ...Batteries will tend to discharge if >> sitting directly on a grounding surface. The way they are built you >> wouldn't think so - but I...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:12:19 -0700
  ...is deeply discharged, and you're running 2ga. wire and a 75amp relay, > the batt. will most likely draw 75 amps(or whatever your...
• Isolator vs Seperator (mechanical relay) was Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:24:53 -0800
  ...if your discharge cycle 1) does not tend to drain the aux right down OR a low voltage disconnet is installed OR a solar...
• Finding a slow battery drain
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:01:56 -0500
  Hi, My 1985 Vanagon has a slow battery drain where if left for a few weeks the battery will fully discharge. Any idea on...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:41:28 -0700
  That's just silly. No way, no how. Are you sure there wasn't some information misunderstood between the AA guy, your wife, and...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:52:16 -0700
  ...is deeply discharged, and you're running 2ga. wire and a 75amp relay, > the batt. will most likely draw 75 amps(or whatever your...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:39:49 -0700
  ...Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge? Before I write off the friendly Advance Auto employee as a nitwit, I'll...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:25:07 -0700
  ...Which are not designed for being discharged much at all, except briefly during the start up cycle. Even Deep Cycle conventional batteries don't...
• a/c fittings
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 14:31:43 -0400
  ...One line says SUC (I'm assuming for suction) and one says DIS (I'm assuming for discharge) Does this mean that someone has...
• Re: Rechargeable battery help
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:26:41 -0400
  ...Completely discharge the battery before recharge (can be a real drag and really inconvenient). Cure (Theoretical): Get a really big capacitor, like the kind...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:11:59 -0800
  ...My relay disconnects 12v from the fridge if the alternator is not "charging" that way the battery is saved from inadvertant discharge. Note the...
• Re: Anyone have any old Capacitive Discharge Ignition boxes?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:21:52 -0400
  ...this is a kettering type ignition, not capacitive discharge, but provides an enormous amount of spark compared to a standard points ignition. dan On...
• Re: Alternators and batteries
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:20:10 -0600
  ...But Hawker claims an Odessey can be discharged essentially to zero and recharged many times. Other batteries was a maximun discharge of 50%. See...
• Re: Vanagon won't start !
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:19:57 -0400
  ...Ordinary batteries are NOT designed to take a "deep discharge". Whatever discharged your battery may have brought your battery so low that damage was...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 17:02:35 -0800
  ...Fire extinguishers with HALON 1211, a liquefied gas, pressurized with nitrogen, which discharges as a vapor causing no cold or static shock and no...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 3 Aug 2013 12:39:06 -0700
  ...A small charger may not be able to provide enough current to bring a deeply-discharged battery up to the optimum voltage. A discharged...
• Deep Cycle Battery #2
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:10:39 -0600
  ...The propane alarm had discharged the battery. A discharged battery is much more susceptible to freezing than a fully charged one. That had been...
• Re: Batteries in parallel?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:53:00 -0400
  ...Use big enough interconnecing wires, and they will behave as one battery through the charge/discharge cycles and deliver the full life of each...
• Re: Trickle charging battery with 1.8W solar panel = failure
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:34:55 -0500
  ...But 5 mA for 5 months is 18 Ah - over a third of the battery capacity and approaching half of it. > Maybe internal discharge...
• 88 vanagon battery/water level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Keith Pike
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:53:41 -0230
  the little switch on the sink consul no longer tells me how much water I have or batttery level; and my battery discharges over...
• Battery current limiting device??
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 20 May 1996 14:15:39 CST6CDT
  ...But a problem remains when the aux battery is heavily discharged and the vehicle is started. The discharged battery can draw a very heavy...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:24:32 -0600
  ...That is approaching 60% discharged, depending on your meter's accuracy. > In an hour and a half of using the > fridge it dropped from...
• Re: Run time to charge Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 14:54:52 -0400
  ...if you wanted to never discharge >> your >> deep-cycle batteries too deeply (say never less than 80% discharged >> so >> they last longer), then a...
• Re: Run time to charge Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:38:00 -0700
  ...if you wanted to never discharge your >> deep-cycle batteries too deeply (say never less than 80% discharged so >> they last longer), then a...
• Re: '97 Furnace and Battery
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 07:54:57 -0600
  ...When I bought my '95 EVC I found that the dealer had let the house battery discharge; due to its discharged condition it had...
• Re: assorted ailments
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 10:54:02 -0700
  ...but it's still easier to be safe and discharge the static from your body first... Later... Bill
• Re: Dumb Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:04:57 -0500
  Never store a battery in a discharged state, especially in winter. It WILL freeze at temperatures 32F or below, and that will kill one...
• Re: From KLAAANGG to thump
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:35:12 -0700
  ...is great stuff all right, but I have had 2 cans discharge uncontrollably, which makes a HORRIBLE MESS to clean up. I now invest...
• Re: Solar panel
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:28:45 -0700
  ...more amp/hours out of a battery with 50% discharge than with 20% discharge. Dennis? Know what he was talking about? -- Mike "Rocket J...