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• Re: Fw: Deep Cycle Batts.. A Journey
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:38:05 -0600
  Alright already!!!! So the logic isn't there -- nor the scientific proof!. But I won't set my battery on a concrete floor!! John...
• Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:46:21 -0700
  ...my aux battery, a honking but 130 A/h Trojan deep cycle, which >lives under the bench seat. That's hardly an airtight compartment...
• Re: Batteries (I was delusional)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 14:41:39 -0800 (PST)
  rathkem@admin.ci.seattle.wa.us writes: > > I understand that periodic draining of a deep cycle > battery is a good thing because it maintains...
• Re: aux. battery ventiliation
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:40:21 -0800
  ...So, >here are my q's: > >(a) do all lead-acid batteries (i.e., sealed, deep cycle, etc.) require >ventilation? The '81 (and others...
• Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:13:43 -0700
  ...On a 80 or 100 amp hour deep cycle this would have limited effect. Do not confuse with the effect on a starting battery...
• 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: Vitrifrigo: two corrections to my earlier post
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:50:26 -0700
  ...That Dennis Haynes explained to me that I was not doing my deep-cycle > battery any favors by recharging it gently. Turns out that...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:30:34 -0400
  ...2007 8:32 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Deep Cycle Batteries Dennis, Michael, Thanks for replies. Michael, I have a 4AWG...
• House Battery and Clearance
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:37:38 +0000
  ...Last year I replaced my deep cycle accessory battery with a 100ah AGM battery and installed it in the rear closet (the coat closet...
• Aux Battery and Grey Water Tank
  Historical mailing list - Roy Randall
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:00:02 -0700
  ...to go. (1) It looks like the previous owner installed a deep cycle marine battery under the rear bench. It outputs to an inverter...
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:44:37 -0700
  ...Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator? > > Right. Great point. Solar panel system may be installed at some point. > That said, if the...
• Charging circuit connection - battery under back bench in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:28:24 -0600
  Hi, I want to install a deep cycle battery under the back bench in my 1991 Westy. I was thinking that it would be...
• Re: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:12:25 -0400
  ...A >dedicated 125 amp hour deep cycle was added for the Vitrifrigo fridge <snip> >run the engine to get another night of camping. I...
• Re: Battery venting, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:52:59 -0400
  ...behind the driver's seat, then the Optima D750S (or D750U) Deep Cycle Battery (Yellow Top) will fit on its side within the battery...
• Westy large battery capacity options
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:43:36 -0700
  ...The simple approach is just to get 1 or 2 large deep cycle batteries and fit them into existing storage space inside the cabinets...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 3 Aug 2013 10:00:03 -0700
  ...I looked on the Interstate web site and others for guidance on the proper current for bulk mode charging of a deep-cycle battery...
• Re: $30 group 41 battery
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:08:02 -0700
  ...and had 885 CCA and was sold to me as a deep cycle. I ruined it by not isolating it from a cheap starting...
• For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:58:03 -0800
  ...in the engine compartment? A local Auto-Electric Shop located a deep-cycle wet-cell battery for me about 5 years ago. I am...
• Boiling water in Westy(f), was: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 04:54:18 -0500
  ...It will take about 150 ml of gasoline, or 2/10 pound of natural gas, or the energy in a roughly 75 pound deep...
• Re: Dual Battery Relay - (long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:56:41 -0800
  ...with too big a relay. > > And as you once said, a deep > > cycle should not be charged too fast anyway. > > My main concern is...
• Re: Simple auxillary battery question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:04:50 -0600
  ...Are there cheaper deep cycle batteries that would fit > under the driver's seat? If a regular battery is all I need, is there...
• Re: anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:09:02 -0600
  ...Rather than use a deep cycle battery to run the thing, it might be better to try one of those xtreme coolers, or just...
• You gotta admire the spirit....but what's that i smell?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:26:20 -0500
  ...VW Volkswagon, Volkswagen Vanagon, or mini bus Solar panel Deep Cycle 12V batteries Bio Diesel Money donation for Bio Diesel or Food on the...
• Odyssey batteries
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:24:26 -0800
  ...I was just told recently by the battery seller that the 1200 isn't even designed as a deep cycle battery, but rather a...
• Re: 12v Aftermarket Coolers ? Any Good?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:37:05 -0700
  ...I'm wanting to learn how to translate deep cycle battery ampere-hour ratings into real world performance, and these reefers seem like a...
• Re: 2 Deep cycle batterys & move starter to rear right engine compartment ??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:54:38 +0000
  The original TYpe II's had the battery in this location - makes you wonder why they moved it out of the engine compartment in...
• Re: Batteries in parallel?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:36:08 -0600
  ...Car batteries have no chance of surviving such an application, as you say, but decent deep cycle, not marine, batteries are used in this...
• Re: Shore batteries
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 14:40:17 -0800
  Last August, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >For charging the deep-cycle battery I use a Powerstream >PST-BC1212-15 DC-to-DC charger <http...
• Deep cycle battery installation tips
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 May 1997 01:09:12 -0400 (EDT)
  I just installed a DieHard Group 24 deep-cycle battery under the rear seat of my 86 Camper. I picked the '24' size because...
• Re: Solar controller question..semi off topic.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:21:18 -0400
  ...I do not have any specs on that, and that is out of reach right now....The two panels kept our two large deep...
• What to do with a Dometic RC160E cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Neil Cebara
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:46:38 -0700
  ...I'm going to upgrade to a more recent type of 12v thermoelectric cooler. (After I reinstall a secondary deep-cycle batt!) But what...
• Re: Booster Thing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 22:31:53 EST
  ...My interest is in the refrigerator (my home made >= >West has no fridge, and no secondary deep cycle battery).=20 > >I'm wondering if...
• Re: Free battery and Fridge For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:21:19 -0400
  ...std starting battery or up to a week on a larger deep cycle. thor BJ Feddish wrote: > This is going to sound like a...
• Re: Fwd: BATTERY INFO NEEDED PLEASE
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:51:10 -0500
  ...both work. >>>>> >>>> Musta been a Canada-US website thing for me. :) >>>> >>>> Deep cycle vs not likely the reason for price difference? >>>> >>>> Trying to find...
• Re: Eberspacher Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:23:27 -0700
  ...In any case you need a good deep cycle battery for any forced air heater (except the plat cat), and would need several for...
• Re: Any solar gurus out there?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:04:41 -0700
  ...By my calculations, 60W would be just enough to fully recharge your average optima deep cycle battery on a sunny day in the southern...
• Re: aux. battery ventiliation
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 09:57:13 -0800
  ...So, > here are my q's: > > (a) do all lead-acid batteries (i.e., sealed, deep cycle, etc.) require > ventilation? The '81 (and others...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 6 Dec 2014 06:29:38 -0600
  ...I wonder if you could hook one up along side a deep cycle battery to charge while you were running, then this thing would...
• Re: optima the one for starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:28:32 -0400
  ...battery last weekend > ($170), & read the instructions, yellow top batteries are listed as deep > cycle & starting batteries. If you want to use it for...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:29:39 -0600
  Maybe a blue top marine deep cycle may be better suited for that application? On Jul 29, 2011 5:27 PM, "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Re: Optima battery
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:43:39 EST
  ...Optima Yellow Top is the best deep cycle battery to put in your Westy. It's the only one with enough amp hours, 55...
• Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:34:54 -0700
  ...though I really like the value of a group 41 beneath the driver seat for small loads, in hindsight, a smaller deep cycle battery...
• Aux. Battery Installation kit
  Historical mailing list - Al Ferguson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:46:23 -0500
  ...1) I am guessing I should use a deep cycle for this job. Anyone have a part number for a good fitting candidate I...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:27:51 -0400
  ...Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake >Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007...
• Re: Inverter Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 21:37:24 -0600
  ...If you are in a situation where you may draw your main battery down substantially, go with a deep cycle marine type. If you...
• Re: Norcold results (long)
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:49:55 -0400
  ...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: Higher output alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:14:01 -0500
  ...and one for the other stuff..both are 'starting batteries' not deep cycle. I don't usually run out of juice when camping. But...
• Re: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 16:44:39 -0000
  ...I have considered getting a deep cycle battery > (like the ones folks use on boats) and wiring an inverter to it to plug the...
• [FIX] Re:Simple auxillary battery question
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:49:21 -0700
  ...Are there cheaper deep cycle batteries that would fit > under the driver's seat? If a regular battery is all I need, is there...
• Selling our Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:26:01 -0700
  ...water pipes under van replaced --new alternator, new batteries including Optima deep-cycle for fridge and camp light, stereo --new A/C compressor, all...
• Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 06:43:02 -0400
  ...This set up arks great even with a conventional > strting battery combined with deep cycles. > > Dennis > -- Martin Jagersand University of Alberta http://www.cs...
• Re: Newbie question about auxiliary power
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:14:31 -0500
  ...are replaced free when I > 'use them up' pretending they are Deep Cycles in my extended winter > camping trips... > � Don Hanson > > On Mon, Nov...
• Re: Simple auxiliary battery question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:03:27 -0400
  ...Are there cheaper deep cycle batteries that would fit under the driver's seat? If a regular battery is all I need, is there...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Thu, 7 May 2015 08:07:22 -0600
  ...battery hookup system and 3 Universal UB12220- 22amp deep cycle wheelchair batteries. I did all the wiring as per instructions. Added the new Truckfridge...
• Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:17:36 -0700
  ...a Truckfridge 49 DC while maintaining a group 27 100 Ah deep cycle battery. This may be due, in part, to the "intelligent" aspect...
• Re: Aux Battery Suggestions for under Drivers seat
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:06:45 -0400
  ...deeper, allowing the use of group 27 100-ah Lifeline AGM deep-cycle batteries, some of the best on the market - at $270 each...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:06:48 -0700
  ...a simple setup with a 1314 and the 125ah led acid deep cycle. The > aux battery sees about 14.5 volts while I am...
• Westy fridge upgrade for sale!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:55:23 -0500
  ...It operates on a 12-volt source, I have mine connected to a group-27 deep cycle battery under the rear seat, it will...
• Re: Vitrifrigo: two corrections to my earlier post
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 3 Oct 2011 06:08:39 -0700
  ...That Dennis Haynes explained to me that I was not doing my deep-cycle > battery any favors by recharging it gently. Turns out that...
• Re: Charging circuit wiring upgrade/maintenance report/questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:41:29 -0600
  ...2007. > > But, yeah, it is a smart charger designed to charge deep cycle > batteries from the alternator or a charged 12V battery. It takes...