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  • fridge wiring question
    Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
    Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:28 -0700
    ...i have an inverter wired off of the aux battery and was thinking of placing another larger deep cycle battery under the bench seat...
  • Backup light switch
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 5 Nov 1996 11:06:37 -0600
    ...Repeatedly cycle the switch with it full of contact cleaner. Use compressed air or air dry the switch. When dry test with a multimeter...
  • Battery Give-Away: The Finalists
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Fri, 7 May 1999 18:03:57 -0500
    ...for, in return for getting my 2 excellent 12 VDC Deep-Cycle Sealed-Gel InterState Brand batteries FOR FREE. All finalists have all been...
  • What to look for in a camper battery?
    Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
    Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:08:40 -0500
    ...the Sunday flyer that Wal*Mart has a RV/Marine Deep Cycle battery for $40. Seems a pretty good deal. Don't know the...
  • Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:43:43 -0400
    ...If halogen, there's an internal capsule that contains the pressurised gas so the halogen cycle works. In 1936 they were an enormous improvement...
  • How to Select the Right Battery (long)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 17 Aug 97 22:32:12 CDT
    ...Types Defined Deep-cycle batteries are designed to deliver moderate amperage over long periods of time between recharges. They are designed to be cycled...
  • Re: Printing w HP1020 off a Deep Cycle Battery
    Historical mailing list - Mark Evans
    Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:52:17 -0400
    ...The fuser > elements typically cycle on & off during active printing but are > especially hungry when you first turn it on when it is on...
  • Rebuilt ECU'S availible for 86 & up Vanagons!!
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 08 Jul 1997 20:03:56 -0700
    ...If we keep the cycle going we can have an near endless supply of ECU's. I have $ invested in this program too. I...
  • Re: Optima vs. Generic
    Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
    Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:22:02 -0800
    ...At a minimum you'll need a deep-cycle battery; and either a three-stage "smart" regulator like the Ample Power Next-Step device...
  • Re: Setting Timing Gear
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:20:14 -0500
    ...But is this the compression or exhaust cycle? So I'm staring at the cam lobes to try and figure out if they can...
  • Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:10:30 -0400
    ...Deep Cycle Batteries I've been using an Optima Yellow Top for the past year or so as aux battery and have always been...
  • Re: Tranny oil
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 Oct 94 8:45:27 EDT
    ...Since the transmission oil is isolated from the ignition combustion cycle, the oil lasts much longer. However, if one is inclined to change the...
  • Re: while on the idle topic
    Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
    Sat, 18 Aug 2001 18:49:54 -0400
    ...and then stall, but then > if restarted it may do the cycle again of may be fine until the next > cold start. Any thoughts...
  • Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:22:47 -0800
    ...Oh yeah, the Optima Yellow Top deep cycle is apparently the on deep sycle rated battery that will fit (after some manipulation).
  • Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:08:12 -0400
    At 12:13 PM 7/12/2008, Michael Diehr wrote: >Looking at Bentley again, it does claim that these #s are mm diameter, mm...
  • Re: Surepower 1315 test report
    Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
    Sun, 10 May 2009 09:48:06 -0700
    ...Deep cycle batteries require a different charge cycle than a start battery. Granted, most of the time there will be no problem, but when...
  • Re: Battery Woes/Choice
    Historical mailing list - Taeke
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:22:14 -0400
    ...Good for 150 to 300 cycles. Wow! A good flooded forklift battery is designed and sold for 5 years at 5 cycles per week...
  • Re: Reconditioned Battery Opinions?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:05:34 -0700
    ...I've had AGM, gels, > 4Ds 8Ds & others, but deep cycle 6v are my choice. I have eight of > them on one sailboat in...
  • Re: Longevity tips (longish)
    Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
    Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:09:31 -0600
    ...I think Ken's comments on cycles are valid - my usage is normally 25 mile minimum daily jogs mixed with long trips in the...
  • 87 - door wires
    Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
    Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:53:27 -0500
    ...I had them disconnected but it appears that my hatch lock is persnickery and wants to be electrically cycled from time to time or...
  • Re: Shore power > battery charge question
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Sun, 19 Aug 2018 08:29:11 -0700
    ...but it's powerful enough to automatically go through the conditioning cycle. It has been working well for about nine years. Here are the...
  • Re: intermittent running rich issue
    Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
    Tue, 6 Dec 2016 10:00:30 -0800
    ...The fact that the issue has always gone away after the engine warms up, eg warm up cycle, seems to point to coolant sensor...
  • Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Wed, 2 Jul 2014 14:09:26 -0700
    ...that lamp circuit so it flashes only every couple > of hundred cycles (revolutions) to avoid a pandemic of seizures of old > farts driving Veedubs...
  • OT - but need help.
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:59:19 -0600
    ...Then in a few miles, the cycle repeats itself. And more coolant has to be added. NO ONE has been able to find a...
  • Vacuum leaks? '85 camper
    Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
    Sun, 20 Apr 1997 11:41:33 -400
    ...It will run fine above 2000 rpm but will cycle from approx 400 - 1000 rpm at idle. The Hall unit checks out okay, fuel...
  • Re: Where's rear wiper switch on '87 GL
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:36:16 -0800 (PST)
    ...it > spring returns to the off position and the wiper makes a few more cycles > then parks on its' own... are later models different...
  • Tips needed on reducing HC to pass smog inspection.(Digifant)
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:35:39 EDT
    ...After things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat itself. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free...
  • Rear windshield wiper. Problem or is this normal?
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:48:41 -0800
    ...Isn't this wiper supposed to stop after it goes through its initial cleaning cycle of 3 or 4 wipes to clean off the...
  • Re: is the Optima really better?
    Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
    Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:34:30 -0800
    ...Even if I cycle it to deep and shorten it's life I can replace it three times before it adds up to one...
  • no fan, big fan, fuse blow, no fan - bare wire??
    Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
    Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:10:51 -0600
    ...It could, also, be nothing more than a fuse which fatigued due to repeated heat cycles and finally died. Personally, I'd replace the...
  • Small UPS SLA batteries...deep cycle substitute?
    Historical mailing list - Aaron
    Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:44:34 -0800
    ...they squeeze into? In a previous van, I had ~100Ah deep cycle and inverter taking up a large amount of space under the rear...
  • Optima Yellow vs. Red as Starter Battery
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ball
    Mon, 18 Feb 2002 00:19:33 -0500
    ...The rep was very firm that an isolator would not be a good idea because the optima (maybe all deep cycles batteries) charge to...
  • Re: Tests with eliminator/shumacher 2/8/12A charger.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:35:26 -0500
    ...However, that is not the ideal charge cycle, and buying one also for my '82 would cost a ridiculous $400. So I tried to...
  • Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:28:32 -0700
    ...Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator? > At $125.96 Cnd. for a group 27, I have to wonder if it's the...
  • Re: BA6 heater questions
    Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
    Wed, 20 Jan 1999 04:34:05 -0600
    ...First these heaters do cycle on and off once the heat exchanger gets hot the flame will extinguish and the pump will stop ticking...
  • Re: Aux. Battery w/o Relay
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:48:56 -0500
    ...In a nutshell, there are two types of batteries, one that like to drink and pee electrons through a straw (deep cycle), and one...
  • Re: 85 won't start
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sun, 8 May 2022 15:10:18 -0700
    ...Turned over but wouldn’t start. > > I couldn’t hear the fuel pump cycle on when I turned the key to the on position...
  • Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Wed, 7 Mar 2018 18:42:28 -0400
    ...Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> Everything is wrong with this new engine--opposed piston, combustion >> ignition, two-cycle. But check out the video...
  • [WetWesties] hot-not-start
    Historical mailing list - Don Spence
    Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:07:26 -0600
    ...It then starts fine and runs until it reaches temp and is allowed to idle again when the cycle repeats. I know these things...
  • Re: Ebersparker (SP?) heater for 1970 Westie
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 27 Feb 1995 18:21:11 -0600 (CST)
    ...it cycles nicely...but does not pump any fuel...that guy in Colorado is a jerk I won't do business with him.... > -- \ \\\// (o...
  • Re: WCM rubber arrives
    Historical mailing list
    08 Mar 1996 09:14:19 GMT
    ...He said that once you started using it you began a vicious cycle....an addiction if you will. He suggested that pure Silicone was...
  • Was: Exercise while camping.Now Gas-powered Blender
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:59:26 -0400
    >The latest Cabela's catalog has a 2-cycle gas engine-powered blender! I >am not making this up! (and it's not Friday...
  • Re: Terry's Anti Semitic Insults --
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Sun, 1 Jul 2001 20:39:00 EDT
    ...Did I have my apostrophes in the right places? Does a second deep cycle battery affect the kind of 14" tire I want to...
  • Re: FS: programmable adjustable wiper relays
    Historical mailing list - John Graham
    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:41:59 -0400
    ...stalk back to the intermittent position and it will delay between cycles as long as you waited in the off position. That said I...
  • Re: Auxilary battery
    Historical mailing list - JM/CO
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:50:32 -0400
    ...Deep cycle marine batteries are probably your best bet. Consider a roof-mounted solar array also. Chuck '83 Westy '84 Jaguar XJ-6 VDP...
  • Re: $30 group 41 battery
    Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
    Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:44:12 -0600
    ...but how much is > a > real deep cycle that will fit under the driver's seat? The Optima is > $125? > Edward >
  • power window
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Sat, 24 May 2003 13:35:41 -0700
    Hi, In reading your email I see that the motor works on the down side, of the cycle. Have you tried jumping the power...
  • Re: newbie question - adjusting time on clock
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:57:22 EDT
    ...positions and hang up under the clock face only to constantly cycle through the display numerals. Even then, the buttons can be brought back...
  • Re: Optima d750-S vs. d750-U
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:34:07 -0700
    ...The web site cautioned against using CCA and Amp hour ratings and to instead look at the Reserve and Cycle life to judge the...
  • Re: CDN Tire: Two 6 volt vs One 12 volt battery question
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:22:07 -0400
    ...6 volt: $85 CDN - Features * Deep-cycle 6 V battery can be used with solar panels as a source for stored energy when used...
  • 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...
  • Re: Cooling fan issues
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:18:49 -0500
    ...If I go ahead and drive it, the high speed fan runs a while then cycles. Seems to do what is is supposed to...
  • Re: Aux. Battery: Two Group 1 6 Volt "Commercial" Batteries?
    Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
    Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:31:14 -0800
    ...Two Group 1 6 Volt "Commercial" Batteries? > > I realize these aren't deep cycle batteries, but at Cold Cranking Amps - 625 Reserve Capacity - 160...
  • Re: Diesel Heat
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 3 Jan 2002 23:12:43 -0500
    ...It is part of the Otto heat cycle. It takes heat to burn the diesel fuel, but excess heat is generated in the process...
  • Re: Microwave oven in Westy?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:26:41 -0400
    ...duty-cycle settings, it would draw this much intermittently and a much lower amount (?15 amps??) in between. Same for the AC-powered ones...
  • Re: Oil Capacity, Tiico Conversion
    Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
    Wed, 22 May 2002 16:06:08 -0400
    ...Add 4 quarts, cycle the oil (as in run the engine). Then > mark that as your low point on the stick. Now add another...
  • Re: 84 vanagon wasserboxer
    Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
    Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:31:19 -0700
    ...84 vanagon wasserboxer > After warming up a few minutes with smooth idling, the idle then > starts galloping with a cycle of about 3 seconds...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:31:06 -0600
    ...If they were on all the time the duty > cycle or pulse would 100%. Thing of dwell back in the ignition points days. > There...
  • Re: Exhaust Flange Gaskets and torque
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:26:35 -0800
    ...since the go through heating and cooling cycles, and gaskets compress, etc.. they should be checked gain for tightness say a week or a...
  • Life of spare tire in clamshell
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Tue, 9 Mar 2021 18:50:05 +0000
    ...all that blowby heat from radiator; no rubber wear, but many cycles of hot and cold, expanding and then shrinking back, a tough environment...