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Re: Thoughts on batteries
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:05:10 -0700
...The 6v can be > discharged to zero and still come back (I've even had them run dry on > me and still come back...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:54:19 -0800
...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: Battery LEDs = Useful life?
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Mon, 6 Sep 2004 07:06:33 -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: No Start & Sliding door handle'
Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
Fri, 9 Jun 2017 00:12:30 -0400
...a used one. > > Batteries don’t tolerate neglect and letting them discharge and go dead > > especially in winter will destroy them. If new battery...
Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:09:07 -0700
...Being so close to the battery, > that spark could very well ignite any hydrogen gas that has been > discharged > from the battery (that is...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:16:40 -0700
...Folks who buy a > 100Ah battery, should remember that they can really only get 50Ah out of > it. > To discharge it deeper, more than...
Re: A/C charging and maintenance...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 28 May 2004 08:41:33 -0500
...5) Drain mineral oil from the cylinder head suction and discharge ports while turning the shaft with a socket wrench on the clutch armature...
Re: Oil Light / Buzzer despite NORMAL pressure
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 21 May 2003 23:02:43 -0400
...The higher speed-pressure system consists of .9 bar switch, located close to the oil pump discharge. It is before the oil filter and...
Re: It's a girl!, son's first ride in a Vanagon and our new vanagon
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:04:57 -0500
...Thankfully that was when the van's AC still worked as it was 102 degrees F at the time mom and child were discharged...
Cautions, was: Re: Solar panels are GONE!!!
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:05:37 -0700
...can anyone out there comment on why the battery doesn't discharge when this is plugged in and not generating any current, i.e...
Re: Making an alternator a smarter charger? [LVC]
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:13:35 -0400
...Mike, starting batteries are simply not designed to supply deep discharges ever; they expect to run at some state of high charge for their...
Re: Problem with Stancor 120-901 relay??
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:06:46 -0700
...12V charger draws when it needs to bring up a partially-discharged house battery (kept the Norcold reefer on all night long in the...
Re: exaust removal woes
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:04:05 -0700
...Basically, a high-energy arc discharge is used to > vaporize the metal at the point of the electrode. Kind of like arc welding > in...
Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
Historical mailing list - Vanagon
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:24:22 -0700
...if I needed a jump, it seems like all I would need to do is connect the discharged engine battery to some other power...
Auxillary battery installation follow-up (long)
Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:37:13 -0400
...I figured the battery was severly discharged when I purchased it so I rented a charger and hooked it up for a slow charge...
Re: Run time to charge Aux battery
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:42:21 -0400
...Your batteries are 25% discharged. So you need 50 AH of recharging to top them up. You keep all the aux stuff off while...
Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
Historical mailing list - Stuart
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:20:26 +0000
...the starter battery, in the case where the starter battery is discharged. All of this can be done without opening access to the starter...
Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:45:49 +0000
...com<mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com>> wrote: > >> During charging or in use discharge there is no problem have two different >> size batteries connected together, especially...
Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:38:25 +0000
...com<mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com>> wrote: > >> During charging or in use discharge there is no problem have two different >> size batteries connected together, especially...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - David Gunning
Sat, 20 May 2006 12:39:40 -0400
...engine. >> I thought since it had been sitting the battery was >> discharged, so i rolled it back into its parking >> spot,where it sat...
ECU chip: mileage, more user experiences with it?...
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:51:28 -0700
...Just > make sure precautions are taken to guard against ESD (electrostatic > discharge). I think he mentioned there may be some sort of foil shielding...
Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:00:23 -0700
...The ammeter shows a roughly 4-amp discharge. That's mostly the laptop charger. What you can't see is that the laptop charger...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Sun, 21 May 2006 15:09:53 -0400
...engine. :::> I thought since it had been sitting the battery was :::> discharged, so i rolled it back into its parking :::> spot,where it sat...
Re: Extend-A-Stay Propane Kit
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:39:41 -0400
...But when I >> > disconnect the bottle, I got a huge discharge of propane from the >> > direction of the tank (not the bottle). Read in...
Re: '87 goofy idle
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
12 Dec 1995 09:54:04 -0800
...Also, this module may well have CMOS chips in it that are very sensitive to Electro Static Discharge damage, you should set up an...
Re: Auxillary battery installation follow-up (long)
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:12:37 -0700
...Everything was good according to my meter. > I figured the battery was severly discharged when I purchased it so I > rented a charger and...
Re: Battery LEDs = Useful life?
Historical mailing list - William Alexander
Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:35:15 -0400
...Damp and overcast but green and very pretty. > > Also had the battery discharge to the point where it would not turn the > starter. This...
Re: Dual Battery Installation Instructions on Ebay
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:04:03 -0700
...hours before dropping to 10.5 V which is the fully discharged level. If you draw 25 A it will reach 10.5 V...
Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:13:21 -0400
...a used > one. > > > Batteries don’t tolerate neglect and letting them discharge and go dead > > > especially in winter will destroy them. If new battery...
article: Alternator Charging Systems (long)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 14 Jun 95 10:30:51 CDT
...From a practical standpoint, your battery bank is being over- worked if it's routinely discharged to less than 20 percent of its original...
Re: alternator--voltage vs amps
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:09:42 -0800
...I do not > understand > > how the amperage output of the alternator is varied. > > > > It seems to me that a discharged battery would need > lots...
Re: Extend-A-Stay Propane Kit
Historical mailing list - John C...
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:30:40 +0000
...But when I > >> > disconnect the bottle, I got a huge discharge of propane from the > >> > direction of the tank (not the bottle). Read in...
Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 00:11:31 -0500
...I mean it really gets hot there, as an example I had a six pack of soft drinks sitting right at the discharge vent...
Re: A/C charging and maintenance...
Historical mailing list - John N. Motlagh
Sun, 30 May 2004 17:37:12 -0500
...5) Drain mineral oil from the cylinder head suction and discharge ports while turning the shaft with a socket wrench on the clutch armature...
Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:00:25 -0800
...But because the thing is always on it discharges the battery pretty quickly so I keep it plugged into the cigar lighter outlet. The...
Re: Which Optima for starting battery?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 22 May 2002 16:52:42 -0500
...time, and, in fact, will not last very > long if > repeatedly discharged below 50% capacity. In contrast, a deep cycle > battery > won't be...
Re: Battery question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:22:51 -0500
...charge, after 6) breaking them in properly with several C/10 discharges down to ten volts or so, with proper full charges in between...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
Sun, 21 May 2006 15:42:00 -0500
...engine. > :::> I thought since it had been sitting the battery was > :::> discharged, so i rolled it back into its parking > :::> spot,where it sat...
Re: Charging system questions.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:06:56 -0500
...A battery with 10 volts at rest is either extremely discharged or a cell is shorted. With a shorted cell the system voltage will...
Re: AC Question
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:52:29 -0700
...The other fan cage will discharge through a couple of new vents in the new cabinet. Will also give me room for 6x9" speakers...
Norcold results (long)
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:09:07 -0700
...This behavior contributed to the middle-of-the-night discharge of my house battery: whether it needs to or not, this reefer turns on...
Re: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a westy what would you do ?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:56:51 -0600
...Got medically discharged from the military. One cold day on the Kenai where I lived, I did such a simple thing as walk to...
Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 3 Jul 2017 05:27:16 -0400
...They have been totally discharged, to 0 many times and have always taken a re-charge with no detrimental problem. I know of no...
Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:45:11 -0400
...a used one. >> > > Batteries don’t tolerate neglect and letting them discharge and go dead >> > > especially in winter will destroy them. If new battery...
Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:03:44 -0800
...On the other hand, you may have a tired starter which may get worse when the battery is in a state of slight discharge...
Re: A/C charging and maintenance...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 30 May 2004 20:12:31 -0500
...body. > > 5) Drain mineral oil from the cylinder head suction and discharge ports > while turning the shaft with a socket wrench on the clutch...
Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:17:46 -0800
...they're smooth and quiet and *people shut them off* ! Scott honorble discharge veteran. On 11/13/2013 2:02 PM, Al Knoll wrote...
Re: testing capacity of house battery
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:46:52 -0400
...I hooked up the battery to one of these: > > http://www.banggood.com/ZB2L3-Battery-Capacity-Tester-External-Load-Discharge-Type-Module-p-1058571...
Re: vanagon Digest - 30 Jul 2019 - Special issue (#2019-193)
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:08:01 +0000
...The pressure switch was installed in the high pressure hose on the compressor discharge line and appeared to be original (van was 7 yrs...
Re: Cautions, was: Re: Solar panels are GONE!!!
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 2 Jan 2003 20:13:18 -0800
...can >anyone out there comment on why the battery doesn't discharge when this is >plugged in and not generating any current, i.e...
Poor man battery testing
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:42:40 -0500
...is that it will shut off when the battery reaches 100% discharge (10.5 volts). Next we want an old style electric clock. We...
Re: Norcold results (long)
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:11:40 -0400
...tech support, their > yellow top batteries don't want to get discharged below 10.5V. > > Of course I tossed and turned for a while...
Re: Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:39:48 -0800
...The > biggest problem is that with a properly discharged battery a fixed voltage > system will try to charge it too fast. This is why...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sun, 21 May 2006 15:51:26 -0700
...engine. >> I thought since it had been sitting the battery was >> discharged, so i rolled it back into its parking >> spot,where it sat...
Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:30:00 -0400
...a > used one. > >> > > Batteries don’t tolerate neglect and letting them discharge and go > dead > >> > > especially in winter will destroy them. If new battery...
Re: 2d Batteries
Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
Sat, 21 Oct 2000 22:39:31 -0700
...They claim it can sit fully discharged for a month and still be recharged and work. Still, like any battery, the deeper you drain...
Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system - files posted
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:19:10 -0800
...If you need to recharge a deeply discharged aux battery in a hurry you may need a higher capacity relay system and may find...
Re: Van Dies while in motion
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:07:44 -0800
...if a battery sits discharged much ..it suffers real harm. If it's been dead a while and will not take a charge on...
Re: An upgrade for a more efficent A/C system?
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Thu, 3 May 2007 16:03:34 -0700
...If the air discharge were in front of the front seats, or the return plenum was in the front of the van, the system...
Re: RedTek and the Sight Glass
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Thu, 29 Aug 2013 04:14:12 +0000
...With the engine compartment open and the AC sucking all > that engine heat you will need see a 40 degree discharge especially with the...