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• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 11 May 2018 18:36:42 -0700
  ...Don't need > all the deep cycle stuff and related charging apparatus. I have a modest > inverter (150 Watts I think) which is ample...
• Re: Run time to charge Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 23:20:32 -0400
  ...Motorhome-Alternator-Charging-Syste ms.txt > > I have 2, 6 volt deep cycle batteries hooked up and I have about 200-ish amps (I...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 23 May 2008 14:34:14 -0700
  The aux battery in my van is a deep cycle in a size that is hard to get in the USA, but common in...
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:59:39 -0700
  Hi Warren There's been lots of talk recently about deep cycle batteries and related info. One poster suggested that one could install a...
• Subject: Trickle Charger (follow up 182 Amps)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:49:02 -0700
  ...So, with that out of the question, I am not sure a deep cycle battery is worth it for the other 12v stuff. So...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:58:38 -0700
  Geza Polony typed: > I've been using an Optima Yellow Top for the past year or so as aux battery > and have always been...
• 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: Aux. Battery-Stereo Amp question
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:01:00 -0700
  ...deep > cycle battery going down the road , with the radio and xm unit tied into > the aux battery and a small fan to help...
• Re: replacement fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:28:07 -0400
  ...Because of this difference they run for 4-5 >days on a deep cycle coach battery without charging instead of 2-3 hours >for...
• Re: hardwire jumping a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 06:05:29 -0400
  ...It allows you to use either battery, none, or both. I use this with a marine deep cycle as my aux, switching the aux...
• Re: deep cycle: best place to put? best size?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:51:22 -0800
  On 3/17/10, Sheilah Rogers <sheilah@sheilah.org> wrote: > hey listizens, > > so i'm moving my second battery around. anyone care to share...
• Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 00:58:07 -0500
  ...I just bought a new >1000amp hour deep cycle for the new wiring I'm doing in my westy related to >other needs then...
• Re: Battery article and portable option.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Aug 2021 08:46:53 -0600
  ...Walmart sells an > EverStart Lead Acid Marine & RV Deep Cycle Battery, Group Size 27DC > with 109 ah for less that $90 (54ah useable). They...
• Re: Charging circuit wiring upgrade/maintenance report/questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:41:29 -0600
  ...a smart charger designed to charge deep cycle > batteries from the alternator or a charged 12V battery. It takes the > output of the alternator...
• Re: Battery
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:34:32 -0400
  ...it seems that if you drain a new (non deep cycle) battery flat more than twice it's a goner, and that was exactly...
• Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:23:01 -0700
  ...I am now considering running a deep cycle marine > > battery which I can buy locally in the main battery compartment and > > just be careful...
• 1985 Westfalia Weekender For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Jason & Claire Denton
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:56:47 -0500
  ...KYB shocks, Clarion CD player with new speakers, new 2nd battery (deep cycle for fridge), new exhuast components, new rear hatch struts, Bently manual...
• Electrical Consumption & Battery Recharge Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:49:26 -0700
  ...OPTIMA D750 Yellow Top Deep Cycle Battery = 2 (one is the starter battery) Reserve Capacity - Minutes: 124 Capacity (C/2 rate) - Amp Hours: 52...
• Re: Battery Recharging Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:05:26 -0800
  ...A batt that is not a deep cycle will be hurt by a total flat out if you run it totally dead say by...
• Re: Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:57:31 -0700
  ...But, they tend not to be as forgiving as, say, a deep cycle battery. Especially when it comes to amount of discharges, and how...
• Re: #8 Wire Terminal Crimp w/DIY Tools. Pass or fail? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:00:57 -0700
  ...What have you done!? Not sure that that means but..... :) Am installing a 3rd battery (deep cycle) under the passenger side of rear seat...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 6 Dec 2014 08:28:09 -0600
  ...wonder if you could hook one up along side a deep cycle battery to >> charge >> while you were running, then this thing would actually...
• Re: electrical/convenience stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 17 May 1995 10:20:13 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I think i would like to install a deep cycle > battery to power one of those electric cooler things (and other stuff), > and possibly...
• Re: Starter Saga was: 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:45:16 EDT
  ...auxiliary battery replacement into my spring maintenance schedule. Of course, this was unfair, as I was running this one in a deep cycle mode...
• Re: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:24:22 -0700
  ...to fire up my 3 battery system for the first time. A > dedicated 125 amp hour deep cycle was added for the Vitrifrigo fridge...
• Re: Quit worrying-go camping!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:42:01 -0600
  ...Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky? On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: Quit...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:42:44 EST
  ...heater for hours at a time while parked, the biggest Deep cycle battery you can afford will keep it going. They really weren't...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:42:44 EST
  ...heater for hours at a time while parked, the biggest Deep cycle battery you can afford will keep it going. They really weren't...
• '87 Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Larry Innes
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:51:14 +0000
  ...CD player, 40W stereo, Infiniti speakers � 2nd Optima Yellow-top deep cycle battery - runs stereo, house lights � solar panel � fairly new Michelin Agilis tires...
• Re: Aux battery & isolator
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:45:43 -0800
  ...There is a section at that site about how to install an auxiliary deep cycle battery, and how to connect a relay that separates...
• Re: Costco vs. diehard batteries
  Historical mailing list - Doug Ford
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 20:12:42 -0400
  ...I mounted mine on the > right end of the rear seat next to my solar charge controller that handles the > deep cycle stuff. That...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:58:10 -0800
  ...I use a small 55 amp deep cycle battery designed for wheel-chairs for my auxillary battery. The system works great, especially for an...
• Re: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:34:35 -0700
  ...Today I was able to fire up my 3 battery system for the first time. A dedicated 125 amp hour deep cycle was added...
• Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:00:40 -0500
  ...I just bought a new 1000amp hour deep cycle for the new wiring I'm doing in my westy related to other needs then...
• Re: Making an alternator a smarter charger? [LVC]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:13:35 -0400
  ...If a fellow had a second alternator for charging the >deep-cycle house battery, then a smart regulator like this might make >more sense...
• FS: Eurovan Westfalia full camper
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:25:05 -0800
  ...stove, sink, fridge/freezer, water tank and pump, new coach batteries (upgraded to 2x150Ah commercial service deep cycle batteries. standard is one 80Ah battery...
• Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:25:22 -0700
  ...So with a 50Ah battery (deep cycle, should not use more than 80% = 40Ah max), this reefer will draw 27Ah over a 24-hour...
• 1990 Vanagon Westfalia for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 22:43:58 -0700
  ...o Professionally installed 2nd battery (deep-cycle Optima) o Professionally installed CB radio and antenna. Both radio and antenna remove when not in use...
• Re: optima batteries - what about Ni-cads
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:22:21 -0600
  ...be very low draw, and > frankly, I have had a deep cycle battery in my 2nd compartment and it went > bad after about 3...
• Re: Understanding Amp Hours
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:35:41 -0400
  ...a battery to 100% state of charge, (SOC) unless you can float it for a relatively long itme. This is why deep cycle batteries...
• Re: 96R AGM Battery feedback
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:33:32 -0400
  ...It may be a better alternative for the house battery also. Although not a deep cycle design it may hold up better than the...
• Optima Battery - Yellow vs Blue
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:44:07 -0700
  ...I use one as my primary starter and have a relay connection to the auxiliary. (Note that my current auxiliary is NOT deep cycle...
• Re: Battery charging question... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:44:36 -0700
  ...I think a deep cycle battery is just a conventional lead-acid battery with some small tweaks to make it a little better at...
• Re: Newbie battery questions
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 13 May 2007 15:12:06 -0700
  ...That way there is no danger > of running down the starting battery. > > If your aux battery is in fact a deep cycle and is...
• Koolatron
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Thu, 01 Aug 1996 11:42:05 -0500
  ...a few solar panels on the roof and a good deep cycle battery bank it would be "good enough". I don't get the...
• Re: GoWesty aux battery kit?? Bentley manual VS. blue factory repair manual??
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Fri, 18 May 2007 18:37:16 -0400
  >I am using the GoWesty aux battery kit with a 33AH deep cycle battery I >purchased from Batteris Plus for $60 or so. The...
• Re: Cross Country trip- SUCCESS!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:46:13 -0700
  ...UB1200 4 deep cycle batteries however, things went crazy. I had a fuse inline between my relay and my starting battery, and a seperate...
• Re: Norcold results (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:15 -0700
  ...90 to 110 ampere-hours seems to be what a fellow can expect from a deep-cycle Group 27 battery, but that's measured...
• Re: Charging circuit wiring upgrade/maintenance report/questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:14:12 -0700
  ...Besides, my Trojan 130 Ah deep cycle battery was a spendy little item and I like to baby it, perhaps overmuch, by charging it...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 7 May 2015 07:59:12 -0700
  ...battery hookup system and 3 Universal UB12220- 22amp deep >>>>> cycle wheelchair batteries. I did all the wiring as per instructions. Added >>>>> the new Truckfridge...
• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Fri, 11 May 2018 20:05:14 -0600
  ...Don't need > > all the deep cycle stuff and related charging apparatus. I have a modest > > inverter (150 Watts I think) which is ample...
• Wiring And Amperage Tips For 2nd Battery & Winching
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:54:19 -0400
  ...I have two batteries, the factory battery and a marine deep cycle group 27 size under the driver seat. I had to modify the...
• Re: Vitrifrigo: two corrections to my earlier post
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 3 Oct 2011 17:13:42 -0700
  ...Now, if your deep cycle battery is of higher capacity, or you have a long run of wire, then one could go with a...
• Re: ?s about new 2.0 installation
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:47:39 -0700
  ...For mine I run a normal FLAPS battery for the engine and a Marine Deep Cycle for the camper. >6. VW tricks, secrets or...
• Re: Newbie question about auxiliary power
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:44:22 -0600
  ...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: More AC woes...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:27:03 -0500
  ...The 2 deep cycle batteries are both wired to > a marine battery switch (A/B or A&B) using #6 wire, I believe (same...
• Re: Battery article and portable option.
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 1 Aug 2021 12:17:38 -0700
  ...Walmart sells an > > EverStart Lead Acid Marine & RV Deep Cycle Battery, Group Size 27DC > > with 109 ah for less that $90 (54ah useable). They...
• Re: Vitrifrigo temp data
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 13:56:28 -0800
  ...The deep cycle marine battery I have for example is a 125 amp hour battery. Using 20 amp hours of that is something that...
• Re: Vitrifrigo install report & exaggerated battery life
  Historical mailing list - Susmay
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:10:04 -0700
  ...marine/RV) battery -- or > do those not fit > under the drivers seat? > > My aux is a deep cycle the same physical size as the...
• Re: Dear vendors
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:44:19 EDT
  Sign me up for one too! I've already got the optima deep-cycle. I just need to get around to wiring it. speaking...