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Re: Isolator vs Seperator (mechanical relay) was Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:17:29 -0500
...As for the diode providing a better battery charge, not so. Unless there is aseparate voltage or current control for each bank, the charging...
Re: Friday - fuel cell battery charging
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 6 May 2017 06:44:25 -0700
...You still need battery banks and inverters same as you do with Solar. However the battery capacity can be much less with 24 hour...
Re: Best Value Auto Clubs?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 07:54:47 -0700
...I use Wards Auto Club (unless they go bankrupt whith the parent co). They, like all the rest, offer a lot for the money...
Re: Small UPS SLA batteries...deep cycle substitute?
Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:18:42 +0000
...This setup has the advantage the you can customize the space and capacity of your house battery bank, but you will have to do...
Re: 1991 vanagon - Sizing and location for aux to main battery wire
Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:01:36 -0600
...I plugged #3 fuse lower slot directly into the aux battery bank to run the entire dash. bob
Re: Sure Power 1315 question
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:44:58 -0800
...batteries, to get a dual bank charger like this Schumacher > and charge each battery independently? > > <http://wwww.batterymart.com/p-schumacher-10-20-amp...
Re: Westy battery charger
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:38:50 -0600
...They are connected to the start battery and the > other is connected to my aux battery bank (4 batteries). They are in place > year...
Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:00:29 EST
...Two, when both batteries reach a charge of 13 ~ 13.5 volts, both battery banks are connected together. Sorry for propagating false information. Cheers...
Re: do all ACRs work like this?
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:21:09 -0700
...a battery is discharged, then freezes and then > you try to charge it. Makes a mess. > > The mACR senses voltage from both banks and...
Re: Friday - fuel cell battery charging
Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
Sat, 6 May 2017 16:31:16 -0400
...You still need battery banks and inverters same as you do with Solar. However the battery capacity can be much less with 24 hour...
Re: Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit?
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:41:20 -0800
...Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit? >Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 06:54:47 -0800 > >Most deep cell batterys average 8 inches tall...
Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
Historical mailing list - Karl
Tue, 4 Jul 2017 10:55:35 -0700
...No combiner, just one 200Ah battery bank. The batteries are still doing fine five years later and in daily use in central America: kruisinkoru...
Re: AUX AC
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:19:44 -0700
Mark, Here's the link you're looking for, but you're going to need a BIG battery bank to power this, and many...
Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:59:00 -0700
...But the battery bank in the seat is the same. I fit a 74ah Odyssey PC1750 there. It required a slight modification; removing the...
Re: new series 48 Odyssey battery
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:07:24 -0600
...I've yet to pull the 4 UB12220 bank and charge it, then test each battery separately, but am getting symptoms that they as...
batteries: some more general info ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 02 May 94 16:32:24 CDT
...A 50 percent discharge represents a good compromise between battery life and reasonable battery-bank size. Therefore, you would do well to buy at...
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: Sure Power 1315 question
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:05:20 -0800
...to the aux battery? Or would it be better, because of the two > types of batteries, to get a dual bank charger like this...
Re: Surepower 1315 test report
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Sun, 10 May 2009 09:04:05 -0700
...Surepower 1315 test report > > To answer the question of whether disconnecting the ground from the > 1315 battery separator would force the battery banks to...
Re: light above stove
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:57:06 -0400
...battery bank and get it off > my starting battery. I know it goes toward the drivers seat and then down > the A pillar, but...
Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:35:09 -0700
...fridge >units (like the engel 15) I am considering expanding my battery bank again. >I currently run a 108AH in aux 1 and two...
Re: Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit?
Historical mailing list - Fryday
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 03:02:19 -0800
...Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit? > >Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 06:54:47 -0800 > > > >Most deep cell batterys average 8 inches tall...
Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:02:41 -0600
...fridge units (like the engel 15) I am considering expanding my battery bank again. I currently run a 108AH in aux 1 and two...
Free battery
Historical mailing list - Bill M
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:01:41 -0400
...Now the battery bank sits at about 4volts each, and is > officially "dead". Anyone want them? > Free. > > I'm putting in a Group 41...
Re: House battery
Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:19:08 -0800
...https://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-bank-tutorial.html">https://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-bank-tutorial.html...
Small UPS SLA batteries...deep cycle substitute?
Historical mailing list - Aaron
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:44:34 -0800
...Under the Driver's seat is a possibility,My thought was to secure a battery "bank", a sure-power 131X to keep them charged...
New member's starting problem
Historical mailing list
Wed, 30 Nov 1994 16:19:16 -0500 (EST)
...Then my problem started. >From a cold start, I drove about 4 blocks, stopped briefly at a bank machine, then restarted normally. I drove...
Re: Lead Acid Battery Bank and Solar Charging
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:04:34 -0500
...11:54 AM, Steven Johnson wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have a bank of 10 lead acid batteries that I would like to maintain with...
Re: Camper question
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:22:47 -0600
I am planning on adding a battery to my Westy as well as a 2 bank marine battery charger/tender for when plugged into...
Re: Small UPS SLA batteries...deep cycle substitute?
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:36:21 -0800
...the you can customize the space and capacity > of your house battery bank, but you will have to do some wiring. (Make > sure you...
Re: Combined Optima Batteries (NVC)
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:30:34 -0700
...have battery backup systems in case of power failure. These often have massive battery banks, all wired in PARALLEL!!! CALL THE FEDS NOW!!! But...
Re: 12 volt battery rejuvination/restoration
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:38:44 -0500
...A $2,000 to $10,000 battery or bank you try to fix. A battery that costs about the same as a tank of...
Re: Battery placement alternatives
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:53:42 -0700
...bank of > charging batteries, ie a diesel electric submarine. > > alistair > > > > > On 1-Oct-10, at 10:43 AM, Loren Busch wrote: > > RE: Stock battery...
UB12220 batteries update
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:01:43 -0600
...Now the battery bank sits at about 4volts each, and is > > officially "dead". Anyone want them? > > Free. > > > > I'm putting in a Group 41...
Re: 2nd battery ??
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:09:12 -0800
...I recently purchased the Sure Power Model 1315 Separator to use in my remote vacation shack that has solar panels and battery banks as...
Re: light above stove
Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:08:09 -0400
...battery bank and get it off >>my starting battery. I know it goes toward the drivers seat and then down >>the A pillar, but...
Re: Alternator charging ability
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:28:20 -0500
...Understanding more about the battery's chemistry B. Knowing what all of the other loads in the circuit are pulling from the alternator. C...
Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:27:21 -0400
...Recommendations for Aux battery hardware I have an 82’ diesel Westy, so I have two AUX up front. But the battery bank in the...
Re: Westy battery charger
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:12:18 -0500
...They are connected to the start battery and the >> other is connected to my aux battery bank (4 batteries). They are in place >> year...
Re: Auxillary battery alternative
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:31:41 -0700
...Auxillary battery alternative paul banks wrote: > > Over the last couple of months, I have read many > elegant configurations listmembers devised for their battery systems...
Re: Helpful halloween Westy decorating tip
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:25:27 +0000
...5 & 2) and the other set of grandparents..Have the Halloween > battery powered LED lights to hang from the awning. > > Halloween's become such...
Re: Surepower 1315 test report
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 10 May 2009 12:10:11 -0400
...Surepower 1315 test report > > To answer the question of whether disconnecting the ground from the > 1315 battery separator would force the battery banks to...
Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:23:32 -0700
...fridge > units (like the engel 15) I am considering expanding my battery bank again. > I currently run a 108AH in aux 1 and two...
Re: Toggle off switch
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:33:02 -0800
...boats since they frequently have battery switches that allow for batteries to be disconnected and reconnected in different banks. I know of several cases...
Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:34:33 -0700
...Recommendations for Aux battery hardware > > I have an 82’ diesel Westy, so I have two AUX up front. But the battery bank in the...
Re: Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit?
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:20:26 -0800
Call around to battery shops in your area. Or, you may try Sears and see what they stock. -Brent >From: "Fryday" <fryday@california.com...
Re: Reconditioned Battery Opinions?
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:24:52 -0700
...I have eight of them on one sailboat in two banks of four, and live on the boat 6 months of the year. My...
Re: Solar collector
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:05:06 -0500
...Now if you want to run this off a battery for any length the battery bank should be sized so that the draw is...
Charging Sealed Lead Acid Batteries
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:32:28 -0800
...http://www.batterywholesale.com/battery-store/proddetail.html?prodID=2244 and other similar batteries. BTW, if you open up one of the $59 jump...
Re: Charging Second Battery
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 08:43:54 -0800
At 08:28 PM 10/28/97 -0800, harald.nancy wrote: >--------- >Mark wrote Oct 28 in response to Steve's battery charging question: >> > The...
How to Select the Right Battery (long)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 17 Aug 97 22:32:12 CDT
...By taking into account such factors as battery-bank size, age, electrolyte type, ambient temperature and previous discharging/recharge history, these instruments can provide...
Re: Charging Second Battery
Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:58:10 -0800
...In case the main battery is weak, one can use a short jump-start cable from one battery to the other. Also, either battery...
Re: Westfalia owners
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:24:30 -0700
Ken, Electric car is a huge battery bank on wheels. :-) - Vince http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net 1989 Vanagon GL Camper 1993 Mazda Miata (for...
Re: Battery testing solution
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:59:38 -0400
...Edward At 10:17 PM 8/12/2011, Jim Arnott wrote: >"The purpose of battery testing is to estimate the end of battery life...
Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:33:21 -0700
...Recommendations for Aux battery hardware > > I have an 82’ diesel Westy, so I have two AUX up front. But the battery bank in the...
Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 06:19:51 EDT
...You went through a lot of trouble to basically do what a battery combiner or smart relay such as the sure power 1315 does...
Re: Solar collector
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:32:14 -0500
...So you should be looking at a 240 A/H battery bank for this job. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
Re: Westy battery indicator light below sink
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:17:45 -0500
...The battery light is only crudely useful because in order to get an accurate measure of battery state with a voltmeter, you have to...
Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:38:12 -0600
...fridge >> units (like the engel 15) I am considering expanding my battery bank again. >> I currently run a 108AH in aux 1 and two...
Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 1 Aug 2013 22:13:08 -0700
...I'm running 40A on a 200ah battery bank > > that so far has never been below 70% capacity. > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca...