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Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:17:37 -0700
...a few weeks or months at deep discharge, or even after a few cycles of deep discharge. If you buy another one of either...
Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:16:32 -0400
...deep cycle still have cranking power at only 12V. Another point,...if the batteries were of the type that could be safely discharged to...
Re: dual battery? hobigesuss!
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:09:54 -0700
...this in itself can deeply discharge the auxiliary batter in a matter of a few hours... not bad for a deep cycle battery, but...
Re: Battery for 84 Westy
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Mon, 19 May 2008 11:34:47 -0700
...Deep-cycle batteries are designed to deliver moderate amperage over long periods of time between recharges. They are designed to be cycled (discharged and...
Re: Battery current limiting device??
Historical mailing list
Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00:04 -0400
...The discharged battery can draw a very heavy >current load until battery voltage comes up. Something in the order >of 30, 60, or even...
Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:48:53 -0800
...both massive starting power and amazing > deep cycling capability - up to 400 cycles at 80% depth of > discharge. With twice the overall power and...
Re: Auxillary battery alternative
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:49:06 -0700
...This also applies to your auxiliary battery if it is not a deep cycle battery which is designed to run appliances. Also, if your...
Re: 1 Solar Panel: Alternate Charging Between 2 Aux. Batteries?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:47:13 -0700
...It's less efficient to deeply discharge and recharge smaller batteries than to more lightly discharge and recharge a larger battery. I /knew/ that...
Re: batteries on sale
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:51:09 -0700
...discharge slowly on the shelf. > If they're on the shelf a long time it is possible for them to be deeply > discharged. > This...
Battery/Beckett advice wanted
Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:04:42 MST
...Beckett (or anyone) after following the battery thread I have a question about a Exide deep cycle I just replaced in my 95 EVC...
Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:13:24 -0700
...AH flooded deep cycle battery (not AGM) has seen little use, is on a charger when not used, but was recently discharged it to...
Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:46:07 -0400
...Now instead of having one dedicated starting battery and one deep cycle battery, you need two deep cycle batteries with enough CCA to start...
Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 5 Jul 2017 15:05:04 +0000
...I don't let the aux battery become deeply discharged ( have solar panels). And assuming the alternator can put out 90 A, when hot...
How to Select the Right Battery (long)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 17 Aug 97 22:32:12 CDT
...Here's why: * Depth of discharge: Battery life expectancy is seriously shortened by deep discharges (see Figure 2). For a reasonable lifetime, no more...
Re: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:20:11 -0700
...battery is drained/discharged the longer it will last. >>> Strictly >>> speaking, flooded batteries are not designed for repeated deep >>> discharges, >>> so when used in...
Batteries (I was delusional)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 9 Feb 1995 13:45:44 -0800
...deep cycle battery is a good thing because it maintains the "memory" of the battery. As I understand it, during the charge/discharge cycle...
Re: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:38:27 EDT
...The less a battery is drained/discharged the longer it will last. Strictly speaking, flooded batteries are not designed for repeated deep discharges, so...
Re: Deep cycle battery - 85 Home Made Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:42:25 -0500
Don't put a deep cycle battery in the same charging circuit as a standard battery. Deep cycles discharge slower and charge slower and...
cheap battery smart(?) charger at Aldi
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Mon, 2 Nov 2015 19:06:03 -0500
...claims to be able to revive a deeply discharged 12v battery. tapers to lower amperage as battery gets close to full and switches to...
Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:40:26 -0800
" I don't see the risk of connecting a deeply-discharged aux battery to the engine battery as long as the alternator can provide...
Re: Radiator fan
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Sun, 6 Sep 2020 08:32:08 -0700
...I resorted to > disconnecting the battery to shut it off and save the battery from deep > discharge. > > > > Anyone want to weigh in on the...
Re: Vanagon won't start !
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:19:57 -0400
...Ordinary batteries are NOT designed to take a "deep discharge". Whatever discharged your battery may have brought your battery so low that damage was...
Re: Interstate Batteries Researched & Purchased
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 Nov 1995 14:14:59 -0500
...The Optima is a sort of exotic design that is >supposed to charge up faster, be more able to withstand deep discharges, and >can...
Charging deep cycle batteries with the alternator
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:29:46 -0700
...current quickly, and in routine usage they don't get very deeply discharged. The alternator is designed to provide a constant voltage (usually around...
Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:28:33 -0500
...is directly related to how deep the=20 > battery is cycled each time. If a battery is=20 > discharged to 50% of capacity every...
Re: more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:47:51 -0800
...Possibly for a starting battery that is not discharged completely. Try maintaining 13.8V while charging a completely discharged deep cycle battery, you'll...
Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:06:36 -0700
...This set up arks great even > with a conventional > strting battery combined with deep cycles. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon...
Re: 2x 150Ah battery install in T4 Westy, Was Deep cycle on sale
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:52:08 -0600
...15% off sale on some deep cycle batteries at Canadian tire. > > > > > > I was thinking to get a real deep cycle this time. The '94...
Re: Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:58:23 -0700
...Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky? > My near new 100 AH flooded deep cycle battery (not AGM) ..... was > recently discharged it to...
Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - t
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 10:46:48 -0700
...tim o'brien =David-M= wrote: > > My Vanagon battery is kaput. > Two deep discharges within a coupole of months destroyed it (1. theft > alarm...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:38:47 -0800
...both massive starting power and amazing >> deep cycling capability - up to 400 cycles at 80% depth of >> discharge. With twice the overall power and...
Re: Simple auxillary battery question
Historical mailing list - Karl M
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:25:50 -0400
...The battery charges up just fine, and has gone through many, many deep discharge cycles. My view, therefore, is that a standard battery is...
Group-41 deep cycle gel-cel battery -payback.
Historical mailing list - Clark M. Carr
17 Apr 97 02:44:05 EDT
...Deep Discharge Protected: Defined by stating that after 29 days of deep discharge, a battery must demonstrate successful recharge within 48 hours, utilizing a...
Re: Optima Batteries
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:49:17 -0500
...Even those first batteries we used for deep discharge, and they last hundreds and hundreds of cycles. I think at that time, they were...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:32:01 -0600
...That is approaching > 60% discharged, depending on your meter's accuracy. >> > In an hour and a half of using the >> > fridge it dropped from...
Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:50:42 -0800
...If a 1315 is being used, and if the aux battery is deeply discharged, and if the wire between the two batteries is fat...
Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 10:51:00 -0700
...Sears battery for Vanagon > My Vanagon battery is kaput. > Two deep discharges within a coupole of months destroyed it (1. theft > alarm failed to...
Need Someone to test a Battery Saver
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:31:12 -0500
...charging again, preventing your house battery from going through a very deep discharge cycle. It's a three wire design, one wire goes to...
Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 3 Aug 2013 18:11:49 -0700
...A small > charger may not be able to provide enough current to bring a > deeply-discharged battery up to the optimum voltage. > > A discharged...
Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 5 Aug 2007 23:16:14 -0400
...This set up arks great even >> with a conventional >> strting battery combined with deep cycles. >> >> Dennis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List >> [mailto:vanagon...
Re: Simple auxillary battery question
Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:44:11 -0400
...Regular car batteries will last through 5-10 deep discharges before crapping out entirely. If you will just be running convenience items on it...
Re: Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:43:44 -0600
...When a battery is left in some state of discharge for a while, or discharged below its recovery voltage, then maybe equalizing will help...
Re: Radiator fan
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Sun, 6 Sep 2020 10:35:25 -0500
...I resorted to > > disconnecting the battery to shut it off and save the battery from deep > > discharge. > > > > > > > > Anyone want to weigh in on the...
Deep cycle batteries on sale at Canadian tire
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:32:42 -0600
There is a 15% off sale on some deep cycle batteries at Canadian tire. The camping battery in my '94 westy has been weak...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 05:48:22 EDT
...Hi Warren, from what I've read a good deep cycle battery will give you hundreds of cycles to 80% depth of discharge. Yes...
Re: Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:32:43 -0600
...the optima deep is a size 31 (larger)--- 25*155/60=64AH the typical 41 batt in the vanagon ---25*105/60=44AH the...
Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:57:21 -0700
...The AGMs can take hundreds of 80% deep discharges as long as they are properly recharged. The starting battery never deep discharges, or at...
Re: cheap battery smart(?) charger at Aldi
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:45:43 -0700
...claims to be able to revive a deeply discharged 12v battery. tapers > to lower amperage as battery gets close to full and switches to...
Re: replacing starter battery with deep cycle?
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:28 -0700
...so if you're in a climate that freezes, the high discharge rate of the starter battery might be needed. I think it may...
Re: For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:23:39 EST
...None of the local vendors show anything in deep discharge that fits (they're all too tall). What are Canadians using for their second...
Re: cheap battery smart(?) charger at Aldi
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:49:16 -0700
...claims to be able to revive a deeply discharged 12v battery. tapers > to lower amperage as battery gets close to full and switches to...
Re: For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:47:48 -0500
...an '80 vanagon? None > of the local vendors show anything in deep discharge that fits > (they're all too tall). > > What are Canadians using...
Re: Alternators and batteries
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:00:31 -0400
...Here is the info I have on them: * * * **Dry Cell sealed technology (Gel Cell)* **No Vent tube or Acid to cause damage *Deep discharge...
Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 02:15:15 -0400
...Two deep discharges within a coupole of months destroyed it (1. theft alarm failed to cut out, 2. parking lights left on). Interestingly, my...
Re: Any solar gurus out there?
Historical mailing list - Andy Highland
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:10:22 -0700
...the odyssey docs, that will not bring the battery out of deep discharge. I guess that's when I'll start the engine. Which...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 21 Jun 2015 11:50:17 -0700
You can kill a standard battery with a few weeks or months at deep discharge, or even after a few cycles of deep discharge...
Re: Costco Group 47 - cheap aux battery option
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:19:08 -0700
...They're more resilient and longer lasting than a starting battery of the same physical size used as a deep discharge current source. More...
Re: 81 maximum battery dimensions
Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
Fri, 03 May 1996 09:12:41 -0700
...Stinger dry cell Power Master (Model SPB-1000) True Deep-cycle battery Withstands more than 400 cycles of 100% discharge 6 9/16"L...
Inverter converter/charge system for $500-1000 ??
Historical mailing list - TC
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 13:44:19 -0800
...It would also act as regulator to stop draw on the battery of it was to discharged to protect the battery life I could...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:41:52 -0500
...Especially a deep cycle constructed as well as the Trojan. The biggest danger to a discharged battery is the possibility of freezing but if...