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• Re: Optima Blue D31M
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:50:36 -0700
  ...While I'm being somewhat glib and sarcastic, I do have some > considerable experience utilizing Optima(s) in my auxiliary battery > bank. > > As previously...
• Re: Using a UPS unit as inverter
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:50:45 -0700
  ...often >100lbs with batteries), and usually 24/48V DC on the battery banks. The older APC units (or generally any unit today with a...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:05:36 -0700
  I daresay that if you hooked your battery up backwards that diode would be vapor in about 10 milliseconds. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott...
• 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
  ...There are dual-battery chargers used mostly for marine applications that will keep 2 different battery banks charged for those with aux. batteries. Also...
• Re: Which Optima for starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 May 2002 16:52:42 -0500
  ...A cranking battery is less good at > providing a > little amperage for a long time, and, in fact, will not last very > long if...
• Re: Battery response try again.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:24:49 -0400
  ...Is this drop down trey where the start battery is or another compartment on the passenger side where a propane tank would fit? Nice...
• Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:42:40 -0500
  ...As the battery voltage goes down current needs to increase if we are to maintain the same power. Real load banks compensate buy increasing...
• Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:35:09 -0400
  ...I think you may be a little optimistic about how long it will run on a given battery charge though....unless you've had...
• Re: Outside magazine article Vanagon/Sprinter content
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 05:04:33 -0400
  ...There is no reason to go through any BS if the battery goes dead. Like a Vanagon, it's not a vehicle to own...
• Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:20:12 -0600
  ...The only thing that seemed wrong was that it acted like the battery was not fully charged and would hesitate a bit, but then...
• Re: CDN Tire Inverter questions
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 23 Apr 2005 00:30:14 -0400
  ...Forget about using electric heat from a car battery (or alternator). It won't work. Ohm's Law tells you that you are simply...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:56:51 -0400
  With proper wiring the stock alternator does quite well charging larger battery banks, and does it quite well. You do have to consider that...
• FS CA - Oakland/Berkeley ok, how bout an 87 Syncro Adventurewagen? :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 22:33:06 -0500
  ...Buggy Bank 2821 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705 510. 848-3015 7 days a week, 10:00-6:00, last test drive at 5...
• Koolatron
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Thu, 01 Aug 1996 11:42:05 -0500
  ...few solar panels on the roof and a good deep cycle battery bank it would be "good enough". I don't get the list...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:04 -0800
  ...As the battery voltage goes down current needs to increase if we are to maintain the same power. Real load banks compensate buy increasing...
• Re: Cost of Operating Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:09:30 -0400
  ...gak! I thought this was the peoples car, for Swiss bankers maybe. I tend to view the cost of gas as a necessary evil...
• Re: Surepower 1315 test report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 May 2009 19:16:05 -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: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:24:09 -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...
• Re: alternator--voltage vs. amps
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:35:44 -0500
  ...I work with batteries ranging from our auto stuff to 1200 A/H forklift batteries and 400 volt battery banks for computer room UPS...
• Re: House Battery and Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:17:20 -0800
  ...The rest of the setup is an 80watt Zamp solar and a two bank SportMarine battery manager. It was more than adequate until I...
• Re: Warning Lights and Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:36:36 +0100
  ...salinity > Rear passenger are temperature > Voltage (house and starting battery) > Amperage (house and starting battery) > Refrigerator temperature > Photo-sensor (candlepower) > Seismometer > Geiger counter (milli...
• Re: DC refrigerator options
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:35:23 -0700
  ...Runs it off a battery bank of 2-6v Trojans under the rear bench and a 110 watt solar PV panel. Nice thing about...
• Trailer hitch, other Parts For Sale...
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:10:40 CDT
  ...Signing up is quick, easy and you can download the money to your bank account at any time. No strings attached. Click on this...
• Re: Replace H2O Boxer with E Boxer {:~))
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 11:40:02 -0300
  ...A bank of lead-acid batteries were installed under the rear bench which greatly added to the weight of the vehicle. The end result...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 12:39:10 -0400
  ...A service warning if you disconnect a battery this will still connect both if the either bank is getting charged from any source. > > While...
• Trailer hitch and other Parts for Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 01:06:47 CDT
  ...Signing up is quick, easy and you can download the money to your bank account at any time. No strings attached. Click on this...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:27:46 -0800
  ...As the battery voltage goes down current needs to increase if we are to maintain the same power. Real load banks compensate buy increasing...
• Re: Surepower 1315, auxiliary fuse block, Progressive Dynamics charger, and Vitrifrigo installation questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 May 2009 22:36:46 -0400
  ...If either battery bank goes to 13.2 volt it will engage connecting the two banks together. This does allow a charger connected to...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:44:17 -0800
  ...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: House Battery and Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Chris Cary
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:53:55 +0000
  ...The rest of the setup is an 80watt Zamp solar and a two bank SportMarine battery manager.  It was more than adequate until I...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:56:37 -0500
  ...As the battery voltage goes down current needs to increase if we are to maintain the same power. Real load banks compensate buy increasing...
• Parts for Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sat, 19 May 2001 03:20:12 CDT
  ...Signing up is quick, easy and you can download the money to your bank account at any time. No strings attached. Click on this...
• Re: Surepower 1315 test report
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 10 May 2009 17:19:37 -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: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:09:48 -0600
  ...The "battery protector" I got will always charge both batteries in parallel, while the sure power will start the bulk charge of one first...
• Re: syncro outlet problem -- update
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:39:56 -0700
  ...So > now I'm wondering if the outlet is only set up to work with the > converter (thereby working off the battery), or if...
• Westy Syncro Specifications
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:07:56 +0100
  ...Compression 8.6:1 Transmission 4 speed + G Alternator 90 Amps Battery 220 CCA 45 Ah Wheels 5.5 J x 14 185R14C Dimensions...
• Re: Does Fridge on 120v make any noise???
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:43:51 -0800
  ...In fact it will come on in hot climates even when the fridge is off (and can run your battery down in climates that...
• Re: Battery response try again.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:38:23 +0000
  ...This works out well for the campers as this 200 A/H battery pushes 120 pounds, gets some weight on that right rear wheel...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:00:29 -0700
  ...Once the battery is as fully charged as > possible, start the conditioning/equalizing charge. > > For maximum battery life, a battery must be recharged to...
• Re: Pure Sine Wave Inverter
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:22:22 -0800
  ...From experience the stock > Subaru alternators do not like large battery banks. As soon as they heat up > they go into current limiting and...
• Re: Surepower 1315, auxiliary fuse block, Progressive Dynamics charger, and Vitrifrigo installation questions
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 7 May 2009 12:37:05 -0400
  ...If either battery bank goes to 13.2 volt it will engage connecting > the two banks together. This does allow a charger connected to...
• Re: House Battery and Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:56:26 -0800
  ...The rest of the setup is an 80watt Zamp solar and a two bank SportMarine battery manager. It was more than adequate until I...
• went 2 c that CDN 87
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Fri, 4 Jul 2003 21:18:45 -0400
  ...he has the aux battery installed, the canvas is perfect, the screens are absolutely new. Its an automatic. The LP tank looks like it...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:27:20 -0800
  ...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: gas + electric
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:25:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This means that, while charging batteries, those > 16.2 volts will be counteracted by the 12V or so from the battery bank. > That leaves...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:18:16 -0600
  ...As the battery voltage goes down current needs to increase if we are to maintain the same power. Real load banks compensate buy increasing...
• Trailer Hitch, diesel oil pick-up, other Parts for Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 02:44:46 CDT
  ...Signing up is quick, easy and you can download the money to your bank account at any time. No strings attached. Click on this...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:41:06 -0800
  This sounds like something for the Mythbusters! I'll cc them, who knows? "Can you blow up your camper by overcharging your battery?" Grant...
• Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:12:01 -0700
  ...I am not sure though that I would be comfortable emptying half of my starter battery. The starter has a hard time getting the...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:59:29 -0500
  ...bank of > > charging batteries, ie a diesel electric submarine. > > > > alistair > > > > > > > > > > On 1-Oct-10, at 10:43 AM, Loren Busch wrote: > > > > RE: Stock battery...
• Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:09:59 -0300
  ...They require a much lower and slower charge rate and will overheat and die an early death if charged at normal battery rates. I...
• Westy single center seat, AC, other parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:12:21 CDT
  ...Signing up is quick, easy and you can download the money to your bank account at any time. No strings attached. Click on this...
• Re: Engine surge
  Historical mailing list - Nato Dean
  Thu, 16 May 1996 18:53:15 -0500
  ...It took a little detective work but it turned out to be a bad ground on the chassis directly under the battery area. Every...
• Re: Solar
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 May 2008 23:28:33 -0400
  ...well with a solar or other charger connected to the house battery bank. With the combiner, you do not need a separate charge line...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:59:51 -0400
  ...output or at the maximum rate that you have decided the battery bank can safely accept (which is something like C/3 for these...
• 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
  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: Dynamic Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:26:46 -0400
  ...Imagine the battery bank needed for that. Also imagine the bill if you ever used all that power. Here on Long Island, electricity is...
• Re: Inverter or AC/DC
  Historical mailing list - paul banks
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 18:22:59 -0400
  ...battery setup is two Trojan 105s (220 Ahr). >>> >>>MTB >> >> > Paul Banks '89 Vanagon Westfalia Signup for your FREE NLL FAN account at http://www...
• Re: Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:32:24 -0500
  ...The only thing that seemed wrong was that it acted like the battery was not fully charged and would hesitate a bit, but then...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:43:30 -0400
  ...The only explanation I had, was that if you hooked up your battery backwards (oops!) and ran power through the cluster backwards, all the...