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Re: Fw: Deep Cycle Batts.. A Journey
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:03:33 -0500
...Any discharge path would have to be from pole to pole. That's going to be across the top of the case; what the...
Re: Charging deep cycle batteries with the alternator
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:43:08 -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: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:06:33 -0500
...It was not meant to supply power to an auxiliary battery which > can draw over 50 amps if the battery has been deeply discharged...
2x 150Ah battery install in T4 Westy, Was Deep cycle on sale
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:37:45 -0600
...up with a longer discharge period) Notes: These are golf cart size GC2. About 10" wide and 7" deep. Heights vary a bit with...
The van is fixed...
Historical mailing list - Malcolm White
Mon, 10 May 1999 15:28:51 GMT
...I'm now fitting a deep discharge battery. Is it sufficient to provide a charge feed to the second battery that is enabled when...
Re: BATTERY INFO NEEDED PLEASE
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:16:04 -0600
...Works perfectly and those AGM batteries can be deeply discharged and re-charged without any consequences. > On Dec 11, 2014, at 11:00 PM...
Ideas for Photovoltaic mount?
Historical mailing list - Leonard Sitongia
Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:47:36 -0600
...I added a spare battery, but to fit a deep-discharge (marine/rv type) battery in, I ended up putting it in the bottom...
testing capacity of house battery
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Mon, 1 Aug 2016 08:55:43 -0400
I have a few years old non-deep-cycle automotive starting battery I've been using as my house battery in the 86 Westy...
Re: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:58:40 -0700
...It was not meant to supply power to an auxiliary battery which can draw over 50 amps if the battery has been deeply discharged...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:45:40 -0600
...To discharge it deeper, more than a few times, really affects the life of even the best batteries, as well as the ability to...
Re: Electric confusion
Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
Wed, 5 Feb 1997 18:31:10 +0200
...want to leave it at that - but be aware that repeated deep discharge (e.g 4hrs plus of fridge use) of a standard starter...
Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
Historical mailing list - Karl
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:34:36 -0400
...So a 100 a/h deep-cycle battery like I have can ultimately run the fridge for 4 days (80% discharge) on occasion. Karl...
Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:15:11 -0700
...discharged AGM, and most alternators put out about 13 to 13.7 volts, depending on load, which is fine for flooded standard and deep...
Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:59:30 -0700
...I am at the understanding that yellow is deep cycle designed to be discharged on a repeated basis, but I am wondering about the...
Re: Inverter converter/charge system for $500-1000 ??
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:26:07 -0500
...Ideally, you only want to discharge a battery at a 5 hour rate. This is ~13 amps or <150 watts. If you can be...
Re: Solar Panel: Charge Controller & Vents
Historical mailing list - Mark C
Tue, 6 May 2008 16:22:09 -0700
...One nice thing, is they can be deeply discharged and still be recovered. A standard battery would be toast under similar circumstances. I paid...
Re: Battery Reserve Capacity Calculations - 2nd Posting
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 23:28:32 -0400
...Second, the lifetime (in charge-discharge cycles) of a lead-acid battery is greatly increased (factor up to five) by not discharging it below...
Re: Battery/Beckett advice wanted
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:59:20 -0700
...Beckett (or anyone) after following the battery thread I have a question > about a Exide deep cycle I just replaced in my 95 EVC...
Re: Inverter converter/charge system for $500-1000 ??
Historical mailing list - Doug F
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:30:56 -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: Which Optima for starting battery?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 21 May 2002 17:47:06 -0500
...Being deep > cycle > does not eliminate the advantage of a second battery as you can > still > discharge it and find your self stranded. The...
Re: [WetWesties] Electrical Consumption & Battery Recharge Calculations
Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:20:03 -0800
...Do not use a deep-cycle battery as your starter battery - use one starting battery and one deep discharge battery (aka "cycling" battery) and...
Re: Voltage surges
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Sat, 22 May 2010 10:16:12 -0700
David Beierl wrote: > Lots of modern battery chargers will pulse-charge at more-or-less full > output once the battery leaves the deep-drained...
Re: Aux Battery Installation - How to do?
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:47:36 -0500
...and some of the answer depends on how often you will deeply discharge the battery and how fast you need it to recharge. I...
Re: Odyssey batteries
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:16:38 -0400
...It is critical to make sure that this battery doesn't stay dead if discharged, that is the hardest thing on a battery. The...
FW: Radiator fan - Fixed
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Mon, 7 Sep 2020 13:32:36 -0400
...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: Cold weather
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:52:08 -0600
...Unless it's a "deep > > cycle" battery, then after getting fully discharged 3-4 times they won't > > hold a charge any more. If...
Re: Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:57:31 -0700
...Especially when it comes to amount of discharges, and how far they get discharged. From what I've read, a deep cycle battery, if...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:25:59 -0400
...Also, I keep reading that there are SOME deep cyle batteries that can be discharged safely to 80% DOD...that's a BIG 30...
Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 13:55:58 -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...
Re: new non-westy fridge
Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:21:20 -0400
...As a car battery is deeply discharged multiple times, it loses charge capacity and eventually will run the fridge less than two hours fully...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:01:54 -0400
...Of course Starting Battery don't like deep discharge, well, will you discharge them all the way down??? GEL don't like Starting battery...
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: Camping Battery
Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
Sun, 20 Jul 1997 22:14:43 -0700
...Especially if that battery is often completely >discharged. He also said the deep cycle wheel chair batteries were way >expensive and heavy and I...
Re: Fw: Deep Cycle Batts.. A Journey
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:38:05 -0600
...Any discharge path would have to be from pole to pole. > That's going to be across the top of the case; what the...
Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
Historical mailing list - neil
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:15:29 -0700
...There is a post in the > archives where somebody measured a deeply discharged Optima deep cycle > pulling 50amps. I don't think you are...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:59:39 -0700
...Also, I keep reading that there are SOME deep cyle batteries that can be > discharged safely to 80% DOD...that's a BIG 30...
Re: Costco Group 47 - cheap aux battery option
Historical mailing list - Troy
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:42:26 -0800
...They're more > resilient and longer lasting than a starting battery of the same > physical size used as a deep discharge current source. More...
Belated Battery Comments - What Fits!
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sun, 28 May 2000 15:30:07 EDT
...Deep cycle discharge of a non deep cycle battery! Well, I really mean expensive in the sense of time. You have to take out...
Adding a 2nd Battery; which relay terminal.. Now : ( long)
Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:43:24 +0000
...Deep Discharge.. Trolling Motor.. Nautical... Wheelchair...call it what ever ya want.. somewhere on there it should say DEEP DISCHARGE or it's gonna...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:23:53 -0600
...Also, I keep reading that there are SOME deep cyle batteries that > can be > discharged safely to 80% DOD...that's a BIG 30...
Re: Batteries in parallel?
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:36:08 -0600
...This is a common marine arrangement. >Batteries connected in parallel in other than the above situations will >tend to discharge each other, as the...
NVC Batteries and recycling, was Re: [retitled thread] Odyessy batteries from GoWesty, other deep cy
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:36:17 -0400
...Eastern Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > I notice that few deep discharge batteries have a very long warranty - > don't remember seeing...
Re: Optima Battery Discussion
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:58:48 -0700
...I believe this is called sulfating in a wet cell batt; where repeated deep discharges below 50% capacity, literally clog the anode/cathode (can...
Re: Solar Panel: Charge Controller & Vents
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 6 May 2008 23:19:01 -0400
...One nice thing, is they can be deeply discharged and still be recovered. A standard battery would be toast under similar circumstances. I paid...
Dual Battery charge current
Historical mailing list - Ben Gabel
21 May 1996 17:12:17 +0100
...Incidentally, this will make the expensive leisure battery last years not months; life is (roughly) inversely proportional to average depth of discharge. Probably the...
Re: Battery isolator question
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:44:48 -0500
...Anyone been able to install the battery (deep > discharge, Walmart standard serial warranty replacement, or golf cart), a > smart isolator, and a charger under...
Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s, Relays, Saftey, and charging (Very Long)
Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:15:38 EDT
...Now lets throw our deeply discharged aux. batt. into the picture. If you've got it wired in with a chunk of thumb sized...
Re: NVC Batteries and recycling, was Re: [retitled thread] Odyessy batteries from GoWesty, other deep cy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:19:14 -0400
...Eastern Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > I notice that few deep discharge batteries have a very long warranty - > don't remember seeing...
Re: battery sizes for Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 7 May 2008 16:52:12 -0600
...cell design Military grade Resistant to vibration 60% more starting power Deep discharge reserve power2 year storage life 8-12 year design life Can...
Re: Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:42:43 -0400
...I am at the understanding that yellow is deep cycle designed to be discharged on a repeated basis, but I am wondering about the...
Car Battery FAQ 2.0
Historical mailing list
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:31:04 -0300 (ADT)
...Retest after deep discharges or jump starts for latent damage. >(See Section 4) > > >2. WHY BOTHER? > >Because only the rich can afford cheap batteries...
Re: Battery isolator question
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:26:35 -0700
...Anyone been able to install the battery (deep >> discharge, Walmart standard serial warranty replacement, or golf cart), a >> smart isolator, and a charger under...
Re: Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
Historical mailing list - James V
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 14:46:08 -0700
...wrote: > I am at the understanding that yellow is deep cycle designed to be > discharged on a repeated basis, but I am wondering about...
Re: Optima Blue D31M
Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:50:36 -0700
...An Optima, will survive multiple > deep-discharges and return to service (with appropriate Charging). A > standard Group 41 Starting battery will not survive this...
Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 3 Aug 2013 10:47:51 -0700
...enough to keep the > battery optimally healthy, especially when it's deeply discharged. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com...
Re: AGM group 41 battery choices?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 3 Jul 2013 05:48:13 -0400
...Going on year five now and they have been deeply discharged, way below 10.5v MANY times and ALWAYS come back up rapidly and...
Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Sep 2009 - Special issue (#2009-747)
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:44:02 -0700
...the first is designed to charge the starter battery, the > second is a multi-stage deep-cycle charger with equalization stage. > > The 80 Amp...
Re: Need Someone to test a Battery Saver
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:33:09 -0400
...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: Aux Battery Suggestions for under Drivers seat
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:27:01 -0400
...They have proven to be very reliable and can be deeply discharged and recharged many time without any detriment to them. Be careful if...
Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:13:37 -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...