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• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:32:53 -0400
  ...If the wire is skinnier, then its resistance will limit the initial flow of current into the battery. But as the battery comes up...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:24:38 -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: Battery response try again.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:06:40 -0400
  ...Battery response try again. > > Replying mostly so everyone sees the message. > > Is this drop down trey where the start battery is or another compartment...
• 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
  ...Battery 1 was wired > to charger and would > act as the starting battery in a vehicle setup. > Battery 2 was wired to > the inverter...
• Re: Pure Sine Wave Inverter
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:42:51 -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: Solar
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 6 May 2008 21:50:57 -0700
  ...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: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:43:24 -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: Using old phones as an intercom in your VW bus
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 02:25:58 -0500
  ...We'd charge the carbon particles wit ha 12v car battery, but a simple 9V Energizer battery would do as well. There was a...
• Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 06:43:02 -0400
  The sure power is just one brand, example of battery combiners. You're right, the 12.8 volt cut off is too high to...
• 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
  ...Battery 1 was wired >> to charger and would >> act as the starting battery in a vehicle setup. >> Battery 2 was wired to >> the inverter...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:19:41 -0700
  ...A service warning if > you disconnect a battery this will still connect both if the either bank is > getting charged from any source. > > > > While...
• Heater, 3 Group 31 Batteries, PureSineWave, Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:33:41 -0800
  ...The driver side battery would be the starting battery, while the other two would be a house battery bank (wired in parallel). A relay...
• Re: Overheated wire junction on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:30:10 -0400
  ...A #8 from alternator to charge control relay and then to your house battery bank. Then a #4 ground from alternator case/mount/bracket...
• Re: Vanagon Reliability-final comment?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks, RN,CDE
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 03:07:17 +1100
  ...Replaced starter (didn't fix problem...found later that the > battery was shot. was original after 9 years). > 2. Replaced clutch (fried original in...
• Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:24:55 -0600
  ...But as long as I have my own drawings of where the wires are going and what fuse panel and which battery bank, etc...
• Re: CDN Tire: Two 6 volt vs One 12 volt battery question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:52:21 -0700
  ...cycle lead acid battery > * Designed to be used with Xantrex PowerHub 1800 (11-1877) or as part of any battery bank for > a > renewable...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:08:22 -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...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:12:46 -0400
  ...Once the battery is as fully charged as possible, start the conditioning/equalizing charge. <br><br> For maximum battery life, a battery must be...
• OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Andree
  Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:07:45 -0700
  ...I'm not sure what I can get for it...? Thanks! Andree � Andree Hurley��� ��� ��� ��� Broker��� ��� ��� ��� ��� Coldwell Banker Bain Lake Union http://andreehurley.com/�� ��� http...
• A newbie needing hard starting help
  Historical mailing list - Rene Ditton
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:38:33 -0700
  ...We had the battery tested, it tested fine and all of the connections were checked. I just found a string that suggested changing out...
• Re: Now charging of house batteries Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:39:35 -0800
  ...When= > the battery is fully charged a very short pulse of current is applied to= > the battery every 4 seconds to keep the battery...
• FS: 86 Syncro $4200, in RI
  Historical mailing list - Drew Jenkins
  Sun, 24 May 1998 17:11:50 -0400
  ...We have never gone "off-roading" but we have on occasion used it on the beaches of the Outer Banks in NC. Vehicle has...
• Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:14:13 -0700
  I have eyeballed that wheelchair battery scheme and agree that charging has to be handled carefully. strapping them to the output of the alternator...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:23:40 -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...
• how to plan solar
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 11:27:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Ideally your battery bank should be sized for five days of storage. For example, if you use 10 Amps of current for five hours...
• Re: Westfalia owners
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:37:48 -0400
  ...Even if > you are willing to add a serious battery bank like those in big sail > boat is still not a viable solution. This...
• Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:50:53 -0400
  ...When I tested the Norcold DC-0040 years ago, I started with a fresh group 91 Interstate starting battery (80 a/h), mid-summer...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:29:38 -0700
  ...A service warning if > >> you disconnect a battery this will still connect both if the either > bank is > >> getting charged from any source. > >>> > >>> While...
• Offer - VW Volkswagen Solar Panel Battery Charger
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:02:35 -0700
  ...Second Chance Offer - VW Volkswagen > Solar Panel Battery Charger > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:38:33 -0700 > > Yes, that would be great. Thank...
• Re: Optima Blue D31M
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:22:33 -0700
  ...A couple of tenths of a volt here and there will not have a significant impact on charging a battery in general. The voltage...
• Rolled Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 Jan 95 22:13:33 EST
  ...he fell asleep at the wheel (me and mom were already dozing) and the car drove over the shoulder and down the bank right...
• Re: 82 AIRCOOLED STARTING ISSUE
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:03:46 -0800
  ...Randy's Foreign Car Clinic 5328 Banks St San Diego, CA 92110 Phone number (619) 299-2994 Rich San Diego ________________________________ From: thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET...
• Re: Installing a keg
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:14:00 -0700
  ...The vanagon had the reg fridge removed and replaced with a heater and some other stuff like a really big battery bank and charger...
• Re: Electrical is not my strength
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:57:11 -0400
  ...With the relay close during cranking effectively the 2 battery banks will both try to operate the starter and with a fused circuit the...
• Re: Electric Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:06:21 -0500
  ...than a battery, and can accept and give their charge quickly (and fully) billions of times? How about a large bank of 1 Farad...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:38:23 -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: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:01:19 -0800
  ...Had eight stations to keep running continuously, battery bank was close to fifty batteries total. We flunkies on the project were constantly charging batteries...
• Re: solar question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 23:32:25 -0400
  Hey Mervyn, With an efficient fridge and enough amp hours in your battery bank you should be really happy with a 130 watt. I...
• Re: Dual-Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:51:37 -0700
  ...There are lots of applications where multiple batteries are connected together to create a larger battery bank. It is not voodoo. Boats do it...
• Re: Reconditioned Battery Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:05:34 -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: Offer - VW Volkswagen Solar Panel Battery Charger
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:33:54 -0400
  ...Second Chance Offer - VW Volkswagen > > Solar Panel Battery Charger > > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:38:33 -0700 > > > > Yes, that would be great. Thank...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:02:13 -0400
  ...The battery banks are usually in the air conditioned room. Look at the Battery tender web site. Somewhat generic but look at the charging...
• Re: Outside magazine article Vanagon/Sprinter content
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:11:57 -0400
  ...The early Sprinter (I think it was an 01) battery went dead and it corrupted the coding in the ECU so the immobilizer would...
• Re: 12V meter with USB and cigar lighter outlets
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:25:30 -0500
  ...placed it last in order to check my >> voltage >> on my battery bank. d'oh! it'd be nice to have a fixed meter...
• headlight aiming, was Re: Small UPS SLA batteries...deep cycle substitute?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:38:48 -0800
  ...alistair On 2012-01-11, at 9:33 AM, David Beierl wrote: > At 11:59 AM 1/11/2012, Aaron wrote: >> Yeah, the bank...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:17:37 -0700
  ...At my own choice and option I am now rebuilding the kitchen and adding bigger battery bank, and a furnace. When I finish that...
• Re: went 2 c that CDN 87
  Historical mailing list - Duane Fahey
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:15:28 -0400
  ...I need to do the banking stuff too, which means I should probably go during the week. So, he replaced the odometer? Are you...
• Re: OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:31:36 -0400
  ...I can get for it...? > > Thanks! > > Andree > > > > Andree Hurley > > Broker > Coldwell Banker Bain Lake Union > http://andreehurley.com/ > http://andreehurley.cbbain.com > > > > ________________________________ > �From: Jim...
• questions from a Vanagon novice
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 08:43:34 -0500
  ...Does anyone have experience with having a second battery to provide these services? What kind of battery should I get, how do I connect...
• Re: Electric Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:49:02 -0800
  ...than a battery, and can accept and give their charge quickly (and fully) billions of times? How about a large bank of 1 Farad...
• Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:51:32 -0700
  ...run an inverter off the alternator and use it to power a 120VAC smart > charger, i.e., > > alternator --> inverter --> 120VAC/12VAC charger --> house battery...
• High idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Rene Ditton
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:02:33 -0700
  ...We had the battery tested, it tested fine and all of the connections were checked. I just found a string that suggested changing out...
• Re: Trailer hitch, other Parts For Sale...
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:00:12 -1000
  ...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: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:03:41 -0400
  ...The battery banks are usually in the air conditioned room. Look at the Battery tender web site. Somewhat generic but look at the charging...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:08:35 -0700
  ...The battery banks are usually in the air conditioned room. Look at the Battery tender web site. Somewhat generic but look at the charging...
• Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:59:36 -0700
  ...When I tested the Norcold DC-0040 years ago, I started > with a fresh group 91 Interstate starting battery (80 a/h), mid-summer...
• RE: Defiled!! (By some sorry individual)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 10:21:42 -0700
  ...how to weld while working on the *(#)$#% battery tray for my truck?? I've got bankers hours free Saturday and Sunday night, or weeknights...
• Hello again, Brakes, No-Start, Coolant bleeder, 1985 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Banks
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:43:05 -0500
  ...The battery is fine, brand new. Is the solution the Ford solenoid? where can i find the details on this? As far as helping...
• Re: questions from a Vanagon novice
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:14:04 -0500
  ...Does anyone have > experience with having a second battery to provide these services? What > kind of battery should I get, how do I connect...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:18 -0400
  ...The battery banks are usually in the air conditioned >room. > >Look at the Battery tender web site. Somewhat generic but look at the >charging...