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• Re: Pure Sinewave Inverter
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:15:57 -0800
  ...with two 6 volt golf cart batteries by Roll Surrette (true deep cycles...) ... totaling 225 amp hours. Mark, can you provide a link to...
• Re: deep-cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Marco Biancardi
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 13:08:58 -1000
  ...2000 7:17 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: deep-cycle battery I did this in my van, but it is not...
• Re: westy auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 10:23:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...The bus is 6V, and I wanna run a 12V deep cycle for the fridge and any other stuff I decide to put in...
• Re: deep cycle btry: when to stop charging?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 20:06:31 -0400
  ...Bloss wrote: > > Just commandeered a deep cycle battery from our boat with which we > normally run the trolling motor. The motor has a little...
• Re: solar panels .. article in magazine
  Historical mailing list - Tom Cullen
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:20:55 -0700
  ...Have two 55 watt Siemens panels, connected to a "solar array regulator" which in turn charges my two deep cycle batteries. It provides enough...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries on sale at Canadian tire
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:12:25 -0700
  ...CS.UALBERTA.CA> wrote: > >> I was thinking to get a real deep cycle this time. > > I forgot to mention that I have been told...
• Electrial questions...
  Historical mailing list - William Carden
  Sun, 24 May 1998 10:22:00 -0400
  ...would be the best type of battery for the auxiliary, marine deep cycle, or a car type battery? And would you know what size...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:37:15 -0700
  ...More info on deep cycle hybrids, true deep cycles etc: http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm#Major%20Battery%20Types Cheers, Neil. -- Neil...
• Re: Westy large battery capacity options
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:15:54 -0400
  ...But this would be true for a stand alone big 100AH battery also, wouldn't it? (I've read elsewhere that deep cycles have...
• Building a vented enclosed battery box
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:51:58 EDT
  I would like to hear from someone who has used the Trojan T-105 deep cycle batteries as to how they built and vented...
• Re: deep-cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 10:49:24 MST
  ...CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: deep-cycle battery >Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:27:17 -0800 > >These...
• Re: Optima Deep Cycles
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 05:50:40 -0700
  ...to my question in the archives, so... > >Is there an Optima deep-cycle battery that will fit under the driver's seat >AND not...
• Re: Battery Myths-including deep cycles
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:12:50 -0500
  ...i could fit in the rear of the bus), that said, those battery (if not carefully re-charged on a Deep Cycle charger once...
• Re: Auxiliary Battery
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:09:51 -0400
  >But do you really need a deep cycle battery? Yes. I have an electric fridge in my Westy and I like to keep my...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:07:27 -0800
  ...If you have some special need that requires you to frequently run the aux battery way down then a deep cycle may be better...
• Re: Golf Cart Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:16:36 -0500
  ...True deep cycles have thicker solid plates. Mike Dennis Haynes wrote: > How are you defining a deep cycle battery so that the GC-2...
• Re: Another Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:45:07 -0800
  ...The voltage was initially set higher than stock as deep cycle batteries benefit from a hotter float charge than the stock regulator puts out...
• Re: deep cycle: best place to put? best size?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:17:48 -0600
  ...This gets 88 amp-hours of deep cycle power. This was beat to death last year and nobody could find a setup with more...
• Lowest voltage to stop using fridge
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:04:05 -0400
  ...What's the recommended lowest voltage I should allow on a deep cycle before turning off the fridge? Thanks, Bryan
• AC in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:36:29 EDT
  ...considering purchasing large solar panels to power a second 12 volt deep-cycle battery that would run a 1500 watt inverter. Any thoughts? David
• Speaking of spare batteries....which one to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:21:17 EST
  ...Should I buy a generic marine deep cycle battery or one of these Optima? batteries which some posts have spoken of? Thanks, Jason
• Battery Dimensions
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:29:07 -0700
  ...When I look at deep cycle batteries all I am finding is� group 24, 27 and 29 all of which are too tall to...
• Deep deep cycles available MPLS metro
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:48:55 -0500
  ...These will go deeper than a regular deep cycle or last more cycles if treated like a regular deep cycle, Your choice. I picked...
• Re: VoltMinder-Is it a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:25:46 -0500
  ...But deep cycle batteries are built differently. Deep cycle batteries are made of fewer very heavy lead plates that can take deep discharge without...
• Re: '81 Westy Deep-cycle/group 41 combo Q's
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Mar 1997 13:15:04
  For those who were interested in "The 12 Volt Bible", I've been given the real name and isbn number. "Your Boat's Electrical...
• Deep cycle battery problem...95 eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Jim
  Tue, 26 May 1998 11:28:30 -0700
  I have a 95 eurovan and 1st camping trip, using my furnace, by morning, the battery was almost completely drained. Is this normal or...
• Batteries: Optima vs new Exide spiral wound?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:08:11 EDT
  Exide has a new, blue case, spiral wound deep cycle for $102 with 48 mo warranty rated 50ah. Optima dealer quoted $165, 65ah, 1...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:13:49 -0600
  Benny, You sure are a schvenia----- 7 out of 10------yea right. One good one would kill you. From: BenTbtstr8 << Two is always better...
• Re: Question on Deep Cycle Battery
  Historical mailing list - Scarlet D Semko
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:51:47 -0500
  ...warranty > in January '98) I am having trouble keeping my rear deep cycle battery > charged. At first it charged not at all. Then Winnebago...
• Aux battery wire-up?
  Historical mailing list - Mick Forstag
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:41:07 -0400
  ...Just purchased a deep cycle battery, along with a regulator to allow #1, #2, or both batteries engaged. Planning to install under the rear...
• AUX AC
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:35:19 -0700
  ...what about a small string of deep cycle batteries under the rear seat, powered strictly by roof top solar panels, and an AC . . . I...
• Re: Small smart charger with equalize mode?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:41:43 -0700
  ...As my original post mentioned, my battery is a flooded cell lead-acid deep cycle battery, and Trojan specifies 15.5V for proper equalizing...
• Re: [retitled thread] Odyessy batteries from GoWesty, other deep cycle batteries
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:02:29 -0400
  ...which is what you would be doing with the more expensive deep cycle battery. I know that a number of list members take this...
• Re: Printing w HP1020 off a Deep Cycle Battery
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:59:17 -0400
  Hi Mark, What rating was your inverter? </Greg> On 9-Oct-06, at 4:52 PM, Mark Evans wrote: > I just hooked up my...
• Re: Deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:53:41 -0700
  > I am wanting input on what battery to use for my deep cycle. I curious > what options there are beyond Optima or is that...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:35:49 -0700
  ...Well this deep cycle and solar stuff is interesting. Learned more reading the FAQ's. The way my Dometic is going, (or not going...
• Re: fridge wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:04:51 +0200
  ...Mixing deep cycle and ordinary car batteries would probably mean that You are losing most of the deep cycle properties of Your setup as...
• Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 17:51:21 -0700
  Has anyone used this battery <https://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/yellowtop-deep-cycle-battery/d3478>? (*Optima YELLOWTOP® D34/78)* I believe it fits...
• Second batteries..
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Aycock
  Wed, 13 Apr 1994 00:59:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I was thinking about possibly running a deep-cycle as a a second, mostly for camping (leaving the lights and radio on, etc).. Jamie
• Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Dan Winget
  Thu, 6 Jul 2017 08:57:27 -0400
  ...I since have been using regular non deep cycle batteries from Walmart or Sam's. They last about 3 years with alot of use...
• 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: Aux battery...again
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:31:26 -0700
  ...A 12volt marine deep cycle battery may be the thing for you. On the other hand, a small solar panel kit (for computers and...
• Re: Amp Draw on 12v RM182
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:58:09 -0400
  ...Tried on the bench all winter even with two group 27 deep cycles. Not only did it wear the batteries out quickly but never...
• Re: Alternate Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Wayne Hagan
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:51:45 -0800
  Deep cycle, same animal, I purchased an Exide "Orbital" Marine Deep cycle, same spiral wound glass interior design as the Optima brand. For me...
• Re: Optima Battery
  Historical mailing list - DANIEL R HERBERT
  Thu, 6 May 1999 16:27:27 -0400
  I am in need of a deep-cycle battery. Have any Canadian list members used the Canadian Tire "Nautilus" battery, at $99.00? Has...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:40:20 -0600
  Dear "Rocket-Person": "A bargain at half the price!" That's a house-payment (large, at that) at half the price. ;>) bob _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine...
• 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...
• Re: Good Source for Aux Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:29:37 -0600
  ...has yet to find a good Group 41 or Group 48 deep cycle sealed battery that fits under the drivers seat. Mine fits cuz...
• proper Aux battery type size?
  Historical mailing list - Charles Webb
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:09:48 -0400
  ...finally got an isolator and now I can't find a deep cycle battery that will fit under the seat! Any national suppliers? Please...
• Re: 2nd Deep Cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:11:40 -0500
  According to the Optima dealer in Chattanooga, CAR TUNES ( an auto stereo guru place), one can place the Optimas on their ends, sides or...
• Re: Deep Cycle as ONLY battery?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:41:43 -0800
  As I understand it, may 4WD vehicles use Optima batteries as their primary. This is due to the problem with lead-acid batteries failing...
• Need Optima Battery retailer in MD or DE
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Estevez
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:58:28 -0500
  ...DE? I also would like a reccomendation on the proper size deep-cycle battery that would fit under the drivers side seat (85 Westy...
• Re: Good Source for Aux Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700
  ...Trojan rates the 31-AGM as a 'cycling' battery, not as a deep cycle. I'm going to be a little more careful about...
• Ideas to stop battery terminal corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 00:35:26 +0000
  I have a 100Ah deep cycle battery that grows heavy corrosion at the terminals every few months, but is otherwise good. Anyone have ideas...
• 2 batteries for the price of 1?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 13 May 2002 20:21:04 -0400
  ...In fact, so cheap that I could also buy a suitable deep-cycle battery and still cost a bit less than it would be...
• Re: Small UPS SLA batteries...deep cycle substitute?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:36:21 -0800
  ...did something similar with a previous westy - I found a 12V deep cycle > SLA, around 35 a-h as I recall, normally used in...
• Re: westy auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 13:30:22 -0800 (PST)
  > I guess you don't like the two 6volt batteries in series. >about the 1 12voly deep cycle- A friend of mine has 2...
• Re: Deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:16:21 -0700
  ...wet cell starting batts > > which are noticeably damaged upon accidental deep cycle. > > I am sold on AGM technology and my Optima's have never...
• Re: How many , Have installed Optima as Aux Battery in Westy's?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:46:55 EST
  ...While the Optima may be the most compact, convenient, and powerful choice (and expensive) for the space available, mounting two 6 volt deep cycle...
• Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 9 Jun 2021 19:03:20 -0700
  ...https://1drv.ms/a/s!AqaEiIhKCAKbkfxC6ArlPPtJEkXjcQ > > This tray will hold a 200 A/H battery such as MR197-200 Deep Cycle, High performance AGM...