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• (Fwd) Re: '81 Westy Deep-cycle/group 41 combo Q's
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:12:33 +0200
  ...Even with moderate (30% discharge) use, initial charge currents can be in the region of 25 to 30 Amps. Don't leave much spare...
• Re: Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 6 May 2010 12:47:19 -0700
  Mike South wrote: > Also there's the drive-by-information factor--if there is some reason > to avoid using a discharged battery with a...
• Old alternative driving light proposal reviewed
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 29 Jun 1997 14:09:37 -0700
  I'd read that high-end Audi and BMWs had gas discharge headlamps earlier, so while reading about the new VW Passat, I found...
• 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: Veterans Chili 11.11.11
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:55:00 -0800
  ...Enlisted 9/17/46 and discharged as Private 1st Class 2/7/48. Joined the Army reserves, promoted to a 2nd Lieutenant and used...
• deep cycle batteries?
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 02:21:18 -0400
  ...its main advantage that it can power the appliances longer (in ADDITION to its ability to handle being discharged repeatedly)? Thanks david '87 camper
• 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: Finding a slow battery drain
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:55:54 -0500
  ...where if left for a few weeks the battery will fully discharge. Any idea on how to troubleshoot and find such a problem? Thanks...
• Re: Bosch injector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:18:02 -0500
  ...Bosch injector How do they fire? Pulses per ignition discharge? is it a dwell? This is the question going around the office.
• 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...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:29:50 -0500
  ...The fridge draws 8 amps/hour and will discharge a ne= w starting battery in 6-7 hours, the first time. Every time the...
• Re: Sylvania Silverstar?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 May 2002 02:26:59 -0400
  ...SilverStar illuminates with a searing intensity, >exceeded only by far more expensive High Intensity Discharge lighting. >SilverStar is fueled by advanced design and backed...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Aug 2017 22:24:14 -0400
  ...It doesn't conduct until the + line is grounded; then the cap discharges through it. Yrs, d On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 10...
• Parallel Batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 May 1999 12:54:11 -0400
  ...Same size, same type, same capacity, *same age* and number of charge-discharge cycles; and 2) the batteries are then treated identically, i.e...
• Re: Optima Battery
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:26:44 -0500
  ...The thinner plates of a starting > battery won't last for as many deep discharge/charge cycles as can > the thicker plates of a...
• Re: New battery is dead
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:40:58 -0400
  ...It is annoying considering I know the > battery is going to die from being 100% discharged too many times.
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:36:44 -0400
  ...I attach a garden hose to direct the discharge to a five gallon container for inspection, minimize spillage and proper disposal. You can also...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower Contraption
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:01:03 -0600
  ...their internal storage tank for water and replumbing the pump to discharge out theis unused Fridge vent. Maybe someone can post some pics or...
• 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 - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:30:34 -0400
  ...Your load is full discharge in 1/2 hour. 2 hours discharge rate is really a practical limit. Also 45 minutes is not charging...
• Re: Battery current limiting device??
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Tue, 21 May 1996 14:14:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Fine. >Dwight, I'm not familiar with either of these. > >>> >>>But a problem remains when the aux battery is heavily discharged and >>>the vehicle...
• Re: Costco Group 47 - cheap aux battery option
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:38:51 +0000
  ...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: 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...
• NVC: Me
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 2 May 2014 23:45:06 -0500
  ...I am though :) I was in the hospital for six days then discharged. Will likely be off work for at least a month. The...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:02:49 -0700
  So where is this "employee" located? I'll be sure to stay away that shop! --- :^) Neil. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:57...
• Return or an old problem
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Sun, 10 Aug 1997 22:38:24 -0500
  ...I should add that the battery had completely discharged. After a week, the same problem reoccured. Two questions: 1. Just before this all started...
• Shorten Aux Battery Recharge Time
  Historical mailing list - lchase
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:36:30 -0800
  ...I want to shorten the recharge time for a fully discharged Optima 750 Deep Cell Battery to around 2 hrs while driving. What if...
• Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:42:58 +1300
  ...Canada V2J 3J2 Those are not genuine HID (ie xenon gas-discharge) lights as are supplied OEM in certain models; real HIDs run at...
• 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: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 06:54:16 -0700
  If you're reporting an accurate version of what the guy said, then back away from the idiot. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott On...
• 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...
• Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:54:21 +0000
  ...lookout for cops).  If I have more bad luck and battery discharges to the point of no-start, what would I do?  I have...
• yellow top battery
  Historical mailing list - Robert Mac Dowell
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 21:35:13 -0400
  ...I have discharged this battery to 11.5 volts and lower at least 100 times. I repeatedly run my fridge (vitro frigo)on high...
• 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...
• Re: '91 Camper Comments
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Mon, 3 Oct 94 21:06:20 PDT
  > > > Actually, the air being discharged from the A/C vents should be pretty > dry. Most of the moisture will be condensed out when the...
• Battery/Invert Questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:26:27 -0700
  Hey all - I too have the optima that I've never been able to fully discharge - (though I haven't really tried) - it's...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:36 -0700
  Nitwit On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:57 AM, mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> wrote: > Before I write off the friendly Advance Auto...
• Anybody Tried MSD Ignition On WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:39:52 EST
  ...According to MSD propoganda the multi spark discharge through 20 degrees of rotation is supposed to promote more complete combustion, etc.. The wiring of...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:41:48 -0600
  ...one square!!! the type on the back of certain CRT can discharge 10k volts at almost an amp. This is more than enough to...
• 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...
• 83.5 Westfalia questions
  Historical mailing list - Rio Rafael
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:29:18 -0800
  ...This drain pipe discharges right behind the propane tank. Does this drain the water storage tank (clean water) or the refuse water from the...
• Re: Aux battery relay
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:47:04 -0700
  ...Now shut the car off and give someone a jump start from your main battery (or do something else to discharge your main battery...
• Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:24:29 -0500
  Discharge a CO2 extinguisher on it to super cool it. Then quickly heat the threaded receptacle with a propane torch while applying turning pressure...
• Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:07:42 -0700
  ...My husband said the aux battery was also discharged. I made sure the ceiling light and stereo were off. I don't know what...
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 5 May 2001 12:53:01 -0500
  ...Hook a jumper up on the fuelpump and run a tube from the pump discharge side to a gallon can and run the pump...
• R12 or R134?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:41:13 -0700
  ...So my theory is that there is a slow leak (6 months or so to fully discharge). So, any advice on the pros & cons...
• Re: Adding the second battery to the early vanagon ('80)
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 23:59:16 -0400
  The problem with just connecting the second battery in parallel is that they both discharge at the same rate and at the same time...
• Re: 12V fridge necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:03:42 -0500
  ...For the most part, the amp/hour rating is for 100% discharge. You never want to go below 80% as some battery damage occurs...
• 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: New battery is dead
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:57:47 -0700
  ...It is annoying considering I know the > battery is going to die from being 100% discharged too many times.
• re: deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Mon, 06 May 1996 12:43:08 -0400
  ...Stinger dry cell Power Master (Model SPB-1000) True Deep-cycle battery Withstands more than 400 cycles of 100% discharge 6 9/16"L...
• 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: 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: Danger - Jump Starting with AC on !
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:34:30 -0400
  ...the battery on that car was badly discharged due to a malfunctioning alternator. in fact, the car konked out and coasted into its parking...
• 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: How many , Have installed Optima as Aux Battery in Westy's?
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:59:46 -0500
  ...the fuse has blown several times after the Optima was > fully discharged, but replacing the fuse always allowed it to get > recharged. > I recently...
• Re: bus depot (My last one ! I swear!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:38:50 -0800
  ...short with you all and perhaps some of you should be discharged, or at least grounded. Could we switch to a hot topic, maybe...
• fire extinguishers, custom mounts etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:26:50 -0700
  I just obtained a 3# Halon extinguisher to replace the tubby dry chemical unit I have had in the van ever since I discharged...
• Aircooled Heater control box question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:01:25 -0800
  ...So no matter if the lever was on heat or not the heater air was being discharged out of the box & not channeled into...