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Re: dead house battery / fully charged house battery?
Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 18:00:04 -0500
...I had a similar issue and it was a bad ground connection from the house battery. Walk down the wires and make sure they...
Sunforce 60113 For Aux battery
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:35:51 -0400
I have the standard configuration (relay) for my Aux battery in my 84 Westy. My goals were to provide a source for my inverter...
Re: 2nd battery; two questions
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:07:35 -0700
> First, let me point out that my '84 7 passenger came from the factory > without a sealed or vented battery box for the MAIN...
Re: What is THE best battery ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:12:24 -0800
If all you want is a giant 12 volt lead acid battery, Check out truck sizes, or ones for bulldozers. I've seen them...
Re: Battery venting, etc.
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 07:01:25 -0400
> Also, I'd like to know the size wire I should use to connect the auxiliary > battery positive to the starter battery battery. I...
Re: Battery Life
Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:22:13 -0800
...Obviously this > is a major contributor to short battery life. > > Naturally, plain old use wears out a battery. The more a battery is > cycled...
AAA What's the best starting battery for my Westie Camper?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Ham
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:31:33 -0400
I need a new starting battery for my '90 Camper. I'm not running dual batteries so I want a battery that can stand...
Re: battery read above the fridge
Historical mailing list - Steve Mozurkewich
Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:55:21 -0600
I'm thinking of buying a electronic 12v battery reader. I'm just wondering where the power went of if the reading is inaccurate...
re battery box
Historical mailing list - patrick
Tue, 4 May 2004 20:01:16 -0500
I took my battery box lid off cut it in half with my dremal and then attached hinges to the two halves. I also...
Re: Golf cart battery source
Historical mailing list - Troy
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:00:57 -0800
...It's certainly a 12 V, not a 6 volt battery. Wheelchair battery sounds right. As I said, it's been a few years...
part # for non-hella 2nd battery relay?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:59:08 -0600
Anyone know of a part number for a non-hella (cheaper) relay that can be used for 2nd battery setup in a van without...
Re: Battery draw
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:43:30 -0700
...short somewhere that's draining battery, and no output from alternator. Check the first by disconnecting the ground strap from the battery and, with...
Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:39:23 -0700
...In my case I'm using an AGM battery, in a battery box, under the rear seat. Since the AGM is a sealed battery...
Re: Short Question
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 11 May 2010 17:17:15 -0700
Stupid question, but is B+ from the main battery to the back side of S3 disconnected? Looking at 97.210 in Bentley B+ to...
Re: Battery explosion
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Sun, 1 Jun 2008 07:14:03 -0700
...Is there any reason to suspect that the battery had been overvoltaged by a funky voltage regulator? Only because Andrew describes a battery failure...
Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! Battery lifting strap!
Historical mailing list - James
Tue, 7 Jul 2015 22:01:39 -0400
...Finding the PERFECT starter battery! Battery lifting strap! > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > pretty stupid. > Amazon thinks people will believe this tool is $ 149...
Re: Main battery tight fit
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:52:33 EDT
The battery is definately a tight fit, but... One thing I mention in case you don't know--although you probably do-- If you...
Re: Something draining my battery
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Dec 2011 02:52:20 -0500
First of all you should never disconnect the battery while the engine is running. The battery is part of an engineered load and filter...
Re: Aux battery relay
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:47:04 -0700
Put a voltmeter across the posts of the aux battery and take a reading. Now start the car and see if the reading increases...
Re: Onboard Battery Charger
Historical mailing list - andy.highland
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:31:04 -0700
I use this charger with an odyssey pc1200 AGM battery: http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-chargers/12-volt/5-10amps/ GU2611-1.html -andy...
Re: Battery Removal on '85 Westy...
Historical mailing list - k1cajun
Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:30:00 -0500
...Now you can have a friend sit there and watch you take the battery out. The hardest part for me was the battery cable...
Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:37:58 -0400
>I called my local Sears whose batteries I always use - answer "No >battery listed for Vanagon". >Question: Where do I get a battery for...
deep cycle replacement for the main battery
Historical mailing list - Mark Bus
Wed, 2 Jul 2003 12:54:28 -0700
Has anyone found a deep cycle battery that will fit where the main battery goes under the passenger seat? This current battery is a...
Re: battery powered block heaters?
Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:52:45 -0400
Chuck Wrote: >>Battery powered block heaters?? I don't think so... Sure there are battery powered block heaters: http://www.espar.com/htm/Specs...
Re: Primary battery ventilation?
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 15:20:38 -0400
Ron, There is a small hole beneath the battery in my 91', I was going to run a tube into it. This possible since...
Re: Main battery tight fit
Historical mailing list - PB
Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:03:55 -0700
I recently went through a battery "adventure," and ended up with a Group 41 battery from Pep Boys that fits fine. I was about...
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: Deep cycle battery - 85 Home Made Westfalia
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:26:57 -0700
My relay in the battery box has an internal diode it seems. Disconnects the fridge from the main battery when the motor isn't...
Which Optima for starting battery?
Historical mailing list - Joe Curro
Sun, 19 May 2002 13:49:41 -0400
I desparately need a starting battery for my 87 Westy. I am considering an Optima, but I don't know which one is appropriate...
Charging the battery
Historical mailing list - PB
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:27:24 -0700
I've had my 1990 Westy for 2 weeks and I already have a dead battery. This doesn't alarm me very much because...
starting from aux battery
Historical mailing list - Mike South
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:40:40 -0500
Hi, I have the gowesty aux battery setup in my 85 Westy AT. I think my starter battery is dying, but I just put...
Re: Costco Group 47 - cheap aux battery option
Historical mailing list - Mike
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:22:53 -0400
...Costco Group 47 - cheap aux battery option > After my Group 42 Aux battery died, I went on the hunt for a cheap > replacement. Since...
Re: stupid question of the day . . .
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:58:40 -0700
normally the battery behind the passenger's seat is the primary and starting battery, and that's the one you'd jump start too...
Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
Historical mailing list - Karl
Tue, 4 Jul 2017 10:55:35 -0700
...http://westyventures.com/batterybox%20(6).JPG I had two of these installed in parallel at the 'only' battery system, mTDI Syncro. No combiner...
Auxiliary battery set-up for Vanagon $ For Sale $
Historical mailing list - Danny C.
Tue, 18 May 2010 14:05:51 -0700
I am selling 4, 22 amp hour sealed lead acid battery's they are only a few months old. there are 4 batterys and...
Re: Aux Battery Again
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:27:12 -0400
I would probably wire the radio to this battery also. "Bill Davidson" <wdavidson@thegrid.net> on 08/17/2000 11:52:05 AM To...
Battery Under Rear Seat Install
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 14 May 2001 11:53:25 -0400
I put a second Group 41 battery under my rear seat of my '85 camper. I ran both + and - leads right to the starter...
Re: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:12:23 -0700
Chris, Normally the starter battery is on the passenger side and the auxiliary battery is on the driver's side... but I've never...
Re: Charging the battery
Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:56:29 -0700
I find that two pair of vise grips make it easy to lift the battery straight out by the terminals. A piece of plastic...
Re: Weekender Second Battery Question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:13:20 -0500
...Weekender Second Battery Question Good Morning Folks, I'm trying to figure out how the second battery set up works in my '85 Weekender...
Aux. Battery Works! Yay!
Historical mailing list - PB
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:01:43 -0700
I was just about to have my auxiliary battery wired to power the interior lights, fridge, and stereo when hubby told me to test...
Re: Is this battery charger any good?
Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:58:51 -0800
I just purchased an identical model sold under another name by Batterymart after a great deal of research and agonizing over a 24/7...
Battery almost disaster
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 23 Aug 2014 11:36:17 -0400
...Very strange as I had a trickle charger and the battery showed charged. after trying the car I put on my fast charger and...
Re: size of battery compartment
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:56:08 -0400
...The camping battery under the driver's seat is the same size, > so you are stuck with using another car battery. > > I decided that...
Re: VLVC - Battery experience with WalMart
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 23:50:32 -0400
Wal-mart tracks the battery serial numbers at the point of sale. They know when it was bought. Great deal for the "house" battery...
FW: [Syncro] Wiring And Amperage Tips For 2nd Battery & Winching
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Fri, 4 Aug 2000 17:18:26 -0400
...To charge the battery, I attach a jumper cable from the driving battery to the positive post on the seat base. Take the jumper...
Re: Starting Batteries
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Wed, 1 Jan 2003 15:09:43 -0500
...I had to put a new battery in my camper yesterday. The reference guide the Interstate dealers use recommends using the Group 91 battery...
Re: removing battery
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:10:40 -0800
...The battery post clamp strap is the best way and if you can't find one and you do manage to get the battery...
Re: Westfalia 2nd battery questions...
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 19 May 2003 18:17:15 -0700
...This will put the radio, interior lights, clock, and cig lighter all on the 2nd battery. 1 wire does it. Mark David Marshall wrote...
Re: Westy battery indicator light below sink
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:05:51 -0500
Your battery should be in the green until you use it for an extended amount of time. Do you have an auxillary battery under...
Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:04:59 -0400
...Vehicle battery, no load, 14.3 vdc Vehicle battery, full load, 13.66 vdc (AC, fridge, headlights) Aux battery, no load, 14.2 vdc...
Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:03:34 -0500
...A small solar panel (solar Battery Trickle Charger) (like f.ex. http://www.amazon.com/Sunforce-50022-Battery-Trickle-Charger/dp/B0006JO0TC/ref=pd...
Re: Auxiliary Battery
Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:00:01 -0700
...Busch wrote: ><snip> But do you really need a deep cycle battery? I just >replaced my aux battery (yesterday in fact). I went with...
Aux battery function, how?
Historical mailing list - Glommen, Jon
Mon, 10 May 1999 08:36:35 -0700
I have an '86 Vanagon Westy 1/2 camper that has an aux battery. I don't know if it was fitted from the...
Sears battery for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - =David-M=
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 12:18:39 -0400
My Vanagon battery is kaput. Two deep discharges within a coupole of months destroyed it (1. theft alarm failed to cut out, 2. parking...
Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:35:15 -0800
Hello, Unfortunately, my Vanagon sometimes sits for months and the battery runs down. Does anyone know of an easy way to jump start a...
What does my battery light mean
Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
Tue, 5 Apr 2005 11:24:04 -0800
When Is start up the van, the battery light comes on and stays on until I really rev the engine. Does the battery light...
Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:17:54 -0500
...Battery isolator > > Just a reminder for those interested in adding a second battery, that I > sell > a genuine Hella dual-battery relay kit designed...
Batteries don't die, they get murdered
Historical mailing list - David Etter
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:07:07 -0700
...http://www.phrannie.org/battery.html http://www.wheelchairjunkie.com/batteryrules.html http://www.vonwentzel.net/Battery/00.Glossary/ http://www.batterystuff.com/tutorial...
Re: What I Learned from Trojan Battery's tech support guy
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:54:14 -0600
I was planning on using a battery charger/tender to my westy when I install a deep cycle!! I have one in my fishn...