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• Re: Inverter shuts off when connected to deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:22:38 -0800
  ...Inverter Cuts Out Your inverter is going to go into a fault mode, probably shut off, if the source battery gets to loe, usually...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:24:16 -0500
  ...i.e. "Rolls" as Dennis > pointed out. > > Did your Dodge rig have the true deep cycle batteries? (solid lead plates) > > Neil. > > > > On 7/29...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:08:08 -0500
  ...Battery life is directly related to how deep the battery is cycled each time. If a battery is discharged to 50% of capacity every...
• Re: Amp Draw on 12v RM182
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:56:04 +0200
  ...In practice you will exhaust your battery in about 7 hours. A deep cycle battery will survive this treatment longer than an ordinary starter...
• Re: 2 Deep cycle batterys & move starter to rear right engine compartment ??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:54:38 +0000
  ...2 ft from the starter motor > > > > then id have a 2 out of the way deept cycles bat for extended stop overs > > > > any comments ? > >
• Re: Optima battery for $129? The right one?
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 26 May 2000 06:59:28 -0700
  The deep cycle battery that fits under the drivers seat has the model number D750. The one in the ad sounds like a model...
• cranking battery ok as auxiliary?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Sun, 30 Apr 2000 23:32:29 -0700
  ...Aside from the problem of the more frequent replacement for the auxiliary battery as compared with a deep cycle, will this cause any other...
• Re: 2nd battery full-time?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:09:10 -0400
  ...heavy duty deep cycle battery under the rear bench. > > > > Is it ok to leave this battery connected to the main battery lead all the...
• Re: Future propane changes planned. Prepare in advance?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:02:59 -0400
  ...charge system, I rely totally on battery. In that regard, I installed a group 4D Interstate deep cycle under the back seat - 230 whopping...
• Re: aux battery and fridge
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:57:40 -0700
  ...get a norcold dc 0400 installed with > a 100 AH deep cycle battery. does anyone have an electrician that does good > work for a...
• CDN Tire: Two 6 volt vs One 12 volt battery question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:42:27 -0700
  ...6 volt: $85 CDN - Features * Deep-cycle 6 V battery can be used with solar panels as a source for stored energy when used...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:17:01 -0800
  so are there any deep cycle, group 41 batteries? bill '87 syncro westfalia On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 03:42 , mark drillock wrote...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:28:47 -0800
  ...I use this approach and cycle in a new main battery every 2 years and move the old one to the aux position. This...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: [Syncro] 2nd battery in a vanagon for lights, heat etc.
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:52:32 -0500
  ...If you are doing lights, VCR, fridge, TV, etc a car battery is NOT what you want. You need a deep cycle battery(s...
• Re: How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:10:24 -0700
  ...But for figuring the Group 41 for use as an aux battery the 55AH figure is used for comparison to deep cycle and AGM...
• 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...
• Re: Recomended Deep Cycle Battery Brand?
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:23:06 -0700
  ...Recomended Deep Cycle Battery Brand? Well, I'd love to be able to recommend my company's( Exide) Orbital Deep-Cycle, but the hacks...
• Re: deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 06 May 1996 10:16:29 -0700
  At 11:41 AM 5/6/96 -0500, Ian Webb wrote: >I just had an Interstate Battery rep walk into my office. We got...
• dual battery relays
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 23:36:54 -0400
  I have a 76 westy, and am thinking about finally getting my other battery working again (i.e. getting a new deep cycle in...
• Re[2]: Stupid questions
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Sun, 11 May 97 21:28:00 PDT
  Why doesn't your battery discharge when you leave your refrigerator on for months? That's one hell of a deep cycle battery you...
• Deep Cell Auxillary Battery...Will ANYTHING fit?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 06:54:47 -0800
  ...I found no discussion in the archives about what will fit as far as DEEP CYCLE batterys, but there is alot of Optima battery...
• Re: Batteries (I was delusional)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 14:41:39 -0800 (PST)
  rathkem@admin.ci.seattle.wa.us writes: > > I understand that periodic draining of a deep cycle > battery is a good thing because it maintains...
• Hella Aux. Battery kit
  Historical mailing list - G. Jetson
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:37:44 -0700
  ...I will be using an Optima deep cycle & would like to have it set up so I don't have to remember to switch...
• Re: optima the one for starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:53:33 -0500
  ...battery last weekend >($170), & read the instructions, yellow top batteries are listed as deep >cycle & starting batteries. If you want to use it for...
• Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:42:40 -0500
  Deep Cycle battery capacity load testing. Theory: Deep cycle batteries need to be tested differently than the normal tests used for starting batteries. The...
• 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: [Syncro] dual battery isolator - belay that
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:38:51 -0700
  ...The computerized isolators that give the >>> starting battery and deep cycle the voltage they want to see is the >>> best >>> bet, but expensive and...
• Re: Voltage surges
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 May 2010 19:01:54 -0400
  ...deep >cycle house battery. Lots of modern battery chargers will pulse-charge at more-or-less full output once the battery leaves the deep...
• Re: Fw: Deep Cycle Batts.. A Journey
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:38:31 -0800
  ...It's meaningless with a stand-alone battery. With escaped electrolyte, it's certainly possible for leakage paths to form but the path typically...
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:12:05 -0400
  ...Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator? Hi all. Battery sales person said they're made by Johnston Controls. Anyone used these? I...
• Re: Understanding Amp Hours
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:25:51 -0700
  ...you don't want to discharge a battery* more than 20 to 50 percent. "Deep cycle" batteries are exactly that: they are designed for...
• Re: Deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:16:21 -0700
  ...Deep cycle battery > It sounds like I'm probably an exception, but I had a red top that got taken to > zero only once...
• 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: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:28:33 -0500
  ...Batteries don't die, they get murdered David wrote: > Battery life is directly related to how deep the=20 > battery is cycled each time...
• Re: Cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:48:27 -0800
  ...As far as I know, it's not a deep cycle battery. Maybe time for one? I don't know. It's just really...
• Deep cycle batteries under driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 7 May 2008 20:37:28 -0700
  ...inherit;'>I have very modest electrical needs but do not want to drain<br>my starting battery, so I purchased a Group 24 battery...
• Re: Solar panel, aux. battery, generator etc...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 19:28:37 -0800
  ...I'm on the third Group 31 battery, finally got a true deep cycle from Interstate. The previous two were not deep cycle and...
• Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:35:41 -0700
  ...SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate) > > > > > > > I'm shopping for an SLA deep cycle battery in Canada. > > > > > > -- > > Neil n > > > > VE7TBN > > > > 1988 Westy 50º...
• Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:17:25 -0800
  ...The aux battery will be a 105 AH deep cycle Diehard and will live under my rear seat. Starter battery is the usual starter...
• Re: Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:59:52 -0400
  On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote: > Quit worrying > and go camping! > Bumper Sticker!!!! ;-) John Meeks...
• Aux battery pics and thanks
  Historical mailing list - Liz Maher
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:36:02 -0500
  ...We have an aux battery spot under the driver's seat but it is small, we couldn't find a deep cycle battery to...
• Re: Solar Panel: Charge Controller & Vents
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 7 May 2008 09:19:13 -0700
  ...been discussed audnauseum to say it > mildly. > THERE IS NO PROPER DEEP CYCLE BATTERY THAT WILL FIT IN THAT HOLE UNDER > THE > DRIVERS SEAT ! >
• 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
  ...is a 15% off sale on some deep cycle batteries at Canadian tire. > > > > The camping battery in my '94 westy has been weak this...
• Re: 2nd battery full-time?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:48:09 -0400
  ...heavy duty deep cycle battery under the rear bench. > > Is it ok to leave this battery connected to the main battery lead all the...
• deep cycle battery sale
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:42:45 -0400
  ...Yuasa Sealed Rechargable Lead-Acid Battery Non spillable, use in any position 12v; Nom. cap. @20 hr. rate: 24 Ah 5 year float design...
• Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:16:32 -0400
  ...that a normal cranking battery is 50% gone at 12.3V and dead at 12V....so does a deep cycle still have cranking power...
• New battery technology to watch for
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:15:44 -0700
  ...the typical group 41 50Ah battery about 25 usable Ah in deep cycle service. Comparing the 2000 cycles to the typical 200-300 of...
• Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:13:24 -0700
  ...My near new 100 AH flooded deep cycle battery (not AGM) has seen little use, is on a charger when not used, but was...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:57:44 -0700
  ...here is a 12 volt re-chargeable Lithium-ion, Group 24 100 A/H battery: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id...
• Re: auxilery battery
  Historical mailing list - Hooper, Mark
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:10:22 -0500
  ...Marine deep cycles tend to be pretty big -- though not as big as golf cart batteries. I put a Sears Diehard Marine battery (more...
• Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:59:40 -0800
  ...make sure the Optima 750U is still regarded as THE second battery. Anybody know of anything better/easier to install? If it is - anybody...
• Re: Battery Mfg. Warranty Charging Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:44:56 -0500
  I have a Universal Battery sealed deep cycle for my coach battery and a "who knows" battery for the main. I bought a trickle...
• Re: Battery Reserve Capacity Calculations - 2nd Posting
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 23:26:02 -0400
  ...m getting ready to do some Battery requirement calculations. > > Assuming a OPTIMA D750 Yellow Top Deep Cycle Battery > > Rated at 120 minutes of Reserve...
• Re: What are people using ~ Optima yellow top?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:40:18 -0800
  It really depends if you need a true deep cycle battery and the type of loads you will be putting on it. A stock...
• Re: Wal-Mart and battery stuff
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:10:32 -0500
  I agree with the other posters...don't bother with expensive deep cycle batteries...they die in 2-3 years as well. I'm...
• Re: How many , Have installed Optima as Aux Battery in Westy's?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 15:23:58 -0500
  ...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: Battery Mfg. Warranty Charging Voltage
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:49:37 -0600
  ...as long as you are not attempting to deep cycle the battery the warratee is good. jimt On Saturday, Oct 12, 2002, at 09...
• Re: Battery specs?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:15:04 -0800
  ...and sub battery specifications? > I install sub battery wiring to 87Westy now. > Then, I have already gotten Isoretor. > Does Deep Cycle Battery (Optima) conform...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Taeke
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:22:14 -0400
  ...So according to the advertisements AGM batteries can withstand deep discharges. Good for 150 to 300 cycles. Wow! A good flooded forklift battery is...