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Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:52:59 -0700
...Not to argue with what David wrote, but Odyssey claims 400 cycles to 100% depth of discharge. Maybe "100% depth of discharge" has a...
Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:23:51 -0400
...I was just looking at an off-grid site that figures you get best lifetime cost if you limit your discharge depth not to...
Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:28:33 -0500
...Not to argue with what David wrote, but Odyssey claims 400 cycles to 100% depth of discharge. Maybe "100% depth of discharge" has a...
Re: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:31:49 -0700
Hi Jeffrey -- you can sorta determine depth of discharge based on voltage, or you can get a more accurate handle on it by checking...
Re: Alternators and batteries-Optima
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:55:55 +0000
...So they claim 400 cycles at 80% depth of discharge, (DOD). A good flooded deep cycle battery will give 1,200-1,500 cycles...
Batteries don't die, they get murdered
Historical mailing list - David Etter
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:07:07 -0700
...avoid data such as "DISCHARGE and CHARGE RATES, DEPTH OF DISCHARGE". They know that if we believed batteries required far more care than their...
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: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:20:11 -0700
...Jeff On Jun 9, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Mike Elliott wrote: > Hi Jeffrey -- you can sorta determine depth of discharge based on > voltage...
Re: A/C, Rear, Shroud
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 05:24:33 +0000
The evaporator fans discharge directly at the face of the A/C cabinet. The plenum attaches at that point. There are a few turning...
Re: Any wood worker cabinetmakers?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:57:54 EST
...discharge the sawdust without burning the wood. There are many sources which will tell you the rules of thumb of kerf spacing and depth...
Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:08:08 -0500
...avoid data such as "DISCHARGE and CHARGE RATES, DEPTH OF DISCHARGE". They know that if we believed batteries required far more care than their...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:37:52 -0700
Hi Warren, from what I've read a good deep cycle battery will give you hundreds of cycles to 80% depth of discharge. You...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:25:59 -0400
...With an extra 3" of depth....there might be a 100AH battery that will fit in there ...????? Comments on this? Also, I keep reading...
Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:45:47 -0800
...15Ah, typ.), so adding the electric blanket would increase the depth of discharge to over 50%. That's acceptable assuming that I will have...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:23:53 -0600
...12" of length and 7" of > useful > width there already....the limiting factor is the shallow depth. > With an > extra 3" of depth....there...
Re: Removing chrome window trim
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:00:46 -0700
...er, maintenance techniques including, I am told, an in-depth presentation on the history of the sparking plug followed by a spirited performance by...
Re: aux. battery
Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
Fri, 01 Nov 1996 11:49:36 -0800
...want to find >the biggest, meanest deep discharge battery that will still fit in that >little, depth challenged space. When I took the Westie...
Dual Battery charge current
Historical mailing list - Ben Gabel
21 May 1996 17:12:17 +0100
...Incidentally, this will make the expensive leisure battery last years not months; life is (roughly) inversely proportional to average depth of discharge. Probably the...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:59:39 -0700
...With an > extra 3" of depth....there might be a 100AH battery that will fit in > there ...????? > > Comments on this? > > Also, I keep reading...
Re: Trickle Charger (follow up 182 Amps)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:44:09 -0400
...Batteries should be sized for a 5 hour discharge to 80% DOD, (depth of discharge), minumum. The Optima is rated at ~ 55 A/H...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:41:52 -0500
...The biggest danger to a discharged battery is the possibility of freezing but if that did not happen you are likely OK. While holding...
Re: Removing chrome window trim
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:25:21 -0400
...er, > maintenance techniques including, I am told, an in-depth presentation on > the history of the sparking plug followed by a spirited performance by...
Re: Trickle Charger (follow up 182 Amps)
Historical mailing list - Brian McCartney
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:54:41 -0700
...Batteries should be sized for a 5 hour discharge to 80% DOD, (depth of discharge), minumum. The Optima is rated at ~ 55 A/H...
Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:48:53 -0800
...to 400 cycles at 80% depth of > discharge. With twice the overall power and three times the life of > conventional batteries, the ODYSSEY battery...
batteries: some more general info ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 02 May 94 16:32:24 CDT
...It will typically lose half of its capacity after 50 discharge-recharge cycles. (A heavy discharge is one that removes all but 20 percent...
Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:02:37 -0700
...12" of length and 7" of > > useful > > width there already....the limiting factor is the shallow depth. > > With an > > extra 3" of depth....there...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:20:16 -0800
...The biggest danger to a > discharged battery is the possibility of freezing but if that did not happen > you are likely OK. While holding...
Dometic PORTABLE Refrigerator (with 3 way power)
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:52:56 -0500
...offered at a list price of $422.65. Dimensions are listed as 17.8' height and 22.3" width (curiously, no specific depth is...
Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:13:37 -0800
...Snow's at something like 100'' of depth. For Westy-related fun I like to spot Vanagons in town. Yesterday I saw four, one...
How to Select the Right Battery (long)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 17 Aug 97 22:32:12 CDT
...Here's why: * Depth of discharge: Battery life expectancy is seriously shortened by deep discharges (see Figure 2). For a reasonable lifetime, no more...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:31:57 -0500
...The biggest danger to a > discharged battery is the possibility of freezing but if that did not happen > you are likely OK. While holding...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:38:47 -0800
...to 400 cycles at 80% depth of >> discharge. With twice the overall power and three times the life of >> conventional batteries, the ODYSSEY battery...
Re: battery sizes for Vanagons on wiki
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Thu, 8 May 2008 09:31:26 -0700
...it fits perfectly in height and depth, and leaves a little space on the side for all your aux wiring and a surepower 1315...
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 normally let it get below 50% depth of discharge anyway. > > I'm not arguing that the relay system has all the...
Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:50:42 -0800
...I don't normally let it get below 50% depth of discharge anyway. I'm not arguing that the relay system has all the...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:25:12 -0500
...Snow's at something like > 100'' of depth. > > For Westy-related fun I like to spot Vanagons in town. Yesterday I saw > four, one...
Re: Solar panel question
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:12:31 -0800
...Expanded the to [sic] account for depth of discharge history (end quote) As well as a bunch of other nice but not essential features...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:23:24 -0800
...Snow's at something like >> 100'' of depth. >> >> For Westy-related fun I like to spot Vanagons in town. Yesterday I saw >> four, one...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:59:25 -0500
...Snow's at something like >>> 100'' of depth. >>> >>> For Westy-related fun I like to spot Vanagons in town. Yesterday I saw >>> four, one...
Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:54:19 -0800
...Snow's at something like >>>> 100'' of depth. >>>> >>>> For Westy-related fun I like to spot Vanagons in town. Yesterday I saw >>>> four, one...
Re: Trickle charging battery with 1.8W solar panel = failure
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:24:35 -0700
...This would give the charger > a chance to correct any self-discharge of the battery, but not let > it stay on long enough to...
Re: Trickle charging battery with 1.8W solar panel = failure
Historical mailing list - mike .
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:31:03 -0700
...This would give the charger >> a chance to correct any self-discharge of the battery, but not let >> it stay on long enough to...
Re: Water pump replacement
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:56:33 -0500
...side of the water pump just above the oil filter and see if there is any evidence that there has been a discharge from...
Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:35:19 -0600
...The sudden discharge of CO2 drops the temperature way below freezing thereby lowering the ignition point of whatever was burning, as well as displaces...