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Subject:Re: How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?
From:Mike
Date:Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:39:49 -0400

A 110 AH battery is about 12" by 12" and weighs about 80 lbs.

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?

> RE:  based on a rated 90-110 Ah reserve capacity on a Gr 41 battery.
>
> Based on the usual rating of batteries the Group 41 is about a 55 or 60 AH
> battery.  But such ratings are really muddled by the vendors especially
> for
> starting batteries, whole bunch of mixed terminology.  But for figuring
> the
> Group 41 for use as an aux battery the 55AH figure is used for comparison
> to
> deep cycle and AGM batteries normally used for other than starting
> purposes
> where a heavy load (like starting) is not a primary criteria.
>