Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:55:33 -0700
Reply-To: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
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From: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
Subject: Re: dual battery? hobigesuss!/Lets try this again!
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The Hella Kit is an inferior product and that is not meant to bash Ron who I
think runs a good business and generally offers good products.
The Hella Kit is inferior on two counts:
1. Price.
As described to me the kit includes a Hella relay of unknown rating, a fuse
holder with 15 amp fuse, assorted wires (estimated to be 14 gauge), and a
wiring diagram.
Cost: $17 plus shipping.
You can buy a Bosch 30 amp relay at any FLAPS for $4, a fuse holder and fuse
for about $5, a roll of wire for about $3... Total Cost: $12, no shipping
cost. If you already have a fridge relay deduct $4 = $8.
2. Performance.
Installing a more robust system with higher amp ratings will allow the
auxiliary battery to charge faster than the Hella Kit with it's minimal wire
size and amperage ratings.
Go to any RV store (RV shops do a lot of auxiliary battery work) and look at
the auxiliary battery kits they sell.... the ones I have seen come with
minimum #8 wire and a 50 amp circuit breaker.
Buy what you want,
but the Hella Kit is inferior.
And again, that's not meant to disparage Ron or the Bus Depot in any way....
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beckett Cantrell" <THX0980@aol.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: dual battery? hobigesuss!/Lets try this again!
> It would appear that some more clarification is in order. The Hella kit
will
> Charge the aux. batt. @ aprox. 15amps. That is charge Only. The
accessories
> you run off of the aux. batt have Nothing What-So-Ever to do with the
Hella
> kit, and everything to do with the batt.'s rating. If your aux. batt. is
> rated at, lets just say, 150amp/hrs, then you can expect to get just that,
> ie, you could run an accessory that draws 1 amp for 150hrs, or an
accessory
> that draws 10amps for 15hrs, or any given combination up to the max
capacity
> of said batt. The Hella kit has nothing to do with the out-put of the
batt,
> just its charge rate! Exactly where am I losing everybody with this? Just
> because the Hella is rated at 15amps, does not mean that you can't run
your
> stereo, inverter, coffee pot, lighting, fans,etc. at the same time. The
only
> thing you need worry about is exceeding the rated capacity of your aux.
batt.
> And what is this bashing Ron at the Bus Depot? Just because some people
> don't understand what they are talking about does not mean they should
make
> it sound like Ron is selling an inferior product. Just run a 10ga. wire
from
> your aux. batt. to a seperate fuse box and add accessories to your hearts
> content. Again: THE HELLA KIT ONLY EFFECTS RATE OF CHARGE!!!!!! NOT TOTAL
> USABLE AMPS!!!! That is determined by the rating of the aux. batt.
> Hoping this clears it up,
> Beckett
>
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