Date:         Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:33:19 +0000
Reply-To:     j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocky Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Battery LEDs = Useful life?

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I hope this message gets through -- we're presently at the Red Lion Hotel in Spokane for my niece's wedding. Later today my lovely wife and I will fly to Oakland, CA, meet up with our new-to-us 84 Westy and begin a weeklong trip up the northern California coastline. It will be a longer camping trip than we've ever taken with our Westy. It has a single main battery and an automatic transmission, so I know that if the battery goes too low, starting the engine might require a jump from someone. The engine generally starts easily, not a lot of cranking required. To avoid needing a helping hand I will keep an eye on the battery LEDs. But three lamps are hardly a precision indicating system. Is there a rule of thumb about how to interpret the LEDs vs enough juice to start? I also have a digital voltmeter -- how low does the battery voltage go when we're looking at Danger Will Robinson?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"