Date:         Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:02:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?
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Sorry, my mistake. The GR41 is more like 55Ah, as Loren pointed out. Not sure where I got
that from.

On 9 Mar 2008 at 15:39, Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> 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.
> >


Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA