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Date:         Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:25:47 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Another naive battery question
Comments: To: David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM>
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Thanks David. I pulled both the fuses by the door. I'll just slip them back in when I need the appliances.

BTW, I have checked Interstate, WalMart, Pep Boys and NAPA batteries now. Only Pep Boys (Bosch) has the nipple vents (in our proper group 41 battery). No one has a vent yoke, but I can fashion that from vinyl tubing. All the others have vented caps. The Interstate and NAPA folks were surprised that their batteries don't have it. In fact, I was told on the phone yesterday by a NAPA clerk that the battery did have the nipples and came with a yoke. Same when I called Interstate. But not true. I also looked at Autozone and O'Reilly batteries, but would not buy theirs anyway. So, I'll get a Bosch from Pep Boys, fashion the vent myself hose. BTW, there is a $10 rebate right now for the Bosch battery. Another way folks have of playing with my money to their advantage not mine. I have no idea who actually makes it. Guess I could look it up.

mcneely

---- David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > The fridge fuse is the one by the drivers door. That is pretty easy to get to. I think one of them runs the water pump, and the other controls the fridge. I could be wrong, but easy to check it when you hear it running. Also parking the sliding door side to the sun might keep fan from running if windows or skylight are cracked a bit.

--- On Wed, 8/24/11, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

> From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> > Subject: Another naive battery question > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 9:55 AM > It has been brutally hot here > (central Oklahoma) this summer.  Heat is hard on > batteries.  But heat adds another dimension to battery > problems with the camper (1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL > Campmobile).  When the van sits in the sun the > refrigerator exhaust fan runs.  I've noticed it before, > but this summer, with days and days of 110 F temperatures, > it has run a lot.  (1) How much of a drain on the > battery is that, and (2) would it make sense to disconnect > the fan if the thing is going to sit for a while.  > Actually, I can't think of anything in my van that needs to > be "online," so would it make sense simply to disconnect one > battery post (easier to get to than the refrigerator > fan).  Or, I could just pull the proper fuse. > > Comments? > > mcneely >

-- David McNeely


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