And on the note of chargers, I'd have to invest a skookum charger if I mounted it on board. One 12V it is. (purchased) Mark et al: my only concern re: a "can" isolator is that I will have two of these controlled by the alternator blue D+ wire. Solar will have to wait! :) Neil. On 3/13/13, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > You wouldn't be the first to add the two golf cart batteries to a Westy. > Just goes to show the impracticality of an electric only fridge for long > term stays. Think about carrying around 130 pounds of battery, all the > space > required, the energy to charge it etc. You will also need to consider a > plug > in charger for when it is home. > > In the RV world, small to medium sized Class "C"s get a group 27 or 31, > larger ones may get two. Class A"A"s get a 31, maybe 2,. Some better ones > will get a pair of Golf Cart Batteries. Going into the Diesel world you > start to see two sets of Golf Cart Batteries with a minimum of 160 A/H > alternators to support them. My Alternator died at just over 60K and I > replaced with a 200 A/H. Now they charge while driving! Batteries that size > should probably also be vented outside. They can really off gas when > charged. > > Oh so many options. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > neil n > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 3:02 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator? > > Right. Great point. Solar panel system may be installed at some point. > That said, if the price of two 6V Alliance batteries is cost effective, > (Amp per dollar) solar may not be needed anytime soon. > > Neil. > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:54 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: >> IIRC, the solenoid type draw .5 - 1 amp when activated. That is one >> reason why they and similar products don't always fit well with solar >> setups, since you don't want to waste that much of the solar panel >> output. Of course you can still use them with solar but best to >> understand the draw and avoid it when the solar is providing the only > charging current. >> >> Mark >> >> >> neil n wrote: >>> >>> Thanks very much Dennis. This is what I had hoped. Had found "double" >>> relay images and now see this "can" type diagram (though for starter) >>> >>> > http://www.hqew.net/files/Images/Article/Circuit_Diagram/BasicSolenoidCircui > tDiagram_thumb.png >>> I see the two air gaps. >>> >>> I'll be curious to see how much current this "can" type draws. >>> >> > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine > s >
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