Date:         Sun, 21 Jun 2015 11:50:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs
Comments: To: Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@yahoo.com>, wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
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You can kill a standard battery with a few weeks or months at deep
discharge, or even after a few cycles of deep discharge. If you buy another
one of either type, put a charger on it when not using the van.  The
chemistry is the same, but the physical structure and the amount of lead is
different, each one suited to its task-high draw for a short period followed
by immediate recharging, or slow draw to a deeper discharge and periodic
charging.



Stuart



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Behalf Of Jeremy Stovin jjstov@yahoo.com [wetwesties]
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 10:31 AM
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Subject: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs





I am at my wits end with my aux battery. Trying to figure out the cause of
the problem. Definitely there isn't a draw somewhere. Or so I thought. But
my knowledge base on this is limited.

Wiring is not standard by a long shot.

The problem from last season is the battery seems to run down way too
quickly. I have multiple things powered by it, but I thought when the car
runs, the alternator would charge it through the main battery. (There is an
isolator between for when it's off.)

So, the battery, which I bought last summer, was dead. So my plan was to
charge it, then try to figure out which connection has the draw when
everything is off (top guesses are radio and truckfridge). Before hand, I
disco once everything from the aux battery. I test it and it was like a 5v.
I plug the van into an electricity source (home outlet) then plug my charger
into the outlet inside the van, and then clips to positive and negative. I
leave it overnight.

I go out this morning, disconnect the charger and test. 12.26v with some
fluctuations. I leave it. I come back 20 min later, and test it again and it
reads 11.14v. This, I think, is telling me the battery is not holding a
charge. This was a new battery when I bought it. How could I kill it so
badly, if I did? I bought this battery new because I wanted to take the old
previous battery out of the equation. But do I have such a draw that I'm
killing batteries so quickly?

I'd like to get more info before I buy a new battery. The current one is
just a basic from Car Quest. My next one may be the expensive deep cycle.

Can some patient people try to tell me what I'm doing wrong, and maybe walk
me through some next steps.

Any other info needed on this, let me know

Jeremy, '87 Westy

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