Could somebody anwer this please

[Dan Williams]

George, Really the 8D’s are not
expensive. I started with six Trojan golfcart batteries and a truecharge
40+ charger. Then I changed to six AGM golfcart batteries and a Xantrex
RV2512GS inverter/charger. The Trojans cost me about $350 and the
Lifeline about $600. The 8D batteries are blems or refurb exide and cost
$40 each. I just now installed them so I don’t have much history
but if I get overnight camping out of them I will be happy. I will look
into the group 31 batts. BTW, I used to live in Rock
Hill, SC just south of Charlotte and was a member of the Rock Hill Civil Air
Patrol and EMS. I really enjoyed the
people, the climate and the hospitality there a lot and I hope to get back
there someday..

Dan Williams, 88WB38, Jackson, MS

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From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of George Burke

Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009
3:27 PM

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum]
Could somebody anwer this please

Dan, 8D batteries are usually used for starting, and I
am not sure that they would be a good choice to use as house batteries. They
are expensive however, and if you wanted to replace them with alternative
starting batts. you may try these. I have a 1981 Eagle Model 10 with a 8V71,
that came from the factory with (3) group 31 batts connected in parallel, each
with its own cutoff so you can check for a bad batt. When I replaced these a
few yrs. ago I bought the ones with the highest amp ratings that I could find.
They have lasted a lot longer than the cheap ones that the P.O. used. Good
Luck, George Burke 1977 FC31 Charlotte

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Dan Williams <"danusa@comcast.net"> wrote:

Jon, The older coaches
used the same batteries for starting and dry camping. That is really not
a good idea because then you will be trying to start the coach with low voltage
batteries after a night of dry camping and that is bad for the starter.
Right now I have two 8D batteries plus a generator battery in my coach.
It takes two 8D's because one is not enough CCA to start the 8v92. Each
one has 1300 CCA. What I would like to do, but I don't know how to do it,
is add two more high amp starting batteries just for starting the engine and
separate the 8D's to be used for house batteries. That way the starting
batteries should always be at full voltage and the house batteries can be run
low and then charged by the engine alternator. I think the six volt batteries
were an attempt to get more camping amp hours out of the battery bank but the
bigger problem with older coaches is the single battery bank IMO.

Dan

88PT38

Jackson, MS

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From: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"
[mailto:"WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"]
On Behalf Of Jon

Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009
11:28 AM

To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Could
somebody anwer this please

There was a thread on here about battery's just about
a week ago and I

was wondering why can't you use single 12 volt
batterys in our

coaches? Of course they would be the type that hold a charge for

longer durations than a standard 12 volt. I would also install

another set of a batterys for the generator itself. Jon