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02-28-2009, 02:12

I liked the 8-D's in our Newell. We have 4-D's in the LXi now. Only disadvantage is how heavy and awkward they are.

Brad Barton 00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...

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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:08:12 -0600
Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] Could somebody anwer this please

George, Really the 8Dâs 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 donât 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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Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:27 PM
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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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Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 11:28 AM
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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

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