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02-28-2009, 15:21

Greg,

Exactly. Newell builds a nice coach but the interior fit and finish is nowhere near Blue Bird. The Newell advantage is handling. The one I had was a pleasure to drive and it never porpoised like a Wanderlodge. With 2/3rds of the weight under the floor, the low center of gravity kept the coach relatively flat in corners and very responsive at the wheel. The other nice thing is..I believe the same people have always owned Newell. It's a tight, closely held company with long-term employees and a real family atmosphere. But there's no perfect coach.

Brad Barton 00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
From: Petrover1@...
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:22:28 +0000
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Could somebody anwer this please

Too much power in reserve has little value. I have a battery bank for
the Bus'house with over 700 lbs of Trojan L-16's. they would last
three to four days without charge but when it comes time to charge
you have to run the genset 4 times as long as you would have to
run/charge if you were to charge once a day. My set up would be great
for some one like CurtS who visits the desert for a weekend at a
time and the trip to and from would be charge time via the alts and
docking shore power. the big problem with a large bank is the
replacement cost. I understand all batteries are best to renew at the
same time. My '90 Newell didnt hold a candle to the Wanderlodge as
far as quality but I am kinda thinking it is time to revisit that
last american Coach for my next unit
Greg ofTim&Greg
94ptCa --- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com", brad barton
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> 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.
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> To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"
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> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:08:12 -0600
> Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] Could somebody anwer this please
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> 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..
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[mailto:"WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"] On Behalf Of George Burke
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:27 PM
> To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Dan
> 88PT38
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> From: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"
[mailto:"WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"] On Behalf Of Jon
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 11:28 AM
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> 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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