[tcb] trey
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:44:28 -0800 (PST)
Did you get the Deebus to run yet?
Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Gerald,
I can mail you a check...... or maybe get one over to Dan's Shop today.
Trey
On 1/25/07, Dan Martin < danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> wrote: I can bring
them to Bulli Gras if anyone else wants one, no problem.
On Jan 24, 2007, at 10:29 PM, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
> The batteries were too good a deal to pass up. I got them all. Two
> have
> been sold at $175 and are being taken to Dan tomorrow for delivery.
>
> I'm not sure if I'll make it to Bulli-Gras but if anyone else wants
> one and
> can pay (send a check/money order) I can ask Dan if he'd be willing to
> deliver them at that time. Anyone who orders and sends me a check
> before
> Bulli-Gras can get them at $175. After that any I have left go to $200
> because I'll be paying interest on the investment shortly after
> that. Since
> I bought them all there should be 7 left for sale after Dan gets
> the two
> he's already scheduled to get.
>
> Turns out there were 18 available. I'm keeping 8 (may sell 2 of
> them later
> current plan is 4 for a UPS at the house and 4 for the bus -- 2 for
> stereo
> and 2 for other 12V aux and an inverter) and Chris (my co-worker)
> gets one
> because he's going to pick them up tomorrow then drive to Houston to
> deliver to Dan. He already went and got 2 and brought them to me so
> I could
> check them out personally. They had stickers showing they had a
> "topping
> charge" done in MARCH 2006 -- I stuck an auto-charger on one and it
> started
> at 5 amps and was down to 0 amps in less than 20 minutes. Was still
> holding
> a full charge from almost a year ago. The specs say they have a 2 year
> shelf charge life.
>
> That leaves 9. The two going to Dan leaves 7.
>
> My UPS at the house came with 14 amp-hour batteries and lasted
> about 20
> minutes under full load. These should get me up to 2 hours at full
> load
> and, since I don't think the things I have on it even pull half load I
> should be able to run 6 or 8 hours in a power outage. 2 computers,
> cable
> modem, router, VOIP phone, a couple of CFL lamps.
>
> Gerald
>
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:33:24 -0600 (Central Standard Time) "Gerald V.
> Livingston II" < gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> OK, the lowest I can go is $175 regardless of how many I get (but 5
>> minimum).
>>
>> There are 16 available right now. I want 2. Anyone else interested
>> email
>> me.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:02:26 -0600 (Central Standard Time) "Gerald V.
>> Livingston II" < gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> If I can sell 5 total I can get the price down to $175. That's
>>> about $15
>>> less than a Yellow Top and they are rated almost twice the
>>> capacity of a
>>> Yellow Top.
>>>
>>> I'm planning to buy 2 so I need three more sold. I'll call the
>>> guy that has
>>> them in the morning and see how many are left. I'm sure they
>>> won't last
>>> long. I may go ahead and buy 5 to get the better price and sell
>>> to those
>>> that have emailed already at $175 then any that I have to sit on
>>> I'll sell
>>> at $200 later.
>>>
>>> My "other half" here at work (Chris) has to go to Houston to get
>>> his kids
>>> later this week so I could probably get him to deliver to one of the
>>> Houstonian TCB crewe to pass on to any others who buy one. If I
>>> know who he
>>> can meet in advance you could maybe get together and pay that
>>> person and
>>> they could just pay Chris when he shows up. PayPal would work too
>>> but I've
>>> discovered they're really slow about releasing funds back to
>>> one's bank
>>> account.
>>>
>>> These are a good deal and a good way to start piecing together a
>>> full
>>> camping setup like Mark Sawyer's. Also a good source for an
>>> emergency jump
>>> if your main battery decides to bite it one night (not for use as
>>> a daily
>>> starting battery though, deep cycle batteries are designed for
>>> steady drain
>>> over several hours down to 10.5 volts or less repeatedly, starting
>>> batteries are designed to spit out several hundred amps all at
>>> once but
>>> never be discharged really below 11.8 volts).
>>>
>>> Add 12 volt inside lighting and and inverter for "primitive"
>>> camping. Later
>>> on, add an RV power converter/charger (an 80 amp unit can be had
>>> on Ebay
>>> for about $150) and anytime you have 110 available you run your
>>> 12V and A/C
>>> accessories from that -- and charge the battery at the same time.
>>> A plain
>>> old battery charger can be used while you're saving for the
>>> converter/charger but it won't really run any 12V loads, just
>>> charge the
>>> aux battery.
>>>
>>> And if you're adding a "thumping" sound system then dual
>>> batteries are
>>> pretty much a requirement due to the ACVWs weak generator/
>>> alternator. If
>>> you have a sound system drawing 20 - 40 amps consistently that
>>> only leaves
>>> 15 - 25 amps from your 55 amp generator/alternator to run
>>> everything else
>>> in your bus AND try to charge the main battery. When night
>>> driving it may
>>> not be enough. With a dual battery setup your aux battery can run
>>> the
>>> stereo. It may not get much charge at night but day driving (or
>>> driving
>>> some with the volume turned down a bit <grin>) should bring it
>>> back up to
>>> speed. Your main battery is never in danger of going flat
>>> unexpectedly.
>>>
>>> OK, I'm done extolling the virtues of a dual battery setup and
>>> trying to
>>> sell these to get my price down. I've been saving for a couple of
>>> Yellow
>>> Tops so I have the money for at least 2 set aside already. If I
>>> can get the
>>> lower price I may buy a 3rd for myself to put in the Bug when I
>>> build the
>>> sound system for it.
>>>
>>> This isn't directed at you Eric, I'm pretty sure many people
>>> missed my
>>> first post because I sent it over the weekend. This is your
>>> chance to get
>>> in on the deal. I'll post how many are available after I call in the
>>> morning.
>>>
>>> Gerald
>
>
>
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