8D Battery

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Re: 8D Battery

Reply #50 – January 22, 2018, 01:07:41 pm

Quote from: Chuck & Jeannie – January 22, 2018, 12:19:03 pm

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Don wear socks? I thought they all wore sandals in California.

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #51 – January 22, 2018, 06:35:43 pm

I used 24" which fit without a whole lot of extra room. Possibly 26" might be made to work, but you might have to shorten the release levers to close the compartment.
Don

Quote from: Caflashbob – January 22, 2018, 12:28:17 pm

Don what length did you use?

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #52 – January 22, 2018, 06:37:39 pm

Not yet, but when all the mods are done.

Don

Quote from: rbark – January 22, 2018, 11:00:59 am

Don, you have a drawer just for socks🙀

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #53 – January 22, 2018, 08:52:14 pm

Thanks bought a set for future use. Four mk 8g8d's would give us 450 amp hours to 50% discharge.

Any further info on the actual setup details? Did I miss the post?

Looking at MOT's website I noticed a late model ih45 had six 8g8d's in it.

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #54 – January 22, 2018, 10:44:22 pm

Bob, I assume your question is directed at me... if so, below is a link to the topic in which I posted the most detail on the four 8D battery upgrade on our U270 (which came with two 8D Gels). As think I mentioned in this topic, my original plan was to go to LiFePO4 (lithium based) but I felt the timing was premature. My bet is that these four 8D AGM's will last until a better option becomes more affordable... we will see.
Installing 4 batteries and a busbar setup in a 99' 36 foot U270
Don

Quote from: Caflashbob – January 22, 2018, 08:52:14 pm

Thanks bought a set for future use. Four mk 8g8d's would give us 450 amp hours to 50% discharge.

Any further info on the actual setup details? Did I miss the post?

Looking at MOT's website I noticed a late model ih45 had six 8g8d's in it.

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #55 – January 22, 2018, 11:53:51 pm

Thanks. You mention of the u320 hinges may require the measuring you mentioned

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #56 – January 23, 2018, 01:37:53 pm

Quote from: Caflashbob – January 21, 2018, 08:29:02 pm

I can find no published specs for the Magna-Power batteries. Does that information exist?

Bob, you may have already found these specs, I send this to you should you have any doubts about the batteries you just acquired. The Magna-Power batteries list the weight at 168lbs and the 20H rating at 245AH. This is the same as my "Intimidator" brand from East Penn/Deka, the same as the Deka specs show in the following pdf. From East Penn: https://www.solarelectricsupply.com/media/custom/upload/Deka-AGM.pdf and what I used to set up my charging specs: http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/assets/base/0139.pdf Since the specs are the same, the glossy flyers are the same, the cases are the same, I have to believe they are the same with different lables. Their facility here in the US, 4.2 million sq ft, and....top vender in the world in telecommunications battery market. Top 5 Vendors in the Global Battery Market in Telecommunications - Technavio...

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #57 – January 23, 2018, 01:41:12 pm

A private, family-owned company operating the largest single-site, lead-acid battery
manufacturing facility in the world.
Berks a major player in worldwide battery production | Reading Eagle -... East Penn Manufacturing – The world's largest single site, family-owned...

East Penn Manufacturing is a private, family-owned lead-acid battery manufacturing facility. It is the largest single-site lead-acid battery manufacturing facility in the world. East Penn Manufacturing was established in 1946 and ran out of a one-room creamery in Bowers, PA.

Today the company employs over 8,000 people and is one of Greater Reading's leading employers. East Penn Manufacturing offers 450 product designs and has won multiple awards for manufacturing and environmental excellence. In 2014 East Penn Manufacturing was ranked as one of the Best Places to work in PA. The company also won the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence.

The facilities at East Penn Manufacturing include:
Battery Facility
Wire & Cable Facility
Distribution Complex
Recycling
A unique feature to East Penn Manufacturing is the recycling facility. Each year an average of 17 million batteries are processed within the facilities and the company recycles virtually 100% of each spent battery.
Location: Deka Road, Lyon Station, PA 19536

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #58 – January 23, 2018, 03:00:16 pm

I like Don's two level 4 8D battery arrangement. My 2001 has an inconvenient structural truss (part of the side structure for the slide) in the way for doing that. So in the floor space available where my batteries are now and in the vertical space available under the truss there is room in my coach for six Full River DC335-6 6 volt batteries on a single level (and a nice full extension rack). This leaves much more room for cables, bus bars, big fuse blocks, big switches, shunts and the rest of the stuff. I like the idea of a switch on both the Plus and Minus feeds.

These six batteries will provide 1005 amp hrs at a 20 hr discharge rate compared to the ~900 amp hrs available from the four 8Ds. The six Full River batteries weigh 103 lbs each or 618 lbs total. The four 8Ds are 167 lbs each or 668 lbs total. The six Full River batteries use a single rack which saves some weight as well and may actually use less cable (3 pairs of 6 volt batteries vs four 8Ds). This is another option outside the 8D box worth considering.

I am on year seven of my three Lifelines. They are showing their age. Maybe another year or so of effective life and then I will likely go with the DC335 solution. That may be the last battery change for me with this coach. If there is another I hope Lithium options will be better.

Roger

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #59 – January 23, 2018, 08:26:49 pm

Magna Power may or may not be the exact same product as an intimidator. Probably is. Need to see a magnapower specific chart if available. Versus look at another models info. Thought it was unusual that no specs showed at all.

Can you get me a link to the Magna Power specs?

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Re: 8D Battery

Reply #50 – January 22, 2018, 01:07:41 pm

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #51 – January 22, 2018, 06:35:43 pm

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #52 – January 22, 2018, 06:37:39 pm

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Reply #53 – January 22, 2018, 08:52:14 pm

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #54 – January 22, 2018, 10:44:22 pm

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Reply #55 – January 22, 2018, 11:53:51 pm

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #56 – January 23, 2018, 01:37:53 pm

Re: 8D Battery

Reply #57 – January 23, 2018, 01:41:12 pm

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Reply #58 – January 23, 2018, 03:00:16 pm

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Reply #59 – January 23, 2018, 08:26:49 pm

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