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Lifeline Battery Rally Discount
For those going to the Bella Terra No Rally, Rally Oyster Fest, I have some special discounted Lifeline Battery prices for PC members. Batteries will have to be ordered between April 18 and April 29th.
Contact me direct for pricing and details…
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Tom, we need batteries now…do we have to wait 2.5 wks. ?
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Remember, there is a short window of opportunity for discounted batteries during the rally.
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I see on the Prevost Car web site that the new buses are now coming with AGM batteries,I always heard that heat would be their enemy.Tom,what do you think.
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I’ve sold quite a few Group 31’s, Lifeline 3100T for starting and haven’t heard of any complaints about early failures due to heat Jack.
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Heat can be an issue, however later model coaches have done a good job isolating the batteries by lowering them into a well which minimizes exposure to heat.
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Especially in an H, mine are in a seperate compartment not subject to engine heat.
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Thats good to hear,I thought that the location might get too hot but apparently that is not the case.
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Jack, many moons ago Interstate’s local distributor was willing to allow me to get some free batteries in exchange for being a test coach for their newly introduced gel cell.
Bottom line is they could not take heat but because they were installed on a rack over the chassis batteries that entire area was set up to measure temps. The chassis batteries as well as the house gel batteries would see temps as high as 180 degrees depending on ambient and engine temps. The exhaust manifold on the 8V92 was within inches of the house batteries and a little higher than the chassis batteries.
But that was before Prevost started controlling air flow as they do on later model Series 60 coaches so heat would exit the rear doors, and before the batteries were set low.
I have always used 5 years as the life of chassis batteries, always used Delco 1150 which are maintenance free , and have never had issues.
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Tom, has anyone with an XLII had any trouble with fit, specifically height?
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Haven’t heard any George. Lifelines Group 31 is 9.27″ tall and for comparison, Interstates are 9.38″.
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The value of good quality, maintenance free chassis batteries cannot be overstated. Usually you can set them and forget them. Having said that however it is important to understand you have to monitor voltages, especially those controlled by the equalizer. Even though we have warning lights for hi or low voltage and battery balance, I still occasionally put my tester on the terminals at the bottom of the equalizer.
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Jon wrote: “The value of good quality, maintenance free chassis batteries cannot be overstated. Usually you can set them and forget them. Having said that however it is important to understand you have to monitor voltages, especially those controlled by the equalizer. Even though we have warning lights for hi or low voltage and battery balance, I still occasionally put my tester on the terminals at the bottom of the equalizer.”
Have you ever considered putting permanently installed volt meters on the Vanner Equalizer so that you could easily check the voltage?
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I have the 24 volt gauge on the dash, and a battery balance light. But as a pre-trip check that is one of the things I usually check with my meter.
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I replace mine at three years because of use . If I did all the pre checks you do Jon I would not have time to wash my bus when I got to where I was going LoL, I would need you and Tom to wash it LOL
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Tom how much for group 31s from you
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