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08-28-2004, 04:33 PM
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Rivet Master 
2019 25' Flying Cloud
Airstream - Other
Airstream - Other
North Central Texas
, USA
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,003
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Pie!
Back in E.E. school I was learned about P=IE  , it has something to do with cooking desert, me thinks. The prof said something about power, but all I do is get hungry?? Go figure  !!
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08-30-2004, 07:17 PM
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#22
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1 Rivet Short
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 84
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Originally Posted by Ed & Debbie
Back in E.E. school I was learned about P=IE  , it has something to do with cooking desert, me thinks. The prof said something about power, but all I do is get hungry?? Go figure  !!
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Actually, P=IE has two different versions, the beta mode, and of course, my personal favorite, P=IE ALA Mode.
John-Boy
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Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
1975 31' Sovereign
2004 Dodge Ram 2500 'Laramie', HEMI
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08-30-2004, 07:22 PM
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1 Rivet Short
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wahoonc
Major Kewl! I want the flashers...be the FIRST in YOUR at your Airstream rally with the neon and really cool flashing light system.  Gotta love it, if we want flashers we just plug one in the 7 way. Makes you easy to find and the life of the party
krowsea, any Airstream discounts?
Aaron 
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I'm surprised, you sound like you've never seen an A/S with a flashing disco ball, Malibu curb lights and an assortment of body mounted colored lights that flash in time to the music. What... am I the only one?
John-Boy
Discounts, we don't need no stink'n discounts! (actually, we don't sell to the public, we sell to the jobbers, who sell to the public)
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Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
1975 31' Sovereign
2004 Dodge Ram 2500 'Laramie', HEMI
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08-30-2004, 07:54 PM
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Rivet Master 
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
, north of cheddar curtain
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,259
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Quote:
Originally Posted by krowsea
....Watts on my mind?
I'm going to be testing my Sovereign's elctrical system this weekend, in order to find out why some things work and others don't, as I mentioned before. I'll be checking the Univolt and fuses, and installing a brand spank'n new Optima battery.
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Thanks in advance, as the emergency room may not let me thank you after the fact, plus there will be lawyers and such hang'n 'round, it could get ugly.
John-Boy
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keep doing that voodoo that you do so well...
norby
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Illegitimous noncarborundum(dont let the bastards wear you down)
The only true nobility is found through giving good food to your friends- Anton Careme
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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09-03-2004, 02:42 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1983 34' Limited
Las Vegas
, Nevada
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 95
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Optima
get me out of my confusion here. I thought Optima was gell cell until I went to their site and it said is was a lead acid with thin coiled plates instead of thick straight ones. I'm thinking of them so would like to find out.
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Originally Posted by 74Argosy24MH
A Univolt is not a good charger for gel cell battery. They were designed when lead acid was the norm, charging requirements are completely different. It will work but the battery will suffer.
John
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Retirement happens when you get over the illusion of usefullness.
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09-03-2004, 03:23 PM
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1 Rivet Short
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dmadam
get me out of my confusion here. I thought Optima was gell cell until I went to their site and it said is was a lead acid with thin coiled plates instead of thick straight ones. I'm thinking of them so would like to find out.
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Optimas are not gell cell. They call it an 'electrolite starved' battery, which simply means, there is no free electrolite in the battery. The lead plates are seperated by an electrolite soaked pad and there are no vents. That means the battery can be mounted on it's side, upside down whatever. Even if the battery was cracked or split, no fluid would leak out. I'm not sure if the lack of electrolite is the reason it's not supposed to be used with a Univolt.
John-Boy
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Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
1975 31' Sovereign
2004 Dodge Ram 2500 'Laramie', HEMI
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