Date:         Fri, 4 Aug 2000 17:18:54 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
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From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
Subject:      FW: [Syncro] Wiring And Amperage Tips For 2nd Battery & Winching
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Please reply to Sean, not me!

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Reifschneider [mailto:jafo-onelist@tummy.com]
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:43 AM
To: Dan Fleming
Cc: Derek Drew; Syncro@egroups.com; vANAGON@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: [Syncro] Wiring And Amperage Tips For 2nd Battery &
Winching

On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 09:40:50PM -0700, Dan Fleming wrote:
>To charge the battery, I attach a jumper cable from the driving battery
>to the positive post on the seat base. Take the jumper off, and we are

They make these things called "multi-battery isolators".  Essentially,
it lets power run into the circuit, but not back out of it.  You know,
like a big-ass diode...  :-)

I must say that I'm ever so glad I don't have to futz with jumper
cables to charge up the dual deep-cells in my wagen.  I figure that
it takes at least 8 hours of running to fully charge the cells.  The
PV solar pannel on the roof does a nice job of keeping them topped
off when I'm not driving it though.

Sean
--
 If you have too many special cases, you are doing it wrong.
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