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Date:         Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:18:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Brent Christensen <brent@vanagon.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brent Christensen <brent@vanagon.com>
Subject:      Re: reuse fridge relay?
Comments: To: steve guzzi <sunzuug@yahoo.com>
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Steve:

I don't know about in '85, but in '89 the Westy has a relay that sits in the compartment under the drivers seat. I used this existing relay, in conjunction with a 30 amp in-line fuse and followed the instructions found at:

http://www.vanagon.com/info/faq/#electrical

Been doing it this way for a little over a year with good results. I also ran a wire (with fuse) to the #3 fuse in the dash and bypassed the fuse there. This powers all the accessories (interior lights, stereo, cigarette lighter) from the auxiliary batteries. I also have another heavy gauge wire running to a fuse block/bus bar which is located in the "secret compartment" behind where the interior 110vac outlet is located. This gives me a take-off point to run additional 12v accessories in the rear portion of the cabin.

Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus" Santa Barbara, CA

----- Original Message ----- From: "steve guzzi" <sunzuug@yahoo.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:03 PM Subject: reuse fridge relay?

> Hello List, > > This is my first post, so I should say what a cool > group this is! I setup a separate email account to > handle all the messages. Is this what other people > are doing? > > Also, I recently (a week ago) bought an '85 vanagon > westfalia, which is my first VW of any kind. Ive had > friends whov'e had westy's, but this is my first time > in the captains chair. Im so excited I've been > sleeping in it even though its only parked a few > blocks from my house. (dont tell the neighbors!) > > So Im definitely going to be putting in an auxillary > battery, and I saw the faintest mention the other day > in some post about reusing a relay associated with the > fridge for the auxillary setup. Is this possible, do > many people do it, is it a good way to do it? Seems > like it would be cool to somehow give existing system > components new roles like that. I havent sat down > with a schematic yet, so I dont really know the > lowdown, jus thought I would see if anybody was in > fact doing it this way. > > ciao > steve guzzi > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/


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