At 11:30 9/29/2000, 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote: >2) Did we ever determine if there was any advantage to the Hella kit over >the fridge relay modification on <http://www.vanagon.com>www.vanagon.com? If you leave the original 2.5mm supply wire to the relay, the battery will charge slower. If you change to 6mm the way VW did it, you *might* shorten the life of the relay, in which case you could replace it -- however rumor has it that the existing relay has a fairly hefty rating. The Hella kit makes sense if there is not already an installation (and if you look closely at the label on the Hella kit, I think you'll find it says "fridge/aux batt" or equivalent). I don't know what size wire Hella supplies. >3) I want to be able to start from the auxiliary. To do this with the >fridge relay I have to jump to the starter battery, do I have to do this >with the Hella Kit? Absolutely. A parallel arrangement that would let you actually start from the aux battery would involve starter-size cables and monster switches. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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