I have a westy with an aux battery installed by me. I did beef up the wiring (to 8 gauge) and I did beef up the relay. I also have been over the grounds and all connections. It seems that when the alternator is running, everything is fine and the batteries both charge. However, the aux. Battery drains very quickly. I replaced the first one which had worked nicely for a couple of years, and the second also drains quickly. I am not at the van now, so I cannot recall what the specs on the aux. Battery are, but suffice it to say that it is a marine deep cycle of decent size and amperage. How do I test to see if there is a drain. The items connected to the aux. Are, in addition to the usual westy stuff; a radio tape head and a cd changer, one additional dome light, a large cpu fan. None of these items is left "on". The wiring to the cpu fan (I like it because its quiet) is a very small gauge. How do I go about this? Does anything sound obvious? Jonathan R. Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com
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