At 11:04 AM 7/12/2002, Rodney Woten wrote: >Van is @ the shop right now so I'm going from memory. Base is round, >about 6" in diameter about 1.5" deep. On top, concentric with the base, >is a knob about 3" in diameter and 2" deep, also black. Knob has a large >silver tear drop on top that indicates which battery is selected. Base is >marked "BATTERY 1", "BATTERY 2", "BOTH" AND "NONE". You simply rotate the >knob to select your battery. It's mounted vertically in the pantry, >behind the driver's seat, below the sink. I haven't removed it to examine >it any further, so those are the only markings I've seen so far. That's a marine-type manual battery switch. Might be Perko or one of several other makes -- no practical difference. Works fine, until you switch it off with the engine running, which will probably toast your alternator and quite possibly ECU and other electronics -- do DON'T. Perfectly ok and normal to run in BOTH while charging, but ordinarily should shift to one or the other the rest of the time. If it has two extra small terminals on the back, that's for a field disconnect which will prevent the above -- you have to modify the alt and bring out the field line to the switch. david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.