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Date:         Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:53:52 -0500
Reply-To:     Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
Subject:      Re: westfalia 2nd battery question
Comments: To: Neil Wasbrikoff <wasbrikoff@NETSCAPE.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <587420B0.2ED774DA.10C3CA4A@netscape.net>
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The florescent is wired to the main battery but you can quite easily route it to the aux battery.

The light above the driver's door has 2 red wire feeds. Pull out the light and you'll see. One of red wires those goes to power the florescent. The trick is to guess which one. I guessed right and I think it was the one closest to the outside - no guarantee however.

Anyway, on my 90 Westy, I simply disconnected this wire from the light and spliced it to a new wire that I ran (over the headliner) to my aux battery +'ve. Very quick and easy. Now I have no worries about using the florescent while camping.

------------------------- Laurence Smith Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 90 Westy (fanumbos) 87 GL -------------------------

> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Neil Wasbrikoff > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:41 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: westfalia 2nd battery question > > > Hello Vanagon community, > > I've run into a recent issue with my 1987 Westfalia > camper's 2nd battery. I thought I will ask for suggestions here. > > On a recent road trip to California, over hundreds of miles > ... my brand new second battery failed to charge. We used > it till it was low, when we were camping the day before, > and thought it would charge on the 800 mile road trip we > took the following day. It didn't. > > Any suggestions for what to check, to allow my aux battery > to charge when I drive? Should the aux battery charge when > being driven? > > I have the camper with no appliances, and am wondering also > ... what all does the second battery power? > > I ask, because, when our second batter died, my interior > fluorescent light kept shinning bright, as if it were > running off my main battery under the passengers seat. I > thought the fluorescent light in the main area was powered > off the aux battery. So, I tried and experiment. Knowing my > aux was low, I disconnected my main batt. My fluorescent > light went out, suggesting it was powered off the main batt. > > Would this occur, because my aux battery was low/dead? I > am trying to figure out, what the aux battery powers, if my > fluorescent light seems to be wired to my main battery. Can > I change the wiring easily, so that my interior lights can > be wired off my aux and not my main? > > just trying to learn more about my van and it's wiring... > thanks, > Neil > > > __________________________________________________________________ > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/


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