Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 07:21:07 -0700
Reply-To: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: Switiching accessorys from main battery to auxilary battery?
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It is no work at all to move everything over to the aux battery on an
89. No cutting or moving or unplugging of any wires is required to move
over the radio, all interior lights, and cig lighter. Only one wire to
unplug and reconnect to move the whole kitchen All the 86 and newer are
very simple to do this on. I think Harmon has an 82 so more work is
needed for him.
Mark
MC wrote:
>You may want to consider only switching only the high current consumers
>and those operate constantly over to the aux side to minimize the amount
>of work.
>I switched only the appliances that are used frequently during camping.
>This including the fridge fan, audio head unit, CD changer and the audio
>amp, the Carver P4 furnace and all the other portable appliances like
>cell phone charger, DC/AC inverter, notebook computer etc. I also
>fashioned a power distribution panel where I have 4 12V dc outlets for
>all the portable accessories. On this panel 2 ports draws from each
>battery so I can choose which to use base on their charge.
>
>I recommend leaving the interior lights on the primary side as it
>entails a lot of work to move them. They consume relatively little
>current and you don't always have them on. I took out 2 of the 3 bulbs
>in the factory galley light which I rarely use. Instead I installed 3 5W
>halogen marine light from Germany which I found at West Marine. 5W
>hardly put a dent on the battery even with extended use.
>
>Unfortunately I didn't keep a record of how I made the switch. I just
>did it on the fly with reference to the electrical diagram of the
>Bentley manual. What ever you do make sure you always have a fuse as
>close to the battery as possible.
>
>- Vince
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of Harmon Seaver
>Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:33 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Switiching accessorys from main battery to auxilary battery?
>
>
> I'm sure this has been done many times. I put an couple of auxilary
>batterys (deep cycle) in my westy, fed by a relay which isolates them
>from the starting battery, and now I want to switch the light over the
>sink, pump, stereo, etc. over to the auxilary batterys.
> Is there a simple way to do this? Any websites with good diagrams or
>pictures, like there are for hooking up the relay and aux batt itself?
>
> --
>Harmon Seaver
>CyberShamanix
>http://www.cybershamanix.com
>Hoka hey!
>
>
>
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