Date:         Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:04:51 -0400
Reply-To:     Harmon Seaver <hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Harmon Seaver <hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:10:41 -0700, mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

>It is very easy to move that stuff to the aux battery. You don't even
>need to pull the fuse block down. Put it back, checking that you did not
>loosen any of the connections on the back side.
>
>All you need to do is remove fuse #3 and LEAVE IT OUT.
>Then put a male spade connector on the #12 wire you ran up to that area.
>Then plug that male spade into the BOTTOM slot where fuse #3 was pulled
>from.
>You are done.
>
>
>This only works on 1986 and newer. Be sure to put a fuse on the #12
>wire, right near the aux battery.
>

   Are you sure this won't work with the earlier vans as well -- except that
it's fuse 8 instead of 3? When I remove fuse 8 on my '82, the stereo, cig
lighter, and light over the sink all go dead, and from looking at the Bently
wiring diagram, I don't think anything else is affected.
   My biggest problem is getting the wire up from my battery under the rear
seat to the fuse panel. I hate having it dangling underneath, but can't
figure out any way to get it thru the inside unless I lay it under the
carpet but that seems like a short just waiting to happen.