Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 07:06:13 -0700
Reply-To: Steve Shane <shane_steve@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Steve Shane <shane_steve@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: No Charge: HELP!
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Greetings friends. I guess it is time for my seasonal major Westy problem.
:(
First both my batteries dies (see thread below) now my new battery does not
have enough juice to turn my 87 camper over. I drove it for just one day,
thus I must be having some charging problems.
Can anyone please shine some light on what it may be? Or what My options
are?
Thank you, so very much.
-Shane
>From: Steve Shane <shane_steve@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Steve Shane <shane_steve@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Both Batteries Failed
>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:14:30 -0700
>
>Interesting, I followed the GoWesty directions. Is there a way to tell if
>the battery (polarity) was reversed? For example what would I see if I
>attached a charger to it?
>- Thanks
>Shane
>
>
>>From: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
>>Reply-To: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Re: Both Batteries Failed
>>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:56:31 -0700
>>
>>>Greetings gang, after installing the dual battery kit from Go Westy, I
>>>had
>>>both my batteries fail, and one began leaking quite badly. Any one else
>>>ever
>>>experience a double failure like this?
>>
>>Did you get the polarity matched correctly? I once blew the top off a
>>secondary battery by wiring it backwards with the main. When you do that,
>>instead of being in parallel with each other, they discharge through each
>>other. In my case, the secondary was smaller and started making hydrogen
>>faster than it could vent and popped the plastic casing off the top.The
>>primary was OK after a recharge, at least.
>>
>>John Bange
>>'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
>
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