Date:         Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:54:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
In-Reply-To:  <45DA0261.3060008@verizon.net>
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Ha!

How many of you (like me) ran out and checked to make sure the fridge was in
the "off" position after reading this post?

Ellen
Lola, 1985 Vanagon ASI


----Original Message Follows----
From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:02:41 -0500

I totally agree and I can say this from experience.

I'm currently using the old fridge relay as an aux battery charging relay.

My aux battery is wired so that the fridge can run on DC even with the
engine off.  I made the mistake of leaving the fridge switch in the 12v
position overnight which completely wasted the aux battery.  That sucker
was DEAD and wouldn't even take a charge.  I drove home with it that way
(several hundred miles) and anything hooked to the aux battery worked
fine with the engine running ... but not once I turned off the key.
That bad aux battery didn't affect the starting battery one iota.

Mike

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