Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:24:53 -0700
Reply-To: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Elec. Questions/Auxiliary Battery/
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Thanks.
I think I get the idea. One would run 12V "back" to an exsisting
circuit instead of creating a new branch of circuits from pos. of aux
batt.
I *may* still create new circuit for an *extra* DC outlet (cig type or
?) but your plan will run less wires, be less work all round and
would suit my needs.
Neil.
On 4/11/07, Bill Glenn <idahobill@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:26:58 -0700, neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >Hi all.
> ...(message edited for brevity)
>
> >For now, my plan is to wire refer, stock house light and an added
> >connector (cig. jack?) for DC accessories, directly to aux batt...
>
> Neil,
>
> I recently conducted a search of the archives with an eye toward writing
> myself a how-to for moving the dome light, map light,mirror light,radio,
> and the cigarette lighter off the main battery and onto the auxiliary
> battery. Numerous posts were distilled into the following, which I have
> saved in my Vanagon files:(for a 1990, yours may be different)
>
>
> Moving the Dome Light, Map Light, Mirror Light, Radio, Clock, and Cigarette
> Lighter to the Auxiliary Battery
>
> All of the above are powered by circuit #3 in the fuse panel. To remove
> this circuit from the primary battery and connect it to the auxiliary
> battery, do the following:
>
> 1. Remove the fuse from circuit #3. It will not be replaced. To avoid
> confusion in the future, you may wish to insert a dummy fuse (say a non-
> working blown fuse) with a tag attached which references a note (perhaps a
> copy of these instructions) placed in the owner's manual or elsewhere,
> which describes this change.
>
> 2. Find the 2.5mm red wire leaving the back of the fuse panel that
> connects with terminal 87 of the fridge relay under the driver's seat.
> Disconnect this wire at the fuse panel, install an in-line 15 amp fuse on
> its end, then insert the other end of the fuse holder into the output side
> (bottom) of circuit #3. (this wire will now carry current from the
> auxiliary battery under the driver's seat, by way of terminal 87 on the
> fridge relay, to circuit #3, whereas before this wire carried current from
> the fuse panel to terminal 87 on the fridge relay)
> Note: some may want the fuse close to the auxiliary battery, but my
> preference is to have it more accessible just behind the main fuse panel,
> rather than hard-to-get-to under the driver's seat.
>
> 3. Connect a new 2.5mm red wire to the positive terminal of the auxiliary
> battery, then connect the other end of this red wire to terminal 87 on the
> fridge relay. These devices are now being supplied with current from the
> auxiliary battery.
>
> Note: 2.5mm wire = #10 awg
>
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
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