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Date:         Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:54:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Charging the battery
Comments: To: PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
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Patti:

If you have a home battery charger then just charge it in place. If you have to remove the battery to take it somewhere to be charged, and it's a Group 41 battery, then it can be something of a struggle to get it out and back in. The problem is that the battery*just* fits in the spot behind the passenger's seat so there's no way to easily grab hold of it with your hands. The Group 41 batteries I've seen have a pair of "ears" with slots in them on each side of the battery which are designed, I guess, to allow a carrier to be attached to the battery. However, the carrier takes up enough room on top of the battery that you can't cover up the battery compartment properly with the carrier in place. If there's a Group 42 battery in there then you can easily get your fingers around it to lift it out.

When I replaced the Group 42 battery that came with my used Westy with a Group 41 battery I tied some thin nylon rope through the holes in the two ears; using the rope as a flexible handle (you can leave it in place and still close up the battery compartment properly) allows you to pull it out and drop it back into the battery compartment.

Tom Young

When I installed my battery in my W ----- Original Message ----- From: "PB" <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:27 PM Subject: Charging the battery

> I've had my 1990 Westy for 2 weeks and I already have a dead battery. > This > doesn't alarm me very much because I had the stereo on with the van > parked, > thinking the stereo was on the auxiliary battery. > > I read that it's an "ordeal" to remove the battery. (I just can't wait to > start!) Is there any kind of a "pigtail or other type of easy connect > gadget just in case the battery goes dead?


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