Date:         Fri, 18 May 2007 13:48:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
Subject:      Re: GoWesty aux battery kit?? Bentley manual VS. blue factory
              repair manual??

On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:42:30 -0700, Robert Schacherl
<david_schacherl@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>does anyone have any expeirience with these things??
>they look good, but they are designed with a specific
>battery in mind, the Odyssey PC1200, any comments on
>this Battery??

I am using the GoWesty aux battery kit with a 33AH deep cycle battery I
purchased from Batteris Plus for $60 or so.  The kit is pretty good.  The
solenoid and wiring can handle up to 50 amps.  the directions that came
with the kit were not good.  In some instances they were wrong and in
other instances their reccomendations were at odds with the
reccomendations from the list.  In the end I used most of the hardware
they supplied, but I wired it up quite a bit differently.  This was on an
82 air cooled Westy.  In summary, the kit is fine, but be sure to verify
that the supplied directions are accurate for your vehicle.