Date:         Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:06:09 -0800
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From:         mdrillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Westfalia instrument panel.
Comments: To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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I doubt that your led panel has a fridge lit led.
The early panels had no switch and no pilot led.
Someone could have swapped the panel of course.

No need for a switch as the panel takes very little power.
Early kitchens had a fridge relay mounted to the top of the fridge and
the other of the 2 wires to the kitchen controls this relay.

Mark


craig cowan wrote:
> Hello Vanagon Gang!
> I just finished wiring an aux battery circuit into my '85 passanger van
> turned full westfalia and have a few questions....
> The Westfalia kitchen attaches to the aux battery
> with two connectors. As i understand it, the red main wire is used to
> actually feed power to all the westy bits, and the second wire is in some
> way related to the operation of the fridge on 12volts when the car is
> operating. I am yet to hook that up to anything. Well with the red main wire
> hooked up and the car started, the aux battery recieving 12+ volts, and the
> fridge lit, the water level sensor lights came on (properly), the fridge lit
> light came on, and the battery level light came on as to be expected.
> The Interior is from a 1980 westfalia, and does not have any kind of swtich
> built into the panel. My question is, does this mean the panel lights will
> be on ALL THE TIME? Do i need to install a switch?
>
> -Craig
> '85GL turned WESTY
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