Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 16:44:43 -0600
Reply-To: John Carpenter <jcarp2001@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: John Carpenter <jcarp2001@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Surepower 1315, auxiliary fuse block,
Progressive Dynamics charger,
and Vitrifrigo installation questions
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Harold,
Even though you wont be using the aux start,
you still need to
hook up the small ground wire
for the 1315 to work.
JC
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a 91 Westy and am about to install the Surepower 1315, an auxiliary
> fuse block, the Vitrifrigo fridge and a battery charger but have a few
> questions. Over the last few days, I have poured over the archives and
> have
> read and printed a lot of information but in a few cases I have conflicing
> information and incomplete information and just need some advice. Go easy
> on me since I do not have an electrical enginering degree and have not
> slept
> in a Holiday Inn Express in a good while.
>
> At present, I plan to use the regular group 41 battery under the passenger
> and driver seats since both batteries are relatively new. While I think I
> have a pretty good understanding of the equipment, I am uncertain as to the
> correct wire size and some of the connections and want to do this
> correctly.
>
> 1) I have the Surepower 1315 and plan to use it to replace the silver
> fridge
> relay and do not plan to use the "starter assist mode" built into the
> Surepower 1315. In that case, it appears that there is no advantage to
> replacing the existing wire from the starting battery with a larger wire.
> Is that correct? Am I also correct that I should just "tape up" the westy
> blue wire from the alternator and the ignition switched on wire?
>
> 2) I plan to run wires from the auxiliary battery to a Blue Sea ST blade
> fuse block (http://bluesea.com/productspecs/5025) to do away with the
> current jumble of wires and inline fuses running from the positive terminal
> of the auxiliary battery. This fuse block will be mounted either on the
> wall behind the drivers seat or in the cabinet by the new fridge. My
> intention is to run wires from the fuse block to the existing Propex
> heater,
> to fuse position #3, the new Vitrifrigo fridge, etc.. What size wire
> should
> I use from the battery to the positive and negative terminals of the fuse
> block?
>
> 3) According to where I end up putting the fuse block, the length of DC
> wires that come with the Vitrifrigo may not be long enough to reach the
> fuse
> block. Can I just tie in enough of the same size wire to reach the fuse
> block?
>
> 4) The Progressive Dynamics PD9130 converter/charger (
>
> http://www.progressivedyn.com/prod_details/rv_conv/rv_converter_pd9130_2.html
> )
> is highly recommended by several people on the list. Only because the
> height
> dimenstion is 1" less, I have looked at the Iota DLS-30 (
> http://www.iotaengineering.com/dls30.htm) as a substitute. I do not
> understand all of the specifications and need advice as to whether the Iota
> is a decent substitute.
>
> 5) I have found a good buy on the Progressive Dynamics PD9245C
> converter/charger (
>
> http://www.progressivedyn.com/prod_details/rv_conv/rv_converter_pd9245c_2.html
> )
> which would make it cheaper than the PD9130 unit. Would there be a problem
> with using this unit?
>
> 6) What size wire would you run from the converter/charger to the
> auxillary
> battery?
>
> Thanks for any and all advice or comments,
>
> Harold
> ___
> Harold Teer
> 1991 Westy (Vangaux)
> Harrisonburg, VA
>
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