On Aug 9, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > little related story - my 'new' 85 Adventurewagon. has two batteries > and a > battery isolator, which is supposed to automatically switch in the aux > battery after start up, which it does. > Only trouble is....it eats voltage. Without it, I have 13.8 volts > charging > voltage on my starting battery. > with it wired to both batteries per the instructions ...........I > only get > 13 volts, too low, on my starting battery. Well.... I found the solution to that problem. Whatcha gotta do is modify the alternator so that the Sure Power provides the regulation. Requires removing the regulator/brush holder. Bend the contact so that the 'internal regulator no longer is in the picture and solder a lead to hook to the Sure Power. It's in the instructions for the isolator. I resisted for nearly a year and suffered chronic low batteries. Finally bit the bullet and hooked it up like the instructions say and problem solved. Go figure. <http://www.countryhomescampers.com/pdf/Multibattery_Isolator_Instructions.pdf > Group 3. RTFM. Jim |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.