Date:         Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:27:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Dug Smith <dug@DUGBERT.COM>
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From:         Dug Smith <dug@DUGBERT.COM>
Subject:      Re: 91 Westfalia aux battery wiring problem?
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> Anyone with an Auxiliary battery installed, could you tell me if this
> wiring situation is normal?  I've still got a major problem with my
> battery drain;  with either the Main battery or Aux battery hooked
> up, my isolator gets warm.  My limited knowledge about electrical
> tells me that this is not normal and also my Amp draw is huge!  The
> following picture shows my camper equipment wire coming up from the
> left and the other bundled wires that come up from the floor on the
> right.  The plug that I'm holding is the one i've assumed as the
> fridge and have labeled it as such.

What's the wiring look like - what's on what pin on the relay?  I ask
because I had 2 relays set up for the central locking on the sliding door,
and the first time I wired it up per the instructions I had, it was using
power all the time to hold the relay open, even though there was no current
needed.  I ended up basically swapping + for - on everything, and the
battery draw disappeared.  It sounds like you're doing something similar -
that's why the isolator clicks.

My setup is just using the fridge relay - that provides power when the
engine's running.

toodle pip,
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