Date:         Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:51:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Battery placement alternatives
Comments: To: Annie <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM>
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the diesel vanagon had battery in engine bay.

I found that to be inconvenient for same reasons as you wrote below,
especially more so if you had luggage in back.

a sensible approach would be to maintain battery position and have
cables attached for remote jumpstarting and charging. something like
what Terry Kay sells:

"An Accessory Permanent Mount 12 Volt Jumper Cable plug & cables"

http://community-2.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia/

And for trouble light, why not wire in some 12v sockets around the
van, not just where the battery is.



alistair








On 30-Sep-10, at 5:12 PM, Annie wrote:

Bryan,

You seriously want to know *what's wrong with the current location
under the
passenger seat???*


    - It's incredibly inconvenient when you're trying to jump another
car.
    - It's incredibly inconvenient when you need to put the charger
on it.
    - It's incredibly inconvenient when you're trying to use a
trouble light
    that is batter powered.
    - It's incredibly inconvenient for just about anything.


It's a royal pain the arse to get to when you need it.