Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:41:53 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Re: Really Dumb Question About Aux Batteries
Install.
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You have to do some wiring to utilize the Aux battery properly. You'll
want the main battery to run just the essential systems to make the van go.
You can wire the other stuff to the auxiliary battery only. I have mine
wired so that the auxiliary battery comes on line with a relay after the
main battery starts charging only. So if my aux battery runs down...no
problemo, van goes anyhow. You can also just rewire your big current
drawing stuff to the Aux battery and leave everything else as is...
Simplistic answer, I know and there are many different opinions on how to
configure your van for auxiliary electric power....Mine is crude, but it
works fine for months of camping at a time and has for some years. I am not
a big electric user but I do use lights and charge my cell phones and
computers and listen to the Sat radio.. I also have a small direct solar
panel with a lighter plug on the output that I push in to my power outlet
for the aux batt. if I am stationary for a few days at a time.
Don Hanson
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> RE: Aux Battery
> I made my original question way to long and complicated, let me re state
> it:
> If I add an aux battery, with a relay that only connects the two batteries
> when charging, and leave all else the same, what have I gained? The aux
> battery is connected to nothing and the 'fridge is disconnected from both
> batteries with the ignition off, same as before. So what is gained unless
> other wiring changes are made to utilize the aux battery? What am I
> missing
> or misunderstanding about the stock aux battery wiring using the diagrams
> in
> Bentley?
>
>
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