Date:         Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:22:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Really Dumb Question About Aux Batteries Install.
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4DF296D5.3080804@cox.net>
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On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 3:12 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> The wiring shown in the Bentley for an aux battery does not show the
> battery doing anything at all. That is probably the reason for your
> question. It seems many vans actually shipped to the US with an aux battery
> had nothing connected up to use that battery, silly as that sounds. Others
> had a single cig socket attached to the battery as the only purpose.
>

Thank you Mark, I guess I wasn't crazy after all.  Having never done an aux
battery install from scratch (both my vans came with an aux battery
installed) I'd never bothered to think it through until today when trying to
answer some basic questions for a list member.

So now one more question on the subject.  Do the various kits for aux
battery install shipped by the various vendors include good instructions for
moving the accessories over to the aux battery?  I hate to think that we
have people out there installing an aux battery using one of those kits and
actually gaining nothing at all in the process.