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Date:         Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:22:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Another naive battery question
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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that's what I said in my post. it's one of those two fuses ... if your van has kitchen fuses there behind the driver's seat.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:51 PM Subject: Re: Another naive battery question

> The little torpedo fuses on the bulkhead behind the driver's seat in my > Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile are for the "kitchen." Does that include > the exhaust fan for the refrigerator? If so, which fuse for that? It > struck me that if this fuse box covers the exhaust fan, then that would be > the simplest location to render the fan off line so it stops draining the > battery when parked in the brutal heat we're having (110 again today). Of > course, I needed to do this weeks ago. > > mcneely > > ---- Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> On 8/24/11 11:55 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >> > It has been brutally hot here (central Oklahoma) this summer. Heat is >> > hard on batteries. But heat adds another dimension to battery problems >> > with the camper (1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile). When the van >> > sits in the sun the refrigerator exhaust fan runs. I've noticed it >> > before, but this summer, with days and days of 110 F temperatures, it >> > has run a lot. (1) How much of a drain on the battery is that, and (2) >> > would it make sense to disconnect the fan if the thing is going to sit >> > for a while. Actually, I can't think of anything in my van that needs >> > to be "online," so would it make sense simply to disconnect one battery >> > post (easier to get to than the refrigerator fan). Or, I could just >> > pull the proper fuse. >> > >> >> When I lived in the Arizona desert, the fridge fan would run my battery >> down below the level needed to start my diesel Westy in a couple of >> weeks. I learned to disconnect the battery if I wasn't going to drive >> it often enough. >> >> Mike > > -- > David McNeely


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