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Date:         Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:45:53 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Second battery in Westy
In-Reply-To:  <CABToOYKbYpFoBNeqCSXt0wFpp=8-2LRCyHFnvPa5U=xFasP79Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Edward, yes that is the better setup. The factory aux battery gets charged from a shorter wire path between the two front boxes. The weak method tries to use a wire from the dash fuse panel to charge the aux battery.

Mark

Edward Maglott wrote: > Mark, > My van started life as the 86 Wolfsburg "weekender" with the aux battery > and the portable fridge that plugged into the receptacle on the passenger > seat podium. Is this the set up with the "better wire" already there? > > Edward > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:16 PM, mark drillock<mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > >> Dave, the Vanagons that came with an aux battery have an stock wire >> running from the main battery compartment to the aux battery compartment >> that is used for charging the second battery via a relay. That wire is >> stock for dual battery vans. Some people with campers try to add a >> second battery without adding this wire that theirs didn't come with. >> Instead they try to use the stock wire under their driver seat that >> comes from the fuse panel and which is there to provide power for the >> camper kitchen and camper 3 way fridge to run on 12 volts. The first >> stock wire works fine for its intended purpose of charging the battery. >> The second stock wire works fine for the Westy kitchen/fridge but poorly >> if asked to charge a battery. >> >> The stock aux battery wiring works fine for charging the battery but few >> vans have this stock wire. >> >> The stock fridge wiring works poorly when converted to charging a >> battery without adding a separate charging wire from the main battery. >> >> >> Mark >> >


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