On Sun, 5 Feb 1995, Steve Manning wrote: > I have an '81 westy and was thinking about a auxillary battery for > camping. I have a auxillary heater, so this would come in handy as well > as using the radio and lights etc. Is there anyone who has done this (snip) I have added a small one to my '86 - a little more complicated that to an older models that had LOTS of room in the engine compartment. The 80s series of Vanagons has a second battery compartment under the driver's seat. It is meant for a special battery when there is an electric only refrigerator - the relay and other stuff is missing from the ones that have the 3 way unit. Don't try and get it from a dealer - I did that and it is really frustrating (expensive too :( The second problem is to tap into the fuze block for the vanagon. It is a rather sealed printed circuit board thingy so you can't find a simple "gozinta" with a matching "gozouta" which would really be nice since everything you would want to get are all on Fuze #3. The second area for a large second battery is under the passenger seat. We have ours full of camping stuff though and don't want to give up the scarce storage space. I have been told that the "best" second battery (read most inexpensive with greatest storage) is a pair of golf cart batteries. Shop around. While you are at this, you might also want to look into solar as a charger. Neat! Good Luck - Jack
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