My 79' Deluxe Westy already had an auxiliary battery for running the fridge. I replaced it with a deep cycle battery, which lasted ~30% longer than the original car battery. Once upon a time I converted a (I hate to say it) Ford van for camping. I purchased a solenoid from a RV dealer. It was wired between the two baterries and controlled from the ignition switch (ie. when the ignition was off then the baterries were isolated from one another) ****************************************************************************** Wes Fisher Canadian Astronomy Data Centre Internet: fisher@dao.nrc.ca Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Phone: (604) 363-0013 National Research Council (Canada) Fax: (604) 363-0045 5071 W. Saanich Road Victoria, B.C. CANADA V8X 4M6 ******************************************************************************
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.