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Date:         Tue, 03 Sep 1996 09:12:30 -0700
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From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@zuni.chaco.com>
Subject:      Re: Need advice on Battery Isolators

At 11:04 AM 9/3/96 -0500, you wrote: >Yes I know this has all been gone over before but I didn't pay all that >much attention since I didn't have a second battery to worry about. > >I'm hooking up an Aux battery. I want to isolate it. What subtlties do I >need to know about isolators? > > >The battery I'm installing is a 12V deep cycle gel cell (Wheel Chair >battery). This battery is relatively tiny (less than half the size of a >regular battery) and yet will provide 31 hours of juice at 4amps. These >batteries will provide two times, or more, the capacity of a conventional >deep cycle battery at low amps (under 25) loads. It also needs to be >charged like a conventional auto battery and NOT like a standard deep >cycle. > >So, what do I need to know about isolators? I have one I bought about 20 >years ago (when I was just a tyke) from JCW and never installed.

I had a wheel chair battery installed under my seat. My bus came with an isolator already in place under the seat.

For more information, see my proto-Vanagon FAQ at http://www.chaco.com/~coyote/vw/faq.html.

And feel free to contribute! I just started this today!

Ron -- Ron 'Coyote' Lussier /\_/\ ____ Chaco Communications (408) 865-0657 ( ) \ _/__ 10164 Parkwood Drive #8 coyote@chaco.com \ / \X / Cupertino, CA 95014-1533 (1990 VW Westfalia Camper) \_/ \/ http://www.chaco.com/~coyote


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