Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:36:35 -0700
Reply-To:     t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2nd Westy Battery - An Easy Method?
Comments: To: Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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---Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> I'd like to put a second battery in my 1984 Westy, and there are
lots of
> good - although slightly complicated - ideas out there.
>
> I'm thinking of something very, very simple - what about hooking up
> another battery in parallel with the existing battery, and include a
> swich or connector so that the second battery can be disconnected
while
> camping?  When you're ready to leave, simply re-hookup the 2nd
battery to
> start the engine.
>
> Details are:
>
> 1. Install a battery (that is small enough to fit) under the
driver's seat.
>
> 2. Ground the new battery to the sheetmetal, and run a heavy duty wire
> from the (+)terminal on the new battery to the (+)terminal on the
> existing battery.
>
> 3. Somehow allow for this (+)to(+) connection to be disrupted - either
> some sort of connector or a switch.
>
> Has anyone tried this?

This is pretty much what I did, except that I installed a marine
selector switch on the aft side of the passenger side battery case.  I
can select either or both, or none.  Works fine.

TBill
83.5 Westy
(for sale)
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