Davidson wrote: > Harold, > Not disputing any of what you said... all good info. I really don't > have an > opinion of what is right or wrong or the best way on this. But since > some > people tend to take posts as gospel, just wanted to point out that the > > Bentley does show auxiliary battery hooked up to the relay on at least > some > Vanagons. You had said, "There is a possibility that, if one is using > that > [relay] to also charge a second battery, that the relay or the wiring > could > be damaged." It is possible that you are right and the German > engineers are > wrong. I don't know. > I liked the isolator. It looks cool with the little blue fins and all. > The > only reason I don't have one in my Vanagon is that it didn't work > properly > for me. Perhaps the mechanic that installed it did it wrong. He sure > screwed > up some other things in the process. And then the mechanic that I do > have > confidence in (he drives a syncro and is on the recommended list at > vanagon.com) said that the relay was a better way to go. Perhaps he is > wrong > too. I don't know. > Bill > 90 Westy Syncro > -----Original Message----- > From: harald_nancy <harald_nancy@EARTHLINK.NET> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 1:48 PM > Subject: Re: Isolator, where to put it? > > >Bill, > >Just a quick comment on the relay. > >Of course, everyone can make up their own mind, > >and I respect everyone's opinion. > >But, the way I see it, with respect to the relay: > >In my Bentley (1980 to 1991 vanagon): > >on page 97.33b, camper from '86, > >They call the relay a "refrigerator 12 volt heater relay". > >The main wire to the relay from the dash is a 2.5 mm > >cross-section wire. > > > >On the page that you mentioned, pg. 97.222, > >(I think this page is for a weekender with a dual battery setup?) > >the relay is called "battery cut-out relay". > >The wire going from the main battery to the aux. battery > >is a 6.0 mm cross-section wire. > > > >I might be wrong, but my assumption is that those 2 relays > >are different in size. Also there is a big difference between > >a 2.5 mm wire and 6.0 mm wire. > > > >So, you can see in our westy full campers, the > >refrigerator 12 volt heater relay setup is not as strong as the > >relay setup on pg.97.222. > > > >Harald > >'90 westy > > > > Bill wrote: > >> Actually, if you look at the wiring diagram on page 97.222 of the > Bentley > >> you will see that the relays that came on Vanagons from 1986 were > ment to > >> work with an auxillary battery. Weather the stock wiring was > adequately > >> designed or not I don't know. I do know that this set up seems to > work > >fine > >> on my 90 Westy Syncro. > > Thanks for all the help. When I get the system installed I'll let you know. Mitchell 84 Westy |
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