Date:         Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:00:52 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dual Battery Relay - Part 2 (long)
In-Reply-To:  <199902012246.OAA20867@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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It is basically impossible to overload a relay trigger circuit unless there is a short somewhere -- after all, that is the basic premise of ANY relay: low amperage trigger; high-amperage main.


Thus, the ONLY way to get more charging amperage to the aux battery is installing BOTH a high-amp relay AND high-amp main circuit wiring. And since VW doesn't offer any high-amp relays, you will be better off finding one from some other source.


Cheers,

MJS



At 02:55 PM 2/1/99 -0800, harald_nancy wrote:

>I am mostly concerned about the relay trigger

>circuit. I would not want to overload it, with

>a too heavy "industrial" type of relay.

>Personally, I would rather that the breaker

>shuts off once in awhile than risk overloading

>the trigger wires with too big a relay.

>And as you once said, a deep

>cycle should not be charged too fast anyway.

>My main concern is not to damage anything that is stock,

>in this case, the wiring harness with the trigger wires.




<bold>Michael J. Sullivan</bold>

Quincy, MA


'87 GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny"

'89 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Wagon "Wizard"


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