Date:         Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:59:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Frank Miller <fmiller01@SPRYNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Miller <fmiller01@SPRYNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: VWs, Boats and fishing
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If you can think of electricity in a wire as water in a pipe, and diodes as
one-way valves, you can do the job yourself with $0.50 (OK, $1.99 at Radio
Shack) worth of diodes and some electrical tape.

Frank Miller


At 07:37 PM 3/10/99 -0600, you wrote:
>--------------
>Hi Volks,
>    Jc whitney has an adapter that combines the separate brake and turn
>signal wire  to one brake /  turn signal wire. I have used them on several
>vans and busses. catalog number = 15vr6042r $9.
>Darrell
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Pickering <mv_54@OMALP1.OMERESA.OHIO.GOV>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 11:37 AM
>Subject: VWs, Boats and fishing
>
>
>>Bill,
>>        I'm VERY jealous being here in Ohio, with tons of snow and the
>fishing
>>season still being a ways off, knowing you can do some great fishing
>>right now!
>>        Anyway, I just bought a decent trailer for my 13' aluminum boat.
>The
>>TRAILER pulled great behind my '86 Westy, I'm yet to put the boat on
>>it.  Any suggestions about this set-up?  How did you wire the lights?  I
>>could either do brakes lights or turn signals, not both.  I understand
>>there is some kind of converter available but I'm not sure if that is
>>the way to go.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Eric Pickering
>>
>