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• Dual Battery Installation Instructions on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Occhipinti, DVM
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:52:22 -0700
  Anybody have experience installing the dual battery relay, inverter, microwave set-up instructions currently being offered on ebay? Randy says it's an easy...
• Battery
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:30:11 -0400
  Hi, Does the vanagon have any particular battery requirements ? I was at Costco today to buy a battery, and their book said none of...
• Re: Camping Battery
  Historical mailing list - John Thomas
  Mon, 21 Jul 1997 21:46:10 -0700
  ...So my questions are now: - Is a small deep cycle wheelchair battery really better than a top of the line Group 41 battery if...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:50:42 -0800
  ...What's that -- 13 volts or more? Bridging the aux battery to > the starter battery under these conditions is appropriate unless the aux > battery...
• Re: Bad battery?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 May 2021 10:34:44 -0700
  ...I disconnected > >the battery and found that the parasitic draw was from the clock. The draw > >was enough to completely drain the battery in...
• Re: Battery combiner
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:29:24 -0800
  ...Whichever battery is attached to a charging source, it will automatically connect the other battery as well so both get charged. The slightly cheaper...
• Re: Is my Aux Battery Charging
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:17:09 +0000
  ...What's on the aux battery? > Your signature says you are driving a Weekender. If the aux battery is wired according to VW/Bently...
• Re: Newbie battery questions
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 15 May 2007 23:36:22 -0700
  ...Actually, the Westy comes from the factory with everything on the starting battery. If an aux battery is added using the stock relay setup...
• Re: easier battery jumping
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:50:33 -0400
  My battery cover hasn't had screws in it since the day I got my van, it just lies over the battery and under...
• Finding the PERFECT starter battery! (CONCLUSION!)
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 15:49:59 -0700
  This morning my husband and I worked on the battery again. (He would have been able to do it himself, but I wanted to...
• Re: Really Dumb Question About Aux Batteries Install.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:38:13 -0500
  ---- mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: > The wiring shown in the Bentley for an aux battery does not show the > battery doing anything at...
• Something is draining the battery, but what?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:37:37 -0700
  I can't find it. '82 Westy, new battery again, but the battery is going down in a week. I put a light bulb...
• Re: 2nd Westy Battery - An Easy Method?
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:36:35 -0700
  ---Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I'd like to put a second battery in my 1984 Westy, and there are lots of > good...
• 1991 vanagon - Auxiliary Battery wiring upgrade
  Historical mailing list - KevinPGilleran
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:10:31 -0700
  All, Auxiliary Battery wiring upgrade: Having completed a fair amount of research I am attempting to answer my own question about best practices and...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 22:13:21 -0800
  ...In this > case, the main battery will charge first, regardless of the size of the > auxiliary (camper) battery and only when the main battery...
• Aux Battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:48:54 -0700
  ...This terminal supplies current to charge the aux battery when the van is running. Connect a ground strap to the aux battery. Reconnect the...
• Re: Aux Battery Confirmation...
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 15:53:15 -0700
  ...Aux Battery Confirmation... I was looking at the directions on the site for an aux battery. I have the relay, and will be adding...
• Re: Inverter converter/charge system for $500-1000 ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:10:21 -0800
  ...Most of them use an internal 12 volt > sealed battery. Remove the battery and connect to your 2nd battery. You > now have an inverter...
• Re: wife's battery (was Group 41 Battery at Wal-Mart)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:19:49 -0600
  ---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I just took my wife's battery to walmart, It takes a battery for your wife to...
• Best replacement battery for my Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Jones
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:49:34 EDT
  The battery in my Westy has hit the skids. What is the best replacement battery with the most oomph? I want a battery that...
• Re: Second Battery / Battery wiring / 110vt Inverter
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:03:14 -0600
  > I have found a fellow here in Sausalito (Arc Battery) who provides a = > deep cycle battery that is the exact size of the vanagon...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:29:50 -0500
  ...The obvious solution is to install a deep-cycle battery in the auxiliary = battery position. My concern is having dissimilar battery types wired in...
• Re: Battery hold down unit, removal?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:02:01 -0600
  I replaced my westy primary battery recently, & had the same issue, but it eventually came out w/ some wiggling of the battery clamp piece...
• Re: Bad battery?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 9 May 2021 13:26:02 -0400
  The digital clock in the '86-on won't kill a battery quickly. Never had an issue in the past. I do have the...
• White powder in battery box bottom
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:31:00 -0800
  I just removed the camping battery from under the the driver's seat (in my 'new to me' van). This is a normal 'starter...
• Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:55:35 -0700
  ...It connects the two battery banks when either one is being charged. > When the charge source stops and the voltage returns to a battery...
• Re: Battery hold down unit, removal?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:18:34 -0700
  So, it sounds like I just have to push the battery backward and force this flatbar thing out upward. Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom...
• Tale of a Failed Battery
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 15:52:50 -0700
  This is a positive and a negative report on products and service from Budget Battery, a chain of battery only stores here in the...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 26 May 2015 17:48:54 -0400
  ...I > put the battery on a Battery Tender > (http://www.batterytender.com/Automotive/Battery-Tender-Junior-12V-0-75A.html) > after about a week...
• Battery cables
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:49:18 -0500
  On my '95 EVC the relay that allows charging the house battery when the engine is running simply connects the vehicle and the house...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:38:28 -0700
  ...To re-iterate, when key is off all power comes from house battery and acts just like a one battery van. The starter cable...
• Second Battery not charging
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:02:49 -0500
  I recently installed a second battery using the Go Westy kit for my '85 Westy, but put the battery under the back seat instead...
• Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:38:37 +0000
  ...If you buy the Cig-Lighter-Plug-Cable you can recharge your battery by plugging in the cable. Useful back up battery. http://www...
• Battery removal
  Historical mailing list - ==David-M==
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:13:41 -0500
  I recently had to recharge my battery (my theft alarm went off and failed to cut out thus draining the battery). It was quite...
• Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:49:00 -0500
  I think my 85 westy's battery box shrank (shrunk?) over winter. For years I've always had a struggle when dropping the group...
• Re: GoWesty Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:18:19 -0600
  ...The battery charger can be connected to the house battery and > also > charge the chassis battery when connected to "shore" power. The really good...
• 2nd Westy Battery - An Easy Method?
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:59:00 -0700
  I'd like to put a second battery in my 1984 Westy, and there are lots of good - although slightly complicated - ideas out there...
• CONFUSION
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:24:27 -0000
  ...The main DIEHARD INTERNATIONAL battery was purchased April 2007. In autumn of 2009 I placed under the Westy's rear seat DIEHARD battery, bought...
• Re: Starting Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 22:02:00 -0800
  Great tip! I'd also recommend using a battery mat. It is a cut to fit mat that fits under the battery and is...
• Re: '85 Westfalia - 2nd battery ?????
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:41:33 EDT
  ...Which is the main battery, and which is the accessory battery? Are they separated so that the vehicle runs off one? Mine is a...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:52:20 -0500
  The open circuit voltage of a battery goes up as temperature goes up. The required charging voltage goes down as temperature goes up. Dennis...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron 96
  Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:47:59 -0400
  ...today no matter what I did that >> battery will not settle into the box. Any tips from those still using the >> lead acid battery...
• Re: Charging the batteries..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:29:59 -0400
  Anything that raises the voltage of the main battery will cause this relay to activate and connect the aux battery same as the alternator...
• New battery is dead
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:36:00 -0400
  ...Do I have a short? Has anyone encountered this before? The battery is new and was tested at the Interstate battery dealer when I...
• Re: Sure Power 1314 vs Sure Power 1315
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:07:43 -0700
  ...When > driving, the alternator first charges the starter battery and then charges > my auxillary battery bank. When plugged in to shore power, the battery...
• Alternator - Battery - jumpstart questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:42:31 -0400
  ...Turned out the alternator wasn't charging the battery so the battery went flat. Alternator was putting out current but it wasn't getting...
• For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:51:35 -0800
  ...What are Canadians using for their second battery? It can't be higher than about 8". --------------------- Nathaniel, Battery particulars: Model: G-74DC, 950CA, 150RC...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:44:58 -0800
  ...The way the 1315 works is it first charges the battery it is attached to, then, when that battery reaches the proper level, the...
• Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:13:24 -0700
  ...To properly diagnose a sulfated, damaged, or poor battery, take the battery to a local battery store for an evaluation. " -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil...
• Primary battery ventilation?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:50:30 -0700
  Howdy, I just got a new primary battery installed. A Sears Diehard International. The battery has a vent, but Sears didn't connect it...
• Re: Battery venting, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:52:59 -0400
  John Koloen wrote: > <snip>I'm planning to install an auxiliary battery, though maybe not under > the > driver's seat since I can't...
• Re: 2nd Battery Time Again...
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 10 May 2001 14:47:32 -0700
  ...If you would like to see info for installing a second battery, using a dual battery relay or isolator, you can check out my...
• Re: Auxiliary Battery Hook-up
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:21:02 -0400
  ...I installed an auxillary battery and wanted to run the radio, CD and cigarettel lighter off that battery rather than the starting battery. Since...
• Re: White powder in battery box bottom
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 10:55:37 -0700
  Is the battery cracked, or is there any evidence it did leak? If the powder is all white, maybe it is baking soda, put...
• Battery Charge Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 1 May 2006 14:23:18 -0700
  I have an 85 westy with an optima yellow top house battery connected using the normal relay setup (e.g. a separate relay for...
• Re: Newbie battery questions
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 14 May 2007 11:14:43 -0700
  The battery from GoWesty is about 20% smaller (capacity) than the battery you have, about 40 amp hours vs 50-55 for a full...
• Group 48 Battery at Costco for $49
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 10 May 2008 07:39:11 -0700
  A friend of mine killed his Costco group 48 camping battery by using it as a deep deep cycle battery too much. He paid...
• Re: Newbie battery questions
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 13 May 2007 15:12:06 -0700
  Before I replaced the main battery, I charged it disconnected and left it disconnected overnight. The next morning it registered 10 volts while never...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:02:41 -0500
  ...I'm currently using the old fridge relay as an aux battery charging relay. My aux battery is wired so that the fridge can...
• Re: Aux Battery 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:54:36 -0800
  Roger, I believe any 12v battery that will fit in the box will work. However: Starter batteries are not designed to be used as...