

| Subject: | Re: Alternator/Aux Battery |
| From: | Graham Challis |
| Date: | Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:02:16 -0800 |
The best way to keep an aux. battery charged is by using a battery isolator. The alternatorc then can be wired to charge both batteries, but the isolator prevents the aux. accessories from drawing on the main battery. Check out www.surepower.com. The isolator I have in my 90 GL is made by them. You need to make one simple mod. to your alternator (basically just cutting one wire), and the isolator can be mounted inside the engine compartment. My aux. battery sits under the rear seat and powers the fridge and an accessory outlet. Graham 90 GL auto. country homes camper conversion --- Chuck Mathis <CMathis227@AOL.COM> wrote: > Javier, > > Your battery arrangement sounds different from my > 'factory' set-up. In my '85 the auxiliary battery > powers the usual auxiliary stuff and the other runs > the starter and other 'car' stuff. The alterator > charges both batteries. What you may want to do is > get one of the Hella auxiliary battery kits or look > in Bentley for the proper wiring to get your > auxiliary hooked to the alternator. > > Chuck > '85 Wolfsburg Westy > > In a message dated Tue, 16 Jan 2001 8:27:56 AM > Eastern Standard Time, Javier Zavala > <zavlomja@EC-RED.COM> writes: > > << My batteries are not hooked together, one works > with the engine and > alternator, the other one works for the sink, > lights, fridge, etc, and it > charges from an external source (plug) thru a > charger that fits under the > rear seat. > > Javier Zavala > 84 1,9L German Westy > 01 Prospector Hovercraft > >> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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