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Subject:Re: battery relay question
From:Leon Korkin
Date:Tue, 15 May 2001 20:02:04 -0700

Just check voltage on fuse panel going thru fuses with ignition on and
one showing 12v you can use for relay. I think i used rear lights fuse
but any fuse getting 12v with ignition on will be ok as long as it has
0v
with ignition off.
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

sg wrote:

> hello list,here's a question from my friend, a previous westie owner,
> and maintainer of his girlfriend's westie: I'm trying to hook up a
> battery separating relay
> switch in a 1987 Vanagon, and am having trouble
> because I can't find a switched power line.  The way
> the relay switch works is it's triggered when the
> ignition turns on (connects the two batteries) and
> disengages when the ignition turns off (disconnects
> the two batteries).  The problem is I can't find any
> power line in the vanagon that only has power when the
> key is turned. Anyone know of one?
>
> thanks,steve&buster

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