another approach...

still having the main battery back in the engine compartment (hold-over from
the diesel days) and a small 30 A/hr gel cell tucked in behind it (in front
of RHS taillight) makes it easy to wire in a HD relay that isolates the
starter/main battery from the electrical system (except for the big wire to
starter) and allows the gel cell to power everything else when the key is
not in the start position.

(note run on sentence)

Mind you, I don't have much in the way of power draws when camping, just the
fluorescent light (infrequently) and the CD player.

Alistair

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'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
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