Assumption: You have a Westy with a fridge and sink....

There are 2 red wires attached to the OEM relay.  One is for the
fridge and is only hot when the engine is running.  The other red wire
is a continuous hot for the water pump.

Since you have one red wire not attached either you have the 12volt
use of fridge not working (when engine running) or the water pump
doesn't work.  If your water pump does work then the extra wire is for
the fridge.

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Laurence Smith
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
90 Westy (fanumbos)
87 GL
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Neil Wasbrikoff
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:32 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 2nd battery relay question...
>
>
> Hi Volks,
>
> I just replaced my OEM VW 2nd battery relay with one from
> Radio Shack. The cost was six dollars (as opposed to the
> $$$ the dealer wanted).
>
> I removed my front seat, and carefully matched up the wires
> on my burnt relay, to the appropriate connections on my new one.
>
> One thing I noticed. There is a center connector on my OEM
> relay, which my new Radio Shack relay does not have. There
> is a red wire under the seat, but it was not attached to my
> original relay.
>
> Would anyone know what the center connector on an original
> relay is for? Do I need it (even tho mine was seeming not
> attached)? Replacing my relay was a piece of cake ...
> except now I have one left over wire, I am not sure what it's for.
>
> any comments would be helpful.
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
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