I have two of the factory VW units hooked up to my Van. 3 gel cells and one
starting battery. Never had a problem with dead batteries and no start. I
usually run my batteries pretty low when I go camping. The starting battery
is always left for starting only. the others are used for stereo,lights,etc.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: Dave Chameides <docproteus@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Reply-To: Dave Chameides <docproteus@EARTHLINK.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Solar Battery Chargers
>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:42:26 -0800
>
>Has anyone ever used one of those solar battery chargers on your vanagon?
>I�m going to be having mine sitting for a while and it seemed like a good
>idea but I wanted to check and see if anyone had any feedback on them.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dave