In a message dated 17/05/2005 12:07:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

I gotta  get power to all that. I have a new battery under the driver's
seat with an  isolation relay so it charges when the alternater is
running, and  disconnects when it is not. Everything in the cabin is now
running off this  house battery so I can be confident that the engine
battery does not get  discharged while camping. Everything, that is,
except the existing light  fixture over the counter. I need to get to
those wires and bring them down  to my house battery power panel. I want
to re-route them so they run down  behind the driver's seat.

This is all a long-winded way of asking one  question: does anyone have
any wisdom about accessing the two wires that  run from the over-counter
lamp to the driver's-side door lamp ("INT LITE-F"  on p. 97.58 Bentley's
Vanagon)?

Mike, that light is powered by the smaller of  the two red wires that come
out of the fuse box behind the drivers seat.   The leads of that fuse box go to
the fridge relay in the battery box under the  drivers seat.  Both of those
red leads should be disconnected from the  relay and then directly connected to
your AUX battery.  This will put the  fridge and all camper electrics on the
AUX battery.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
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