In a message dated 10/07/2005 11:45:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Either  the 1314 or the 1315 are fine for Vanagons. The 1315 is slightly
more  flexible but most Vanagon owners won't make use of the extra
feature. Both  models allow the alternator to charge both batteries when
the engine is  running and the 1315 lets you have a charging source on
the aux battery  that will also charge the starting battery. For example
you could have  solar panels connected to the aux batteries and these
would also  automatically charge the starter battery if the aux batteries
were charged  enough first.. The 1314 does not allow this dual charging
method. I have  only used the 1315.

Yes, but the more important feature of the 1315 is  that it ALWAYS chooses
the highest voltage battery to start the vehicle with  !  For a couple bloody
bucks more why dick around with the less featured  model ?

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
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