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Subject:Re: battery charger for less than 20 dollars and 20 minutes
From:Jonathan Poole
Date:Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:34:55 -0400

Sorry about the links,, I guess gmail got the best of them,,
 if you were interested in the charger photos they are @
 *http://tinyurl.com/dd2dt*<http://www.villagephotos.com/members/album.asp?folder_id=1453584>
 the shower can be seen @
 *http://tinyurl.com/9j8x2*

I hope those work,,
 Jonathan Poole
On 9/11/05, Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote: 
> 
> 
> John
> 
> Would you pls repost your links or perhaps use tinyurl.com<http://tinyurl.com>
> 
> I can't make any of the links in your post work.
> 
> BTW ... Where are you camped currently?
> 
> good road, good adventure
> 
> larry chase
> 
> www.roadhaus.com <http://www.roadhaus.com>
> www.roadhaus.com/shops.html <http://www.roadhaus.com/shops.html>
> www.roadhaus.com/tires.html <http://www.roadhaus.com/tires.html>
> 
> - - -
> 
> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:38:28 -0400
> From: Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: battery charger for less than 20 dollars and 20 minutes
> 
> Until today my second battery was only charged when I ran the engine 
> and=20
> since I am hanging out in one place a lot right now (thanks to the 
> amazing=
> =20 wnc weather and recreation!) my battery hasn't been seeing much time 
> at
> ful= l=20 charge. As I understand it that will eventually ruin a battery 
> so
> I set up = a=20 charger that will automatically charge/maintain the house
> battery whenever = I=20 plug the van in. Someone might have already posted 
> a
> better alternative=20 solution but I wanted to share some photos in case
> anyone needed some more= =20 ideas for a similar charging setup. The 
> charger
> was about 18 bucks at=20 wal-mart and the only other part that I needed 
> was
> some double adhesive=20 velcro that used to stick the charger to the 
> shelf.
> The only real=20 modification that I made was cutting the loop end off of
> the lead wire on= =20 the dc side so that I could insert it into the fuse
> connection for the hous= e=20 power. Installation was very easy and quick
> and only took ten or fifteen=20 minutes. See the charger setup photos at:
> http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=3D1453584<
> http://www.=
> villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=3D1453583&foldername=3Dcharger<http://villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=3D1453583&foldername=3Dcharger>
> >
> Also if you want to see the shower system that I use go to: =20
> 
> http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=3D1453583&foldername=3D=
> Shower
> Jonathan Poole
> '82 ac westy
> 
> 
>