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Subject:Re: Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
From:TC
Date:Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:39:00 -0700

> you have a westy , and want a auxillery battery, all you need is a battery
> (one without a vent), an 8 inch wire to go from the  existing relay to the
> positive battery post (contact 87 on the relay I think),2 hose clamps, and
> a  thin wire for the ground on the new battery.Just run 1 new wire on the
> 87 contact to the battery, and from the positive post of the battery, run
2
> wires to the westy fuse box.That is  a total of 3 wires held onto the post
> with a hose clamp. That is it! Your done!
just curious on the rigfht side of the battery compartment
is a threaded hole that looks to be for the a battery ground what size
bolt / thread did you use there