last weekend, i:

pulled the fridge, cleaned it, and installed gowesty's increased airflow
starter kit
added gowesty's bright light relays, and put in new brighter bulbs
replaced the antenna
put in gowesty's aux battery kit

everything worked fine, i drove it a couple times, no problem.  now it is
clear that there is some load on my aux battery.  i pulled the battery,
checked all my new wiring, and confirmed that the aux battery was connected
to the fridge/sink, cig lighter, int lights, and stereo.  with all of those
things turned off, and the fridge/sink cord unplugged, my aux battery
voltage was dropping.  i lost a 1/3  volt in 5 minutes.  there's a 30amp
breaker in gowesty's kit, that remained untripped.  when the van is on, all
the aux connections work fine, the aux battery charges fine.

understand that the only things tapped into the aux battery are the things i
listed.

one thing i changed was i used a wire nut (like for installing light
fixtures in your house) instead of the peculiar four-socket plastic
connector.  this is to connect the aux battery to the freshly clipped leads
for int lights, stereo and cig lighter.  i couldn't get the wires into the
plastic connector without destroying them, and figured if the nut is good
for household 110, it must be okay for 12v.

obviously, i'm not an automotive electrician, but i know how to strip and
crimp and run a dmm.

any thoughts???

aaron
'87 syncro westy ej22

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