You are third person I know of who did the same thing when they
installed a 1314/5. A friend did it wrong a few weeks ago and asked me
for help. Perhaps SurePower should have more prominently emphasized the
requirement for the ground wire in all cases. Some people somehow seem
to decide that the ground is only for use when one of the other 2
external connection options are used even though that is not what the
instructions say.

Mark

Dave Vickery wrote:

> Thanks to the 3 of you who answered.  It works great now.  I had lost
> (tossed?) the directions so your replies helped me see what I had done.
>
> I guess everyone does something dumb once in a while, and some of us get in
> line more than once.
>
> Many thanks,
> Dave in Denver
> Syncro 2.5
>
> rom: George Thorburn <thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA>
>
>> Reply-To: George Thorburn <thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: shur power 1315 wiring question
>> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:39:22 -0600
>>
>> Dave wrote;
>> >>I installed a shurpower 1315 isolator. It is so simple, I don't know
>> how
>> I
>> >>messed it up.
>> >>I hooked up main battery + to one terminal, Aux batter + to the other
>> >>terminal.  I left the 3 little switch prongs alone, as I don't need it
>> >>manually switchable, just want it to intelligently charge the aux
>> battery.
>>
>> Dave,
>> Step 7 on the instruction sheet says to connect a 14 gauge wire from the
>> chassis ground to the Separator ground.  (this is one of the three prongs
>> you left alone).
>> When I hooked mine up I ran a short wire from the ground connection to
>> one
>> of the mounting screws I used to hold the separator to the vans body.
>> George
>> '85 Westfalia (with two batteries and a Sure Power 1315 Separator)
>
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