Hi All!

A number of years ago, my local VW dealer (before they were bought
out by a mega-dealership-company) gave me a bunch of the solarpanel
battery chargers that came with new VWs to keep their batteries
"topped up" while sitting in the delivery lots, etc.

I had been using one in the winter time on the window above the sink
to add a little "juice" to the auxiliary battery, especially when I
wasn't driving the Westy often. However, the van is parked with the
driver's side of the van facing east, so in the afternoon, it
wouldn't be getting too much sun. This afternoon I got what I call a
"DUH ephiphany".....

I wanted to mount the charger on the roof somehow and run the cable
down to the aux battery....and then it struck me! (no not the solar
panel)  The charger was approximately the size of the roof vent, so I
thought. So I put the charger up against the roof vent, the suction
cups took hold...IT FIT!!! I ran the cable from the charger across
the support bar and down to the aux power plug (aka cigarette
lighter) I have on the kitchen cabenet.

Now we have to see if the suction cups do their job!

Maybe the skylight guy can come up with a solar panel roof vent!

Ric