A vanagon will go about 20 miles or so, I limped back on forth to work
for a week or so, over a pass in Colorado a few years back, with stops
for the daily hitchikers.
I'd put the battery on a charger during the day and get home before dark.

chris

Jack R. wrote:
> I can tell you that a 91 BMW 525i can go about 20 miles on a fully charged
> battery before it dies... with no electric items running.
>
> Not sure how far a Vanagon will go, as the battery powers the fuel pump,
> ECU, various other items.  Be sure to let us know how far you make it,
> before hooking up battery #2.
>
> Jack R.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Don Hanson
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 10:39 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
>
> Aha!  It seems to be the alternator.  I get about 11.5 amps when the motor
> is on from the main wire on the rear.  A little  less from the blue wire
> (small).  No Juice coming out, I guess.
>   Didn't realize Bus Boys was in Redding,  I may have to back-track there
> for an alternator..Alturas is on 395 hwy, which is in the next valley over
> from Redding and a bit north..but if I have to order, it would probably be
> from  them anyhow, and then I would wait and pay someone to deliver it to
> me?
>   Thanks,
>   Don Hanson
>
>
>