yeah, that's interesting ...
besides 'X' may be a vanagon specific thing..

 - that there are two kinds of 'on' in the ignition switch.
the kind that stays on during cranking, like the ignition,
and the kind that is switched off during cranking, like power supply to the
headlights and load reduction relay.

pretty tricky !  - or clever/sneaky.

Is the heated rear window switched out too  - I'm sure it is.
but, I hate to see those left on, since the alternator is hit with a high
load as soon as the engine is running ... , besides putting some back in the
battery after starting ...there's that immediate high load from the heated
back window in addition.

I find them left on frequently.
On more evolved cars, the heated back window defaults to off each time you
turn the car off, and some of them turn off after a while automatically
anyway.
but that would be a nice upgrade - the  heated back window defaults to off
when you turn the van off.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!

> At 07:33 PM 5/25/2010, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>hey, thanks for that tidbit.
>>would you say that falls within the standard conventions of
>>15 is 'ign on',
>>50 is start signal,
>>30 is batt, etc ?
>>like an 'X' means that ...all that's taken out during cranking ?
>
> I believe it's Vanagon-specific.  They don't follow all the DIN terminal
> conventions.  They also don't follow the DIN recommendation that for
> mechanical strength, 18ga should be minimum wire size...\
>
> d