Mark,
My van started life as the 86 Wolfsburg "weekender" with the aux battery
and the portable fridge that plugged into the receptacle on the passenger
seat podium. Is this the set up with the "better wire" already there?

Edward

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:16 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> Dave, the Vanagons that came with an aux battery have an stock wire
> running from the main battery compartment to the aux battery compartment
> that is used for charging the second battery via a relay. That wire is
> stock for dual battery vans. Some people with campers try to add a
> second battery without adding this wire that theirs didn't come with.
> Instead they try to use the stock wire under their driver seat that
> comes from the fuse panel and which is there to provide power for the
> camper kitchen and camper 3 way fridge to run on 12 volts. The first
> stock wire works fine for its intended purpose of charging the battery.
> The second stock wire works fine for the Westy kitchen/fridge but poorly
> if asked to charge a battery.
>
> The stock aux battery wiring works fine for charging the battery but few
> vans have this stock wire.
>
> The stock fridge wiring works poorly when converted to charging a
> battery without adding a separate charging wire from the main battery.
>
>
> Mark
>