You're making this harder than it really is.  Go to the main fuse box under the dash, find the red wire that supplies power to ALL interior lights, radio and cigarette lighter, number 3 fuse circuit in '86 up '85 back I don't remember, and move THAT wire to your AUX battery.  You will need a new fuse for that circuit.

On 2013-03-15, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:

> I'm trying to find the path of the stove light. I want to disconnect it
> from the little fuse box and move it to my aux. battery bank and get it off
> my starting battery. I know it goes toward the drivers seat and then down
> the A pillar, but can't seam to find it after that. Does anybody have any
> insite on this. I would rather not have to pull a new wire all the way up
> to the light if I don't have too

Cheers,    

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