Abel,
To get the space under the seat did you remove the swivel ?or is that the way the Westy was stock? Really nice set up. I hope to do the same type setup. But i have the swivel drive chair set up!

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 

> On Jan 13, 2015, at 9:30 AM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I use a ProSport8 marine charger sitting under the driver's seat. This AC
> driven charger plugs into the AC socket that's under the sink area so its
> get powered when I plug the van up to shore power via the hookup box
> outside.
> 
> Since I have my seat all the way to the back, and the LEDs on top of the
> charger pointed towards the front of the van I can easily look through the
> driver's window from the outside to check the status of the charger. Is it
> on? It is charging? It is done? etc... Work great.
> 
> Its nice that its permanently installed in the van, I don't have to pack it
> or hit any buttons on it in order to get it to start charging.Juts plug in
> the van and it starts. done.
> 
> Each night before I leave to camp I usually hook up the van to shore power
> so I know my house batteries re fully charged and ready to go.... I use
> three 44aH batteries, 132aH total.
> 
> Here you can see the charger and orientation where its installed.
> 
> http://dasmotoclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/auxbattery2.jpg
> 
> Abel
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> PS: It starts charging automagically when the van gets plugged in.
>> 
>>> On Tue Jan 13 2015 at 9:08:06 AM Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I use a battery tender jr under the sink. I believe it has the 3 stages
>> of
>>>> charging if I am not mistaken. Reading other forums seem to say it is
>> not
>>>> strong enough at .75 amps but have never had an issue with it keeping
>> the
>>>> battery topped off. I keep it plugged in full time when not camping. My
>>>> electrical use is minimal...mostly lights, stereo and charging phones. I
>>>> rarely get to a low level on the battery.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I also have an upgraded voltage regulator that puts out about 14.5 when
>>> driving then I believe its around 13.5 or so when charging on the tender.
>>> 
>>> I am using a 65ah deep cycle under the drivers seat with gowesty set up.
>>> 
>>> Ryan
>>> Asheville, NC
>>