You're welcome Tom
I'm usually a little overly precautious with things.
Basically, as long as the offending circuit(s) are safely disconnected,
you should be good to go. But I hear ya.
Might as well get a new batt.
And solar panel, and, and....

;)

Neil.

On 6/1/15, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Neil, The OEM battery hook up has been modified for the aux battery,
> & the entire harness from the relay to the dash is toast-self inflicted
> problem from grounding the aux battery terminal to the seat base! Do not do
> this at home or anywhere if you want to avoid a mess.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Tom-going to get new aux battery, it was needed anyway & start over w/ the
> help of my mechanic via AAA-YMMV

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