Ok. Good.
What year Vanagon?

given your earlier comments, I assume that wire is in the right spot.
However. To be sure, the archives, or the samba (search crazyvwvanman)
should have info for your model year on which spot that new fused wire
should connect to.
A quick look at the 1987 diagram, it seems one would connect that new
fused wire to
B11 or B12. This being at the "front side" (load side) of fuse S3
In OEM form, this would supply aux. battery power to radio, map light, make up
mirror light, cig lighter etc. This is shown on 97.110 in Bentley.
Whatever else the PO connected to this circuit, who knows?

Neil.

On 7/4/15, Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The description of the repurposing the red wire to the aux battery is spot
> on. Right down to the male spade connector on the blade fuse socket.

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Neil n

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