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-MB

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:54 PM David Boan <dboan@outlook.com> wrote:

> Hi there Vanagon Types,
>
> I am about to start my latest lockdown project, which is to upgrade from
> the GoWesty second battery kit in my '85 Westy to a Blue Sea automatic
> charge relay with start isolation.  I thought I would outline what I plan
> to do and see if anyone has any tips or sees something I am overlooking.
> Hopefully, this exercise will be useful to others considering the same
> thing.
>
> My current setup is the GoWesty solenoid connected to a house battery
> under the backseat.  I have a blue sea auxiliary fuse panel under the
> driver seat along with a dual bank charger and a controller for a solar
> panel.  The house battery is grounded to the chassis and a ground cable
> runs to the fuse panel.  The house battery positive runs to the fuse panel.
>
> I disconnected both batteries, then removed the solenoid and fuse. I left
> the relay but removed the blue wire as the frig now goes to the fuse
> panel.  Here is where it gets tricky.  The charger runs one bank to the
> starter battery and the second bank to the auxiliary fuse panel for the
> house battery.  I plan to run the cable that currently goes from the
> charger to the starter battery to one side of the ACR and then from there
> to the starter battery.  The other side of the ACR goes to the same fuse
> panel connector as the house battery positive.
>
> I am going to deal with the start isolation later after I get the basic
> setup working.
>
> I will write again after I make a little more progress.  Thanks in advance
> for any alerts or suggestions.
>
> Dave B
> Boise
>

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