

| Subject: | RE: Batteries/Dual Installation |
| From: | Clark M. Carr |
| Date: | 01 Dec 95 14:12:22 EST |
Sorry but I missed the beginning of this thread. I read Tom's reply about a switch available at a marine/boating supply house. This sounds pretty useful to me. My '90 Westy has a dual battery setup with some things that don't seem to make sense. I think the PO made some mods and didn't bother to document them in any way. The dealer and Bently both say there is supposed to be a bypass relay installed. Does anyone know where this relay used to live? What it bypassed? How was electrical distribution between the batteries originally configured? I think (couldn't be sure) that the second battery currently runs the refrigerator even with the ignition off if you want it to all the time (if battery is selected) and the main battery does everything else. It would be much more useful to have the main battery reserved for engine only and to have all the lights, the furnace (I just installed it) and the water pump coming off the auxillary battery without risk of not being able to start in winter. As the idea is to use the camper for some fairly serious back county cross-country skiing it would be really scary to get stuck. Clark '90 Westy in search of blue skies
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