At 11:04 AM 9/3/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Yes I know this has all been gone over before but I didn't pay all that
>much attention since I didn't have a second battery to worry about.
>
>I'm hooking up an Aux battery.  I want to isolate it.  What subtlties do I
>need to know about isolators?
>
>
>The battery I'm installing is a 12V deep cycle gel cell (Wheel Chair
>battery). This battery is relatively tiny (less than half the size of a
>regular battery) and yet will provide 31 hours of juice at 4amps.  These
>batteries will provide two times, or more, the capacity of a conventional
>deep cycle battery at low amps (under 25) loads.   It also needs to be
>charged like a conventional auto battery and NOT like a standard deep
>cycle.
>
>So, what  do I need to know about isolators?  I have one I bought about 20
>years ago (when I was just a tyke) from JCW and never installed.

I had a wheel chair battery installed under my seat.  My bus came with an
isolator already in place under the seat.

For more information, see my proto-Vanagon FAQ at
http://www.chaco.com/~coyote/vw/faq.html.

And feel free to contribute!  I just started this today!

Ron
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