Philip,

I added a 2nd battery to my 82 Westy, it was just connected in parallel(
The two batteries are new), the ground wire is bolted to the body, the
positive is just connected to the other battery. The hard part is routing
the positive wire to the main battery, some people would use an isolator
but I have been using this set up for 3 years and it has not given me any
problems sofar

Steven
82 Westy

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> From: Philip Hanson (Volt Computer) <a-phanso@MICROSOFT.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Adding the second battery to the early vanagon ('80)
> Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 2:34 PM
>
> I have an 80 Westy.  In the aux battery compartment is a heavy wire pack
and
> something that looks like a fuse holder.  I want to add the battery here.
>
> Can anyone suggest where to go in the archive for instructions.  One I
found
> only addressed the newer vanagons which seem to have a different setup
than
> mine.  Or, has someone done this job and can give me hints?  Thanks. ph