Sign me up for one too! I've already got the optima deep-cycle. I just need to get around to wiring it.

speaking of which, the Bentley manual on one of the camper wiring diagram pages shows the 2 bats hooked up in parallel through a relay. The other 2 contacts (the switching ones I believe) go through 2 plug in connectors. Would this mean that the receiving end of the connectors are part of the wiring in all comperable year V'gons? Basically would we just need to find those 2 connectors under the dash, plug the relay into that and you're fine?

In a message dated Thu, 23 Sep 1999  4:18:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Alan J. Flint" <ajflint@ITSA.UCSF.EDU> writes:

> Hi Ron, Ken, et al.:
>         I have only been following the list a couple of months, and owning
> a Vanagon for a couple of weeks.  There seems to be a great deal of
> interest (with good reason) in adding a second battery to all of these
> full campers out there.  There is a place for it, its very handy, etc.
>         Do any of you (or would you) offer an OEM wiring kit from the
> Weekender (correct terminology?).  I mean the camper that is represented
> in my Bentley with an auxilliary battery.  This would include the larger
> OEM relay and a couple of other wires I believe.  It should be very
> popular with the "keep it original" crowd.
>         I know others have rigged up systems for this purpose, but I would
> sleep better knowing that Bosch was on the job.
>
> Just an idea, and sign me up for one.
> Alan.