[T2] Help to enhance my AUX battery diagram before we burn alive !

[Ned Savoie]

I'm on my way to the garage now!


Ned

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Ned Savoie
Creative Director

Harbour Light Strategic Marketing
Savvy Software, Inc.
621A Islington Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:11 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:

>
> a photo of the wires, especially the ones to the coil would be great.
>
> I think I may have gotten the only bad motor Bob Donalds ever built but it
> was nothing but trouble.  dropped a galley plug, Suburban motors rebuilt at
> cost as the carry on of Boston Bob and it got 13,870 miles til it again
> dropped a galley plug.  told him to make sure they were in tight, with
> theads and sealant and interference.  he missed one.
>
> got Derrick in Ark to rebuild this one and he didn't like the case so used
> a new case but same heads and pistons. said they were good.
>
> Bob
>
> On Wed, 3 Jun 2015, Ned Savoie wrote:
>
>  Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:40:44 -0400
>> From: Ned Savoie <ned at harbourlight.com>
>> To: Bob carroll <accessys at smart.net>
>> Cc: Christophe Guilbert <cguilbert at picasso.ucsf.edu>,
>>     "TYPE2 at type2.com" <TYPE2 at type2.com>
>> Subject: Re: [T2] Help to enhance my AUX battery diagram before we burn
>> alive
>>
>>     !
>>
>> You may want to post this to the Vanagon list, there are a lot more people
>> active and doing a lot with dual batteries and solar as well. My bus is
>> still waiting patiently to be put back together, but I am still lurking.
>> Bob, I wish I could help with your no start issues, but other than taking
>> some photos of my motor (which is on a stand), I can't offer much help.
>> Mine was one of the last Boston Bob motors as well.
>>
>>
>> Ned
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ned Savoie
>> Creative Director
>>
>> Harbour Light Strategic Marketing
>> Savvy Software, Inc.
>> 621A Islington Street
>> Portsmouth, NH 03801
>>
>> [Telephone] 603.427.2821
>> [Facsimile] 603.427.0938
>> [Mobile] 603.828.2400
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:51 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I have twin batteries but both wired in parallel so both are always
>>> working, but have a boat selector switch in the engine compartment (MUST
>>> be
>>> a make before break type) and when camping or whatever I just switch from
>>> both batteries to just one of them. then when is time to go I switch the
>>> other back into the circuit.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 3 Jun 2015, Christophe Guilbert wrote:
>>>
>>>  Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:49:44 -0700
>>>
>>>> From: Christophe Guilbert <cguilbert at picasso.ucsf.edu>
>>>> To: "TYPE2 at type2.com" <TYPE2 at type2.com>
>>>> Subject: [T2] Help to enhance my AUX battery diagram before we burn
>>>> alive
>>>> !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am adding a new Aux battery and draw a diagram to do so.  I really
>>>> would appreciate if someone review it to see if I am doing something
>>>> dangerous, enhance the safety or if it could be done differently (and
>>>> more
>>>> elegantly)
>>>>
>>>> Here is the diagram:
>>>> http://mondale.ucsf.edu/download/secondary_batt2.pdf
>>>>
>>>> The feature of rewiring is to select which battery and I to use for all
>>>> my appliances and I can start the fridge on the AUX battery when the
>>>> van is
>>>> not running.
>>>>
>>>> Basically , I have my Aux battery wire going to the dash board to
>>>> provide
>>>> the interior light , cigarette lighter and radio.  The interior lights,
>>>> cigarette lighter wires was "repossessed and diverted" from the main
>>>> fuse
>>>> panel S8. The Aux battery wire (in the dashboard) is going back to the
>>>> Aux
>>>> battery compartment trough the regular fridge/LED panel relay (C in my
>>>> drawing).
>>>> I have a switch S1 which control the relay B , relay B can select if the
>>>> current flowing to the fridge/LED and appliances panel is coming from
>>>> the
>>>> main or the AUX battery. This way I can select which battery I want to
>>>> use
>>>> for my appliances. Note that the AUX battery is used by default.
>>>> Switch S2 is here to override relay C (fridge relay ) to have the fridge
>>>> working on the Aux battery when the engine is not running , it is also
>>>> light up a strong red light in the dashboard to remind me that the
>>>> fridge
>>>> is running on the aux battery. This is practical if you are doing
>>>> grocery
>>>> and don't want to switch to gaz. the trick is that when the fridge is
>>>> not
>>>> working , the LED panel is (that's the design of relay C),  so I use the
>>>> +12V out of the LED panel post to energized relay A 86 terminal.  I
>>>> trigger
>>>> it by the switch S2 through Tem 85. Note that the S2 switch is using
>>>> ground
>>>> line.
>>>>
>>>> If any one could be kind enough to tell the weakness of my design and
>>>> how
>>>> to fix it. I especially would like to emphasized where to add more fuse
>>>> to
>>>> make it safer.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and sorry for any eventual headache following my diagram.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
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