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  • Re: relay cost question

    Dave Baker · Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:09:32 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    I think you can buy battery isolation relays from RV supply houses for around $15. I bought one several years back but haven't...

  • Re: hardwire jumping a vanagon?

    westydriver · Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:01:29 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    ...in the off position my isolation relay is in the circuit and operates normally. with the switch on it connects the two batteries together...

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    westydriver · Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:38:36 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    My personal method was to use an isolation relay. there are two opinion areas with the relay. one is the method i chose which...

  • Re: camper conversion question

    David Beierl · Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:30:05 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...The vanagons with no propane use 12v from the aux battery to drive the reefer, and have an isolation relay that parallels the two...

  • Re: Upgrading second battery system

    vw_van_fan_Mark · Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:41:22 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...in my '85 Westy to a Blue Sea automatic charge relay with start isolation. ....... Here is where it gets tricky. The charger runs one...

  • A GREAT Battery FAQ

    Jim Arnott · Fri, 8 Jul 2005 20:24:37 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    While researching answers to a question about battery isolation relays on the Vanagon list, I stumbled across an absolutely GREAT FAQ on batteries in...

  • Battery isolators vs Relays- was- Why do JC Whitney Battery....

    mark drillock · Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:36:52 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Mark Tom Miller wrote: > > What's wrong with using the relay isolation kit? I put one in my Westy with > excellent results. Very easy...

  • Sharing a voltmeter between two batteries

    80 Westy Pokey · Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:57:48 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...about the wiring required remove the isolation between the two bateries? I am using the "silver fridge relay" setup from www.vanagon.com Thanks...

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  • Isolation relay

    A device that connects or disconnects a circuit to isolate it from other circuits

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