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

[Ned Savoie]

So my coil is off the motor, but I know I took photographs of everything as
I pulled it apart. I should be able to get you those tomorrow when I get to
work.


Ned

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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 10:15 PM, Ned Savoie <ned at harbourlight.com> wrote:

> I'm on my way to the garage now!
>
>
> 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 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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