[T3] Question on my 73 T-3 Square back . Charging system.

William J catnine09 at dslextreme.com
Sun Jul 1 13:59:52 PDT 2018


 Jim that's what I'm going to do . I will also add a fuse at the battery end 
of the new volt meter lead. Then we'll see.

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Question on my 73 T-3 Square back . Charging system.


> On 1 Jul 2018 at 11:48, William J wrote:
>
>> Trouble is if I run a wire right off battery + to the gauge it will read
>> all the time and may or not be a significant draw on the battery when the
>> cars sits for days .
>
> That's a good point, but since you already have the relay, just run the
> dedicated sense wire to the input of the relay and let the relay coil 
> continue
> to be powered only when the key is ON.
>
> I agree that the current draw of the voltmeter is minimal, but if the car 
> doesn't
> get driven very often, it could eventually be a problem.
>
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