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> And if you want more staying power, parallel a second battery under the > other side of the rear seat. > Someplace I have the schematics to do this and wire it so when the > engine is off, you pull from the aux battery, and when the engine > starts, it automatically starts recharging off the system. > -- I just drive a relay from the blue charging light connection from the VR, right next to the second battery. That means you only charge the second battery when the car is actually charging. Best to have a deep-cycle (leisure) battery (not bike one!). Seems to work fine. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~