[VACList] Re: VACList Digest V3 #132

["bill rogers" <billrogers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Scott -

I found the short - it was in the line going to the heater fan. It seems the 
lead was disconnected when the transformer was installed, and never 
hooked back up again, so it was resting against the aluminum bodywork. 
And the fuse box has apparently been removed. 

One question: In order to hook battery power back up to the heater, do I 
need a relay between the battery 12V and transformer 12V?  

Also, I'm intrigued that your 1960 Overlander has a water tank up front. 
My Trade Wind, made two years later, has a galvanized steel "torpedo" 
tank over the axle, under the port-side berth (this is a D model, so it has 
only one rear berth). I'm about to remove the steel tank (and replace with 
plastic) because it already has two BB-sized holes un the underside. I'm 
told that by the time a hole appears, the tank is ready to start leaking 
from anywhere. 

Does anyone on VACList have any suggestions about putting in a a new 
water tank?  

Thanks, 
Bill 
Lafayette, CO