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Hi all,

Next to the fridge, in the right side, I've found this thing, it has two wires, a red and a black one, I think they came from the second battery installed under the co-driver's seat. It has also a "potentiometer" You can set it on 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 positions... It has a fuse and 250D wrote on it. Next to that fuse it has a switch "ein" "aus"...

I was thinking that thing is to charge the batteries while the van is connected to 220V/240Volts... but the potentiometer makes me

Could be?

Some pics of it here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11894776@N ... 154016641/

Is it wired to that fan that`s in the foto? If so, looks like someone has added it to cool the fridge heat exchanger

No it' not wired to the fan, the fan has a switch outside the furniture so I can switch on or off... The wires are coming from the second battery...
Never connected the van to a 220/240V supply so that is why I ask...

Is that a 240v mains cable going into the back of the box?
If it is, I suspect home made charger !

DentedDevon wrote:Is that a 240v mains cable going into the back of the box?
If it is, I suspect home made charger !

Yeah you mean the black one... tomorrow I'll write again with more info... it is hard to put the head inside that furniture...

Well,

I've connected the van to 220V... that thing makes a bzzzzzzzzz so I imagine it is a battery charger, I have changed the positions... 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 but the reading on the tester (connected on the 2nd battery, inside) says 12,62V. If I select on the left side switch "ein" the thing makes the bzzzzzzzzzz but on "aus" it says nothing...

"aus" translates as "out", "ein" doesn`t translate as anything Maybe it`s not German, perhaps it means "on" and "off" in some other language?

Whatever, if it works in one position and not in the other, then that`s good enough. The battery voltage should jump up as soon as you switch it to charge, if it doesn`t then it`s not working, check for any fuses etc, also could have a split-charge system that also charges the main batt when hooked up (Westys do this)