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  • Re: sweaty aux-battery?
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:04:36 -0800
    >These are gel cell .... The Optima is NOT a gel cell... they advertise that the spiral cell' technology is superior to gel cells. Bill
  • Re: Is it open-cell foam if it doesn't say closed-cell? (heater flap material)
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:59:14 -0800
    ...I have tried stiffer closed cell foam and it does not work as well as compliant open cell foam. Open cell foam tends to...
  • Re: cell phones cross country
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:06:14 -0400
    On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Sam Williams wrote: > I have a cell phone with nationwide calling, does a CB offer anything much > better? Only...
  • Re: US cellphones in Canada, Canadian phones in the US
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Wed, 31 May 2006 10:49:56 -0400
    Make sure you call your US cell carrier before you use your cellphone in Canada and confirm rates. Your phone will work fine, but...
  • Re: Fwd: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a westy what would you do ?
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:10:51 -0800
    ...GPS and cell phones All cell phones and cell phone systems are now supposed to have GPS capability BUT all the GPS capable phones...
  • US cellphones in Canada, Canadian phones in the US
    Historical mailing list - don spence
    Wed, 31 May 2006 12:06:03 -0600
    I missed the start of this thread but if you are thinking about touring in Canada you might want to check out Prepaid cell...
  • Re: Is it open-cell foam if it doesn't say closed-cell? (heater flap material)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:12:05 -0600
    ...Why would open or closed cell make a difference, if it makes a good, tight seal? Some open cell foams are more fragile than...
  • Re: Fuel cells (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
    Mon, 7 May 2001 12:12:34 -0600
    ...http://www.globalte.com/fcmore-main.htm http://www.ballard.com/products.asp Two Canadian companies developing different kinds of fuel cells. Most fuel...
  • Cell phones
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:41:44 -0700
    For the heavy travellers but light cell phone users. For the last several days I have gone back over my cell phone bills and...
  • Re: Dual-Battery Question
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:11:27 -0400
    The submarine USS Tiru (SS 416) had a battery bank of 126 cells which were essentially 126 separate 1 ton batteries wired together externally...
  • Cellular Phones, temporary!
    Historical mailing list
    02 Jun 97 06:17:04 PDT
    Last year, in preparation for Vanagon Westi trip that didn't take place, I inquired about renting a cellular phone, as my bus wasn...
  • Fwd: Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 3 May 1997 02:07:56 -0400 (EDT)
    << ><< 72 VOLKSWAGEN WEST CELLER VAN, new paint, no rust, good cond, > $1500. (718) 471-1216 Belle Harbor >> > > >HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!! :<) > >THAT'S THE...
  • Is it open-cell foam if it doesn't say closed-cell? (heater flap material)
    Historical mailing list - Mike South
    Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:19:26 -0600
    ...http://www.homedepot.ca/product/closed-cell-foam-tape-self-adhesive-weatherstripping/941502 TAGO Closed-Cell Foam Tape Self-Adhesive Weatherstripping Model: TA78626 | Internet...
  • Fuel Cell engine swap someday?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:29:07 -0800
    Volkswagen Unveils Its First Fuel-Cell Car At the Grand Opening of the California Fuel Cell Partnership Volkswagen's Bora HyMotion - a new drive...
  • Re: Cell phones go public tomorrow ...
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:02:08 +0000
    ...His topic is "cell phones", not land lines which is what the "registry" law is about. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp...
  • Re: Fuel Cell engine swap someday?
    Historical mailing list - John Klun
    Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:22:01 -0700
    Anybody got any liquid hydrogen handy? :) Bill Davidson wrote: > Volkswagen Unveils Its First Fuel-Cell Car At the Grand Opening of the > California Fuel...
  • Re: FW: Cell Phone and the Internet
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Mon, 2 May 2005 22:14:12 -0700
    ...I hope we can live without the cell phone and Internet connection for just a few hours a day. I'm trying to envision...
  • Re: Cell Phone Charges - NOT Friday Follies
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:59:03 -0800
    ...Cell Phone Charges - NOT Friday Follies > Thought this was worth sharing. > > JUST A REMINDER....11 days from today, all cell phone numbers are > being...
  • Re: charging system problem? battery sitting for a while.
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Sat, 8 Jan 2005 23:20:41 -0600
    Tolga, A hydrometer test to each cell will quickly point out which cell is no good. Also a battery load tester hooked to the...
  • Re: Cell Phone Charges - NOT Friday Follies NVC
    Historical mailing list - Leslie H Schwartz
    Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:16:38 -0800
    ...I have just started getting automated robot sales calls to my cell phone, in Spanish. Spanish is a beautiful language but having it shouted...
  • westy upper bed foam???
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Sun, 4 Feb 2001 08:42:29 -0800
    ...But closed cell is not as comfortable as open cell foam. The backpacking stores do sell some closed cell shaped in ridges and even...
  • Re: Cell Phone Charges - NOT Friday Follies NVC
    Historical mailing list - Lucas Thompson
    Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:50:40 -0800
    ...http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp Lucas 82 westy/86 GL -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
  • Everybus Cell coverage?
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:14:20 -0400
    Does anyone know if the campground for this years Everybus has decent cellphone coverage?
  • Re: ATL Fuel Cell info
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Tue, 6 Jun 2000 08:02:52 -0700
    They're apparently gasoline containers that have been named fuel cells... they are not batteries. The name 'fuel cells' applied to gasoline tanks is...
  • Re: The Ideal vanagon
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:50:22 -0700
    ...Want privacy? Leave the cell phone at home. Want emergency help? Bring the cell phone with you. William > i know a few people that...
  • Re: CB or cell?
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:30:37 -0700
    ...and I can even get my email using my cell from remote mesa tops.... but certainly not down in canyons off the highways. Bill...
  • Fuel cells (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - radish150
    Mon, 7 May 2001 10:56:40 -0700
    Can someone briefly explain how a fuel cell works? Are they generally understood to contain hydrogen? mark...
  • Solar panel basics
    Historical mailing list - David Etter
    Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:24:13 -0300
    ...Monocrystalline panels have uniform dark gray cells and have the highest output per cell area and tend to be the most expensive. Polycrystalline cells...
  • Regarding cell phones, gender bashing, and Luddites
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 3 May 2005 08:48:36 -0700
    ...Why Internet and cell phones? Well, cell phones are pretty handy for digging yourself out of a mess (break downs) and for staying in...
  • Re: Fwd: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a westy what would you do ?
    Historical mailing list - mordo
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:32:21 -0500
    ...GPS and cell phones > All cell phones and cell phone systems are now supposed to have GPS > capability BUT all the GPS capable phones...
  • Re: Cell Phone Charges - NOT Friday Follies NVC
    Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
    Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:08:43 -0800
    ...Cell Phone Charges - NOT Friday Follies NVC > > > >See: > >http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp > > > >Lucas > >82 westy/86 GL > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From...
  • Re: FW: Cell Phone and the Internet
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Tue, 3 May 2005 11:16:57 -0400
    ...Most people will take the hint (and their cell phone) to a more private location. :-) At 10:14 PM 5/2/2005 -0700, developtrust...
  • Re: Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:39:35 -0700
    Try turning off the location monitor off on your cell phone. Jere -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
  • Re: Fuel Cell in place of spare tire...
    Historical mailing list - ed
    Wed, 31 May 2000 21:33:57 -0400
    Aero Tec Labs (makers of ATL fuel cells) makes an 8 or 12 gallon round cell intended for the spare tire well of race...
  • Re: NVC - cellphone batteries
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:04:06 -0400
    On 9/21/07, Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone recommend a reliable vendor of good-quality inexpensive cellphone...
  • Re: Cellular Phones, temporary!
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 02 Jun 1997 12:42:34 -0700
    Actually, if you haven't looked into it, cell phone service is pretty cheap. Lots of places will either give you a basic phone...
  • Re: Cell phones
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:14:08 -0600
    ...DM&FS At 02:41 PM 2/15/2005, jimt wrote: >For the heavy travellers but light cell phone users. > >For the last several...
  • Re: wireless communicationNONVANAGON???
    Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
    Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:30:57 -0500
    ...But, I like the bag phone because of the higher wattage > (3 watts as opposed to 1 watt on cell phone) figuring that it...
  • Re: New electric power option?
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sat, 5 Jan 2008 10:31:35 -0800
    ...the HydroPak > Fuel Cell is debuting at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. > Dead quiet, decent power (400W), 14-hour run time...
  • Re: westy upper bed foam???
    Historical mailing list - John Langowski
    Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:13:38 -0600
    ...But closed cell is not as comfortable as open cell > foam. The backpacking stores do sell some closed cell shaped in ridges and > even...
  • Re: The Ideal vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:28:59 -0700
    ...Want privacy? Leave the cell phone at home. Want > emergency help? Bring the cell phone with you. > > William > > >> i know a few people that...
  • Re: fridge fan
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:48:52 -0600
    > I would vote > for the fan with the d-cell battery. Much easier install. doesn't drain > the aux. battery. The d-cell lasts...
  • Re: Aux battery - venting precautions
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Sat, 02 Nov 1996 19:31:57 -0800
    ...Gel-cell, so no venting is > necessary and no liquid is present. Small, so they easily fit under the > seat. And they put out...
  • Friday non-sense
    Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
    Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:43:26 -0800
    ...In much the same way, > the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. > Excessive intake of alcohol, we all...
  • Re: NVC - cellphone batteries
    Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
    Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:49:32 -0400
    You get what you pay for with cell phone batteries. I can almost guarantee you a $1 battery, probably with $10 shipping, is a...
  • Re: Bulley Rags/Diesels in America?
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:25:22 -0700
    ...However, fuel cell technology is coming along very >nicely. Anyone who has followed the fuel cell company Ballard Power will >know this. They are...
  • Re: Vitrifrigo: two corrections to my earlier post
    Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
    Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:11:27 -0400
    ...Dennis asserts exciting or stirring up the wet-cell battery. Even a true deep cycle calcium cell needs a jolt to recharge. Tame or...
  • Re: Suggestions for internet access on the road? (Sort-of Vanagon content)
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Tue, 30 May 2000 19:40:37 -0700
    Ron, Forget a digital cell phone. My understanding is that computers only work with analogue cell phones. Even if that has changed the digital...
  • Re: Friday - fuel cell battery charging
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sat, 6 May 2017 06:44:25 -0700
    Yeah, was aware of fuel cells but not these dedicated methanol powered and nominal 12 volt output, battery charging units. I guess i don...
  • Fw: Deep Cycle Batts.. A Journey
    Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
    Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:56:42 -0500
    ...They are prone to plate dammage like a wet-cell though, so never store them on a cement floor.
  • Re: Is it open-cell foam if it doesn't say closed-cell? (heater flap material)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:48:36 -0500
    ...Open- and closed-cell foams are as you say. If not specified you don't really know which it is. All else equal the...
  • Re: Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:23:26 -0700
    ...BTW, a "dry cell" would be your garden-variety AAA, AA, C or D cell. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow...
  • vanagon as a cellar???
    Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
    Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:17:44 EST
    have someone who wants to purchase my burnt 1980 van and use it for a cellar? anyone ever heard of or done this???????? was...
  • Re: Cell phones go public tomorrow ...
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sat, 9 Aug 2008 23:18:34 -0700
    ...http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 11:06 PM, The Westy man <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote...
  • off topic: cell phones
    Historical mailing list - zampano
    Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:55:38 -0800
    Hi everybody, Didn't mean to start anything on the cell phone issue either. I just think it is another one of those things...
  • Re: Cell phones
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:26:20 -0600
    I use AT&T Cellular block time. I buy $100.00 at a time, actually $111.00 with the taxes. I get approximately 600...
  • Re: laptop log on
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:41:09 -0700
    ...Personally, I have a lap top/cell phone set up where I can use my cell phone to get email. Cell phones are not...
  • Re: Friday - fuel cell battery charging
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 6 May 2017 13:22:38 +0000
    Yes, Fuel cell technology is advancing. There is still the question of cost. There are some forklift manufacturers and companies using fuel cells instead...
  • Re: cellular phone (was Re: massive oil leak (77 camper))
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 28 Sep 1994 15:44:02 -0400 (EDT)
    >and cb radios >and ham radios and cellular phones <has anybody REALLY >got one of these in >their bus??> We don't have any...
  • Re: FW: Cell Phone and the Internet
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Tue, 3 May 2005 15:56:19 -0500
    ...I hope we can live without the cell phone and Internet connection for just a few hours a day.