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• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:35:24 -0800
  ...Battery rest voltage, test battery with load tester, check rebound voltage. Clean the top of the battery, check the batt. cables and terminals for...
• Re: The key question and dual voltage lights.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:41:26 -0700
  Rod, Rather than dual voltage lights ... how about a small 110v to 12v converter wired into your 110v / 12v system. This way when you...
• Re: Problem with Stancor 120-901 relay??
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:06:22 -0700
  ...A series resistor is a perfectly acceptable way to soak up extra voltage. Get one rated to handle the power, preferably a nice 5W...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 14:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have been told that on some cars, that because the voltage drops to 6 or 8 volts when the starter is cranking, the...
• Re: O2 mixture questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:06:31 -0700
  ...Does it matter? Can I > leave the sensor connected to the computer to read the voltage? I've always understood that the engine should...
• Re: voltage in water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:56:42 -0700
  ...The meter > does > work fine and turning it on makes the voltage of the water go up to > +1.5volts. This is an '84...
• Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:25:06 -0700
  ...Then turn on 12v mode on the fridge switch panel and see what happens to the voltage. If a GoWesty aux battery relay kit...
• Re: corrections on capacitor fix air flow box (22MFD vs 10MFD?)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:57:07 PST
  ...The higher the voltage rating, above the voltage that you are applying to it, the better. As far as 22 vs 10 that depends...
• Battery looses voltage
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:48:41 -0800
  ...Basically, only sometimes, the battery looses voltage and won't start over a period of 8-10 hours--there is a drain or a...
• Re: Camping in cold & battery
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:51:02 -0700
  ...IIRC, alternators charge at a lower voltage at lower RPMs, peaking somewhere around 4500 or so. If high-draw accessories were in use AND...
• Re: Headlamp Relays - Lights Still Dim
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:21:22 -0400
  ...You have to test voltage with the load in place. In other words. Plug in the lights, then check the voltage. No load you...
• Re: new O2 installed - engine dies
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:58:33 -0500
  ...The voltage measured at the oxygen sensor with it connected is 0.5 volt not 0.0 volts at initial start up. This is...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:43:00 -0700
  ...Perhaps an alternator upgrade would also be in order? Any voltage drop across your headlight/radiator fan/blower motor supply wire implies waste heat...
• Re: O2 sensor transition time
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 May 2009 18:39:46 -0700
  ...the voltage was going from about .2 to .8 volts very, very fast. Like several swings in voltage change or range, per second. I...
• Voltage Drop to Fuse Panel
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:59:04 EST
  ...This was to compensate for a voltage loss when using high draw accessories like heater fan motor, wipers or high watt headlights because of...
• Re: Oil Pressure light 87 Vanagon FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:50:05 -0500
  ...After lots of troubleshooting the problem was a >faulty voltage regulator on my alternator. > >I installed a new voltage regulator/brushes kit on my...
• Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:28:46 -0700
  ...You need to calculate the current limit resistor to handle the voltage it sees. You can check the voltage with a DMM across the...
• Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:23:52 -0400
  <html> <body> <font size=3>The charging voltage should be the pretty much same at the alternator and also at the battery terminals and...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:13:23 -0600
  ...It really isn't, just as knowing the expected output > voltage range of a healthy voltage regulator isn't proprietary. Oh, well, > it was...
• Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:34:02 -0500
  Now that you've re-charged the battery, check the voltage drop while turning the key to crank the starter. BTW, those battery boosters...
• Re: Which O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:34:21 -0500
  It's hard to get accurate measurements with a typical meter because the voltage changes rapidly (if the sensor is working right). An old...
• Re: Overnight Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:22:02 -0600
  The Clock draws Voltage. The memory in your New Radio draws voltage. Batteries will naturally read higher when they are warm ............... right after your...
• Re: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:41:58 -0700
  re An automotive regulator OTOH will simply reduce output as the battery voltage rises toward the regulator set point, eventually getting to zero output...
• How to display lambda sensor info
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 11 Mar 96 13:35:56 EST
  ...be displayed on a voltage gauge on the dash? That is, could a circuit translate the O2 sensor's voltage range 0.0 to...
• Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:29:47 -0700
  What do you see for a voltage on the house battery with the engine running and the reefer turned on and set to the...
• adjustable volt reg update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:06:07 -0700
  I have been using a cheap (Bosch knock-off, approx Can$30) adjustable voltage reg in my van for 5 months now. It looks...
• digijet tool need help
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:48:06 -0500
  ---------------------- I need to know what voltage the digijet ecu 83.5-85 supplies to the idle and full throttle switches. The switches return ground...
• Fw: Digifant connector test results, Das Boot.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 08:01:52 -0600
  ----------------- Hi Scott, Ok, I wondered out to the shed this morning and checked some coil voltages. These readings were with key on engine off...
• Re: Alternator repair: replacing voltage regulator and brushes assembly
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 21:48:43 -0700
  ...Hector > Steve just came by with his voltage regulator and my alternator now charges > at 14.03 volts rather than the 13 volts that...
• Re: replacing lightbulb for heater control levers AAAK!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 07:00:14 -0700
  ...From my days as a young starryeyed stumbling fool: "The sum of the voltages around a circuit must equal zero" Eb=the battery voltage...
• Re: Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:15 -0700
  ...High voltage readings > Don, please don't be insulted by this question but are you sure you are not > reading the voltage at some...
• Re: 87 Vanagon: 3rd choice for gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 19:37:24 -0400
  ...Voltage regulated systemsshould the the voltage monitored. Dennis.
• Re: gas + electric
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:25:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...As long as the voltage of the panel is higher, the battery will charge. The no load voltage of the panels will go up...
• Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:30:36 -0400
  ...a voltage >divider >which will prevent the voltage at the top of the cap from ever >reaching >blink-o-matic shutoff voltage. Nothing new...
• isolator voltages
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Sat, 8 May 2004 20:32:06 -0700
  Hello- I'm curious as to what voltages would be normal for 2 batteries w/ a surepower isolator. My main battery seems to have...
• Re: WAS: Purpose... "Voltage Stabilizer" NOW: quick REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:53:41 -0700
  ...The Jetta gauge pinned (albeit with a longer drive). > Clearly it needs a voltage stabilizer to work right. > > I'll double check after a...
• Re: Alternator rebuild
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:05:29 -0700
  ...Drop in voltage at > times, squealing sound like a belt struggling. voltage regulator brushes > look good. > > Is this as simple (or not) as replacing...
• Re: measuring impedance of a speaker?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:41:48 -0500
  ...Good power amps start off with built in inverters/voltage doublers to et more voltage/power. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Optima Battery Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:58:48 -0700
  ...Regarding your observed lower than optimal charge voltage to your Optima's...... huuuummmm! As I have read Optima's web site, their Batteries like...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:13:20 -0800
  ...If I turn the key > and it fails to start, voltage at the starter is measures 11.8-11.9. Is > this voltage high...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:30:06 -0500
  ...So the regulator sense voltage will be the > alternator voltage minus 0.7 (or whatever the forward voltage drop across > the diode is). > > SurePower...
• Re: Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:28:34 -0300
  ...My original hopes were pinned on one of two "low Voltage cutouts" commercially available. I bought a specific Solar controller 'Kit' because it offered...
• Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:28:54 -0700
  Buried in my post from yesterday (about an intermittent charging issue) is a question about the wore-out brushes on the voltage regulator. The...
• Re: blower fan and wipers not working after aux. battery installation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:07:14 -0500
  ...The practical way to check its quality is to measure the voltage across the connection while you put a load on the circuit. I...
• Re: Optima Battery
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:37:38 -0500
  ...We recommend that our customers be aware of the battery voltage during both the discharge and the recharge cycle. A digital voltmeter is vital...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Olsen
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:49:40 -0400
  ...What else to check? >> > >> > Symptoms: >> > Turns over very slowly, sometimes stopping (or catching?) >> > Runs fine when started. >> > Battery voltage looks good. Jumping doesn't...
• Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:25:38 -0500
  ...a voltage reading if you got a short.To find where the short is, remove one fuse at a time till the voltage reading...
• Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:18:04 -0700
  ...Does the voltage stabilizer work in conjunction with the engine coolant temp gauge? i.e. if one took the engine temp gauge out of...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:57:27 -0500
  It puts out a DC voltage from 0 to about 1VDC. Normal mixtures should read 0.5 to 0.7VDC. Bad sensor will show...
• digitool function purpose
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:04:46 -0500
  ...You can observe the start signal is being received by the ecu, the ecu is pulsing the fuel injectors, the o2 sensor voltage indicates...
• Re: Sensors or what else?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:41:36 -0700
  ...If you don't see voltage on the wire by the sensor, then it sounds to me like either the wire is shorted to...
• Checking if coolant replacement needed
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 00:33:05 -0400
  ...Use a high impedance digital multimeter to measure voltage between battery negative terminal and coolant. That is stick one lead into the coolant reservoir...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:33:09 -0700
  The place to start is with careful voltage measurements. The fridge can be set inside the van and operated with the wiring hooked up...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:55:01 -0800
  ...really isn't, just as knowing the expected output voltage range of a healthy voltage regulator isn't proprietary.� Oh, well, it was worth...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:58:38 -0700
  ...What's the voltage across the inverter's input terminals while your espresso maker is running? Does the battery voltage bounce back after you...
• Re: charging system problem? battery sitting for a while.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:01:45 -0800
  Hi, measured voltage at battery when running and no loads applied should be, IMHO, above 13.7 for the battery to charge. What you...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:27:38 -0700
  ...So black wire Don saw is likely the O2 voltage output ("signal") wire? On 6/25/14, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > Pos...
• Re: voltage question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:42:46 -0600
  ...Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: voltage question >Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:42:08 -0500 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:21:58 -0700
  ...I've always checked the alternator by seeing how high the voltage was with the engine running. If it stays the batt voltage then...
• Re: Another Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:49:34 -0700
  ...that's how I check them too btw ...........check charging voltage at idle with lights off, then turn on hi beams ........charging voltage should...