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• Anyone Need New OEM Westfalia Battery Chargers??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:27:06 +0100
  ...Neg, S+, S-, LED+, Thermal S I would love to know what these abreviations all mean, and also know if there is any interest...
• more radiator discussion. anyone have LED sender unit fail?
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Thu, 25 May 2006 23:32:16 -0400
  ...compressor) Replaced gauge sender twice to double check output Replaced thermostat Thermal gun shows acceptable temps at thermostat housing and hoses (180 degrees F...
• Re: Cooling Problems: Radiator flow
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 18:24:08 -0500
  Hi Zoran, Good to know - one data point is better than none! Since plastic is a poor thermal conductor, the coolant temperature may not...
• Re: Motor quieting material stuff thing
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:20:58 -0700
  ...The front floorboards and sheet metal in front of the shifter are insulated with Astro-Foil for both thermal and sound control. The B...
• Re: after the fridge is lit..
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:12:33 -0700
  ...Pressing the button > just overrides a thermal gas cutoff valve to allow gas to flow even though > there's no heat/flame. (could be...
• Re: Made in the Shade!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 09:57:56 -0500
  ...thinking about tinting the windows to help > provide a little better thermal efficiency, and I don't know a thing > about window tinting- has...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:11:30 -0700
  ...btw, not that you asked me directly but.... ;) the stock rear fan is controlled by a thermal switch at a cooling fin. If it...
• Re: pop top colour, thread hijack
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 17 May 2010 19:05:46 -0700
  ...to bring up the added wrinkle of the silver being more > thermally conductive...ie transferring more heat to your hand because > I guess that...
• Addendum Re: 2.1l ECU - Solder Fatigue
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:51:22 -0400
  ...63/37 rosin-core >solder to the tip to get good thermal contact with the >rest. Easiest way is to place (~20 ga or...
• Re: Radiator removal with AC
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:08:47 -0400
  Pure copper has much higher thermal conductivity than pure aluminum, 398 vs 247 watts/meter-degree Kelvin. Near double. Aluminum is usually alloyed for...
• Re: Window Tinting - What Really Works? - cooling, shades, curtains, solar gain
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:59:08 -0700
  ...The glass itself also has a great deal of thermal mass, its heavy and dense so it can store lots of heat, like a...
• Re: Please help... Now my cooling fan is dead!!! 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 12:24:57 -0700
  ...I unplugged the thermal switch I THINK. I hot wired it and it DOES run. But it won't come on by itself! I...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:40:50 -0600
  ...If the oils have significantly different thermal > capacity characteristics then ... well you get the idea. > > p > ------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx taring@taring...
• Re: experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:29:46 -0700
  ...have a 2l air-cooled and would like to optimized the thermal isolation >> of the my engine from the exhaust heat. Many of the...
• Re: EZ way to test rad fan?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 11 May 2012 16:10:49 -0700
  ...and low speeds? >> >> 1984 1.9, 3 wires plug into the thermal switch on the rad. >> >> -- >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >> Bend, Ore. >> 1984...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:42:40 -0800
  ...I'm pretty comfortable with the concept of turning kinetic energy into thermal energy via the brakes to stop an automobile. My brakes simply...
• Re: Broken Stebro Muffler Bracket / Malcolm's bad trip, man. /
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 08:37:26 EDT
  ...Grade 409 SS cannot be hardened by a normal thermal process, so what is it more brittle than? I would think that 409 is...
• Re: blue vs green vs orange coolant
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:01:27 -0400
  ...in theory, this >is good because thermal efficiency is increased; and there is no problem >with boilover because of the low vapor pressure of...
• Re: Manual Tranny Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Mar 2016 22:55:36 -0500
  ...For those of us that drive fast for extended periods there are also thermal issues that help kill these things. For Fun Bus I...
• Coolant Gauge Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 19:37:47 -0800
  ...is no overheating, the engine temps are perfect per the laser thermal gun. First thing he did was to replace the cluster voltage stabilizer...
• Re: 82 Vanagon Price?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:43:12 -0600
  ...In the interim period you can wear thermal underwear and get some of those 12v electric socks from the BMW motorcycle dealer. I'm...
• Re: Summer's coming and my van is getting hotter than ever!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:21:06 -0400
  ...borrrow, or pay someont to >take your vanagons temperature with a thermal IR sensor That's a good idea in general -- however I'm...
• Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:32:02 -0400
  ...It's not so much the heat as the thermal cycling. This is aggravated because the voltage regulators and drive transistors are solidly mounted...
• Re: Dometic + related Electical Questions -- searched archives
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:56:42 -0400
  ...Not certain what it's for but It appears to fuse the >> > thermal switch for refer fan and 12V heating element via the fridge...
• Re: Strange clock display
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:08:12 -0500
  ...Any component that vibrates, or thermal-cycles, is trying to pull itself out of the board, and the cracks can be invisible at 20x...
• Re: FRIDAY diesel conversion option
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:24:44 -0400
  ...At maximum economy the engine exceeds >50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the >fuel in converted to motion...
• Re: A/C was re: What is camping anyway?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:31:31 -0500
  ...I keep thinking something like, "No free lunch." Does air really have that much thermal capacity to provide that much cooling effect from compression...
• Re: Installing cruise on 81 aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:34:33 EDT
  ...poor load response and rapid thermal failure (average life - 2 years). Yes, I have mounted any number of vacuum storage cells, valved and un...
• Re: Rotor thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:17:10 -0700
  ...Stainless steel is not a good choice as it's thermal > characterics are horrible (it would warp or crack far too quickly.) > Porsche has...
• Re: exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:34:51 -0700
  ...made > like this? i would guess something to do with the thermal expansion > differences between the aluminum head and the steel of the header...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:53:28 -0700
  ...gasoline) and significantly boosts THEIR thermal expansion upon ignition. Also, it causes them to burn more completely, so it's an effective pollution reducer...
• Re: Requesting - Tips & Tricks for Rear Side Window R&R
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:37:58 -0500
  ...Tempered glass uses either chemical or thermal methods to put the extreme outside skin of the glass into strong compression, so all the cracks...
• Re: Run engine without coolant for a few seconds?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:56:48 -0700
  ...On 4/9/08, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > Neil, the metal in the engine has a thermal reserve. You can run without > coolant...
• Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:04:51 -0400
  ...Again the temp swing due >> to no thermal mass inside. >> >> But the point is, it cools down fairly fast. >> >> Just another bit of anecdotal...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:58:10 +0000
  ...Newer versions of this resistor have a thermal fuse located above the second-stage resistor winding. You could substitute your front blower resistor but...
• Re: aux heaters (Long)
  Historical mailing list - PACO
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 15:59:46 -0400
  ...I don't work for thermal systems or anything like that.
• Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global efficiency Q?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:14:53 -0700
  ...industry located in a valley that often is caught in a thermal inversion (the pollution is trapped in the valley by a blanket of...
• thermostat temp vs thermo switch temp - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:53:35 -0500
  ...Turned out to be a poor fan ground and the thermal switch lower temp not functioning. I've ordered an 80 degree switch (out...
• Re: Trip
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:08:57 -0600
  ...See the Clinton Library in Little Rock, visit the Hot Springs thermal baths and the horse track they call Oaklawn may be running by...
• Re: Garage heater: Propane or kerosene?(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:30:00 -0700
  ...Propane has lower thermal energy and, as temps drop, evaporates slower in the bottle leaving you with less pressure and hence less fuel available...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:28:34 -0700
  ...I don't have any background in engine thermal management to know how many degrees of cooling that offers! My heat sinking background is...
• Re: Gottabus!
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 11:30:44 -0500
  ...invest in some thermal underwear, buy a 12V coffee maker, and browse the Vanagon gopher site (gopher://halfdan.med.umn.edu:70/11/Miscellaneous...
• Re: Firewood
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:03:05 -0600
  ...The recommended way to put out burning >magnesium is to carefully cover it with sodium chloride or DRY sand to act >as a thermal...
• dometic 182b question
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:46:13 -0800
  ...this.Between the pipe and the plate goes a product called thermal mastic.I am getting better tempatures without this mastic.However I think...
• Re: rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:49:40 -0800
  ...If there is none, it will likely be the thermal fuse that allows for speeds 1 and 2. I replaced mine from Radio Shack...
• Re: Air cooled heater idea/questions
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:37:25 -0500
  ...So it thermal conductivity. 1. If the copper pipes aren't kept in contact with the exhaust header, there won't be much heat...
• Re: Peel N Seal RE: Dynamat...
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:43:37 -0400
  ...Asphalt contains a number of chemicals and it can / will release some gasses due to thermal breakdown. You can look up the materials sheet...
• Re: corrosion study
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 9 May 2010 13:43:58 -0400
  ...carburetted autos and the array of vacuum hoses, bizarre carburettor linkages, thermally controlled vacuum switches and the like was awesome to behold. And it...
• Re: Hot Weather Effects... and some information.
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:14:28 -0700
  ...would it help to solve this problem if you installed a switched fan, thermal/manual, in one of the D-post cavities? I don...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:13:18 -0400
  ...carbide is sometimes used as a substrate, due to it's thermal conductivity). >If somehow one of the LED is shorted out, because of...
• Re: More Cooling System/ now oil coolers/ more detail
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:57:12 EDT
  ...All of these issues contribute to effective thermal management and hopefully engine longevity. Now, if only something could be done about the transmission! So...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:19:07 -0500
  ...there might be a differential thermal > expansion going on because of different materials and temperature > differences, and maybe that is what is going on...
• Re: Danfoss VS Sawafuji Compressor. Which is Electrically More Efficient?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:11:23 -0700
  ...Put some jugs of water inside each for a realistic thermal mass. > It seems that in terms of current draw to "power up" either...
• Re: RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:24:13 -0700
  ...Upper tube from insulation area, before > > thermal switch, was not even warm on LP. Was hot on 110 > > > > I tested again inside on LP...
• Re: Vanagon burned to the ground ( long reply)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 20:45:12 +1200
  ...A thermal alarm on the other hand sounds like a really GOOD idea! >6) I would really like an "early alert system" of some...
• Re: Continuous absorption air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:20:27 -0500
  ...The Japanese have tried using volcanic thermal water from the ground for making chill water for fish processing plants. GM tried to cool the...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Plat Cat Heaters]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 03:58:53 GMT
  ...Schwenk Don't write off the plat cat heaters yet! See the message below from Arnie, who worked at Thermal Systems before they were...
• Re: Oil Cooler hose replacement clues on 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 30 May 2001 11:33:19 -0800
  ...heat cycle, thermal contraction, water pressure cycle and who knows what else which seems to conspire against a fixed clamping force to: drip, leak...
• Greetings Again & Overheat Help
  Historical mailing list - Paul Uusitalo
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:38:48 -0700
  ...new thermostat & bleed system - No change system pressure test - OK 2 different tests for CO2 in coolant - Negative thermal probe test of coolant temp...
• Re: Coolant Temps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:21:58 -0400
  ...Per info on the site, thermal capacity is similar to 50/50 eg mix (caveat -- numbers given in xx/mole -- I'm assuming that...