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• Exploding batteries (embarrasssing moment)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 15:05:39 CST6CDT
  ...While tightening the battery termianl on a lawn tractor battery, i shorted across the terminals with my wrench just like any ol' Bubba could...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:40 -0700
  ...check out welding supply places or sites. >> Acr welding cable is typically battery cable size.. >> and welding stuff is usually made quite well. >> nothing...
• Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:38:03 -0500
  ...jumper cables for that reason. The liability is theirs if they blow your ECU because they boosted it from the vehicle battery. But they...
• Re: starter problems / i'm a novice
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:40:21 -0800
  ...replaced transmission to chassis ground cable * replaced the battery * replaced the starter * replaced the ground to battery cable * replaced plug wires * installed new plugs...
• Re: am I troubleshooting my starter correctly?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:15:31 -0400
  ...I took jumper cables connected them to my battery and touched them one to each of the large bolts coming out of the solenoid...
• Re: Aux. Battery Works! Yay!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:53:58 -0700
  ...What a great surprise to see everything working, > including the ignition - with the + battery cable disconnected!
• Aux. Battery Pondering
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Thu, 24 May 2001 13:52:55 GMT
  ...battery last night and disconected the signal wire from the relay so the positive cable wouldn't be hot when the van is running...
• Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 22:13:08 -0500
  ...Battery cable broke right off the starter. Green with corrosion I cleaned the end as best I could, and connected up my jumper cable...
• Re: Battery Problems- Slow Cranking
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 12 May 2010 12:54:28 -0400
  ...And that keeps leading me back to battery..... -Craig On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote...
• Re: stupid question of the day . . .
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:58:40 -0700
  ...In the case of having > to jump start the vehicle, which one do I attach the jumper cables to, > the battery behind the driver...
• Re: Charging the battery
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:25:35 -0700
  ...Thus you don't need to disconnect one of the battery cables at starter battery if charging battery. Regardless I would dissconnect the ground...
• Re: Update on starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:03:12 -0700
  ...charging voltage at alternator and battery .. all cables and grounds and battery cable clamps etc... all of it. not that hard to do either...
• [A] Need Assistance With Charging System Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Fri, 20 May 94 08:52:50 PDT
  ...Cable connections to battery are clean and tight. Battery has been kept properly filled with distilled water. I have never jump-started the car...
• '56 Kombi Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 25 Sep 1994 17:56:16 -0700 (PDT)
  Ok, I put on a new Positive cable this afternoon. It doesn't seem to have totally soved the problem, it works a little...
• Random Stalling, Need Help
  Historical mailing list - JeremyK.
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:57:52 -0700
  ...I've checked the archives (hall effect, ecm, air flow meter, distributor, battery cable, etc, but if anyone has good ideas about troubleshooting this...
• Re: 1991 vanagon - Sizing and location for aux to main battery wire
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:01:36 -0600
  ...I cannibalized a jumper cable and ran one long strand from the alternator to the main battery. That is a 4 gauge wire, very...
• Re: starter problems / i'm a novice
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 09:09:47 -0800
  ...replaced transmission to chassis ground cable > * replaced the battery > * replaced the starter > * replaced the ground to battery cable > * replaced plug wires > * installed new plugs...
• Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 11:52:29 -0400
  ...Also, It not about the battery cable or the large (6.0) Red wire connecting to the B+ alternator terminal. Thanks, Ed
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 22 May 2008 18:59:33 -0800
  ...I ran two #2 cables through and behind the cabinets up to the battery compartment under the driver seat and initially hooked the positive...
• Another Battery Solution was Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:33:42 -0700
  There is another solution to increasing aux battery capacity that hasn't been mentioned in the various threads that have been running the last...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:05:55 -0700
  ...check out welding supply places or sites. >> Acr welding cable is typically battery cable size.. >> and welding stuff is usually made quite well. >> nothing...
• Re: Alternator output and wire size?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:08:11 -0700
  I noticed three ways to add another or bigger battery cable... replace the stock one, which involves removing the gas tank ...so didn't...
• Re: Second Battery Under Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 10:10:23 -0600
  ...I have it set up so I can lift the grounds from either battery easily. If we have drained the aux battery camping I...
• Re: What was that robust 12v connector?
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:29:20 -0800
  ...one could > plug up a pair of jumper cables and charge or access the battery without > taking the engine lid off. The more I...
• holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:51:23 -0300
  ...in the lower right-hand corner (next to where the battery ground cable bolts to the chassis. This hole looks like there may have...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 May 2003 12:33:14 -0400
  ...Of course, use of small wiring would necessitate giving yourself a jump (with portable cables) to use both for starting. Care to share your...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:43:08 -0800
  ...to move the main battery to the rear of the > van so there isn't 10 miles of cable to run all that current...
• Re: Headlight Relay - Do I Really Need A New Feed?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:18:55 -0400
  ...You can run another wire from the battery to the fuse box but the harness from the alternator to the battery cable connection at...
• Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:35:36 -0400
  Hello, A braided ground cable on my van fell apart, just like: https://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m144/Mikls63rag/Posting%20shit%20up/2010-09...
• Hella relay help!
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:37:24 -0400
  ...The relay is connecting the stock battery to an Optima. I then have a cable (+) going to a fuse block. Right now I have...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:58:35 -0700
  ...Most all aftermarket FLAPS battery cables have copper plated steel lugs which will rust. Steel BTW has 50 times less electrical conductivity than copper...
• Re: Electrical Questions for Headlights and Dual Battery (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:54:09 -0500
  ...Next, disconnect the ground cable from the auxiliary battery, you should not have any voltage at that socket. Start the van, and 12 volts...
• 1990 Syncro GTI w/ Dead Battery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Blackburn
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 15:14:54 -0600
  ...Nothing, the battery was dead. Oh, #@$%! Luckily I was at a construction site and borrowed some jumper cables. (I had mine in the garage...
• Re: not recharging / DEAD battery
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:54:00 -0800
  ...i am pretty sure > the battery is relatively new (no more than a year old) > the ground cable looks bad... not on the terminal...
• '88 Westy - moving starting battery rearward
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:11:21 -0800
  ...battery cooling. I'm more interested in the logistics of wiring this all up - I have a decent supply of marine grade cable in...
• A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:10:50 -0500
  Hi Group, I'm conspiring to set up both batteries (standard lead acid starting) with Anderson Power Pole connectors mounted just outside the battery...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:52:16 -0400
  ...If > > it is not drawing more current and the voltage still falls you have > > a restriction either in the cable or the battery. If...
• Re: Starter or battery?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:02:26 -0400
  If a jump starts a car, and the negative cable from the 2nd car, battery is attached to the frame of the 1st car...
• hard starting Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:27:39 -0500
  ...the wire from the relay, touch the alternator's cable coming from the battery. It cranks very fast, starts right up. Been planing to...
• Re: Starting question
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 26 May 2018 13:17:41 -0700
  ...So while cranking what is the voltage at the battery, the starter, voltage drop across the battery to starter cable, and the ground strap...
• Re: Battery and OX light on
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:48:32 -0700
  ...Always unhook the battery ground cable when working with the alternator. Mark B Feddish wrote: > My battery and ox light keep coming on at...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:11:50 -0700
  ...mating cord with battery clips on the other end. > > Please please don't. You don't know where that cable will end up when...
• Re: [WetWesties] Really Dumb Question About Aux Batteries RESTATED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:53:00 -0400
  ...What is gained by adding an aux battery and ONLY putting in the >relay that connects the two batteries while the engine is running...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:46:43 -0400
  ...So, I clipped that puny wire out of the circuit and replaced it with a 4-gauge cable, problem solved, now getting 14.0...
• battery explosions + a theory
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:27:25 -0500
  ...in fact attached the negative end of the jumper cable not to the strong battery's negative post, but to its ground on the...
• Re: Testing for power draw on battery?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:17:14 -0700
  ...running out of your battery when everything is switched off. It is the kind that you hold around a cable and can tell you...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:37:17 -0700
  ...check out welding supply places or sites. > Acr welding cable is typically battery cable size.. > and welding stuff is usually made quite well. > nothing...
• Re: Ground strap from out of nowhere
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 13:40:45 -0800
  ...cable up to seems to work. By the way, yes, I did do the old trick of putting some cardboard over the battery to...
• Re: Main Positive battery Cable
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:46 -0400
  At 07:59 PM 8/24/2010, john wrote: >I would like to know what you guys have been using as replacement cable and...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:16:49 -0700
  ...mating cord with battery clips on the other end. > > Please please don't. You don't know where that cable will end up when...
• Re: auxilery battery
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:46:51 EST
  ...I put a Sears Diehard Marine battery (more than double the capacity of the original) in my '85 Weekender by rerouting the original cable...
• Re: battery charge problems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:44:35 -0600
  ...You can connect an ammeter between the battery post and the cable to check for drain current more accurately. With everything shut down there...
• Re: Super Horns
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:25:30 -0500
  ...However the battery is not the real source. You also need to upgrade the path from the alternator to the battery cable. On the...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:06:31 -0700
  ...out of the picture .. >> Gets it down to just battery, starter, battery and ground cables, >> thus eliminating and bypassing numerous possible weak areas. >> Helps...
• Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:10:59 -0800
  ...Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy? I apologise about the caps lock, but I have drained my battery twice in the...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat, 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:07:43 +0200
  Jumper cables, towing rope, battery chargers ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday...
• Re: Multimeter help UPDATE-77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:42:55 -0700
  ...the test light in series with the negative cable is fine. Same results with doing in series with the positive cable too. "It's...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:10:58 -0600
  ...My diesel was like that,I noticed my battery cable was getting hot!!! I had good connections and cables after ruling that out I...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 15:32:28 -0400
  ...If it is not drawing more current and the voltage still falls you have a restriction either in the cable or the battery. If...
• Re: Auxilliary battery relays and wires
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:44:57 -0600
  ...There seems to be a mistake on 97.34d and a few other pages in my bentley stating that the battery ground cables are...