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• Re: Normal Voltage readings for 2nd battery?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:59:59 -0600
  To me, both readings seem about half a volt low. Larry A. Thomas Myers wrote: >Just finished hooking up the Radio Shack Temp gauge...
• Re: Blue wire to aux battery dead
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 7 May 2007 11:57:58 -0400
  >yes I have 0 volts at the blue wire to the isolator. I have a volt >meter. Often times you need to kick up...
• Re: product report
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:56:57 -0700
  In the owners manual the display reads 13.8V so perhaps there is a switch to see the digital voltage in addition to the...
• Re: Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 01:10:29 -0400
  At 09:21 PM 9/4/2012, tom ring wrote: >My fridge works fine on 120 and propane but poorly on 12 volts. I...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:01:54 -0500
  ...charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon what does the collected wisom recommend .. on an 85 vanagon .. when there is 13.8 volts of charging...
• Re: adjustable volt reg update
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:44:13 -0700
  ...See (See "Car Batteries are not 12 Volts" at http://www.landiss.com/battery.htm , and Optima's charging specs at http://tinyurl.com...
• Re: Alternator won't charge battery until high rpm
  Historical mailing list - Vanagaudi
  Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:34:29 +0100
  ...On high rpm there is sufficient self-inductance from remaining static magnetism to produce enough electrical power for voltage regulator. That's the point...
• 1976-1986 VOLTSWAGON VANGON GLOVE BOX
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:22:12 -0700
  ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-1986-VOLTSWAGON-VANAGON-GLOVE-BOX-/330928373043?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4d0cde3d33&vxp=mtr Robert 1982...
• Re: Alternator light on - this is normal? Survey says... ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:42:03 EDT
  Does your alternator with the new voltage regulator behave differently at start up than before you got the new voltage reg? Just curious. Ken...
• Re: do all ACRs work like this?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:21:09 -0700
  ...The only > problem I have experienced with them is that they have both over voltage > and under voltage lock out. If the voltage for...
• Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:20:16 -0500
  ...The voltage at the battery (under load) reads 12.4 volts but at the terminal it reads 11.5 volts, only 3 feet of...
• Re: LEDs in 12V systems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:01:08 -0500
  ...The current would not be infinite as the equations imply, because the LEDs have some internal resistance and the forward voltage drops vary somewhat...
• Re: Wire Gauges for Solar panels for your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:11:58 -0500
  ...Reformatted for readability: > The charts on these pages show wire sizes for both a 10% voltage > drop (most normal accessories) and a 3% voltage...
• Re: Poor running when O2 disconnected
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:40:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...Screw it all the way out and the volts should drop to around .3 volts. If you get these kinds of fluc- tuations, then...
• OT Re: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:30:05 -0800
  ...double the voltage and the current >>>doubles; halve the voltage and the current drops to half; reverse the >>>voltage and the current changes sign...
• Electrical problems with new voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Costello, James L
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:55:20 -0600
  Hi Volks, I recently attempted to install a very basic voltmeter into my '81, and during the process something has gone incredibly wrong. The...
• Re: '66 microbus, 6-to-12 volt conversion questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 22:14:11 -0500
  I am back to work on my '66 standard microbus and was thinking about the 6 to 12 volt conversion I plan to do...
• Electrical problem--Parking lights, side markers and rear markers not working on '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Don Clark
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:37:35 -0400
  ...Side marker not receiving voltage. Front parking light receiving voltage. Socket and bulb replaced on front right parking/directional light. Directional worked but still...
• Re: Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Sep 2018 20:44:10 -0400
  ...And then you could also set > the voltage level lights to switch at specific voltages. You need proportions rather than absolute voltages unless you...
• Re: Which Voltmeter to use?
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:31:19 -0700
  ...Or you can record the voltage return to the ECU from the airflow meter and pick up the voltage drop when the circuitry in...
• Re: 12V meter with USB and cigar lighter outlets
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:16:37 -0700
  For readouts of voltage, I have one of those Harbor Freight lighter socket devices...plug it into the socket and there are three readout...
• Re: 15 Volt 22 Microfarrad Tantalum Capacitor Needed
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 23:49:22 +0100
  ...15 Volt 22 Microfarrad Tantalum Capacitor Needed > > > > Folks, > > > > Does anyone have an extra "15 Volt 22 Microfarrad Tantalum Capacitor" for > > the "Intermittent Vanagon Syndrome...
• Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:52:41 -0700
  ...The charge rate is determined by voltage. Since the >alternator is regulated at a fixed voltage and does not compensate for >battery state of...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:39:47 -0500
  ...10 volts from the regulator goes to one end > of the heating coil, the other is connected to the sensor (fuel, temp). > The sensors...
• Heating Drinking Water
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 02 Aug 94 12:06:35 EDT
  ...Buy the spare part for the refrigerator that heats the back off 12 volt current. Get one or more of these little 12 volt...
• Re: Gas gauge is not showing anything
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:59:17 -0500
  ...With the key on/engine off, check for voltage across those leads. If there is 10.5 volts the complete system (less the sending...
• alternator--voltage vs amps
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:15:42 -0700
  ...There are lots of web pages that explain how/why the voltage is adjusted with the alternator. What I cannot find is an explanation...
• Re: Tail Lights & Good Samaritans
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:51:35 -0400
  ...Check the voltage while revving the engine.
• Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Scharff
  Tue, 26 May 1998 16:16:23 -0400
  My Westy refrigerator works incredibly well in both the propane and the 110 volt ac mode, but not so well in the 12 volt...
• Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:04:28 -0700
  Engine on, frig on turn off engine, turn off frig volt on house battery is 12 [engine battery 12.2] On Aug 25, 2014...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:11:14 -0800
  ...The wider the gap, the higher the secondary voltage must rise and it takes a longer time to reach this voltage. It's easily...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:28:53 -0800
  ...The wider the gap, the higher the secondary voltage must rise and it takes a longer time to reach this voltage. It's easily...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:01:17 -0700
  ...It needs a couple external resistors to set the output voltage. I would also use a small ceramic capacitor from the input to ground...
• Re: Tuning by O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:41:11 -0600
  ...At 3K in open loop I'm at .8 volt also. I tried to increase tension on the spring to get around .7 volt...
• Re: Digifant Operating Specs
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:43:09 -0600
  ...The o2 sensor voltage indicates a perfect mixture when it reads 0.5 volts. Max power is slightly to the rich side , max fuel...
• Re: Camper Indicator Panel LED's !!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Williams
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:36:55 -0700
  Hi all, I tried but I could not resist correcting the info in this post. :) The forward biased voltage across a silicon based diode...
• Re: Headlight oddity
  Historical mailing list
  05 Mar 96 16:35:00 EST
  ...When I first start the engine, the alternator light stays on, and voltage at the battery is rght around 11.5 to 12 volts...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 09:10:38 -0400
  You don't need to use five volts if the AFM is disconnected. Any voltage > from around six down should work fine, with appropriate...
• voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 12:10:09 -0700
  Hi all, I am looking for a good simple reliable way to run a 2.4 volt cordless screwdriver motor hard wired to the...
• Farchild Type Hall Control Unit Question.
  Historical mailing list - wayne withers
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:10:08 -0700
  The test in the manual says to check For Battery voltage on the #1 Coil. Then if the coil wire is grounded it should...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:33:59 -0500
  ...If the drain on the charging system by the auxiliary or main battery bank reduces the system voltage below 12.8 volts*, the BATTERY...
• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 5 May 2007 15:01:52 EDT
  ...Is there a VW part # on it? It reminds me of the aftermarket voltage reducers you used to put in an old 6 Volt...
• Re: Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:22:00 -0400
  That gauge is beautiful but I would want to see volt and amp resolution to 1/10 volt and amp. There must be a...
• alt light at high RPMS
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:58:11 EDT
  ...voltage is exactly the same at 13.5 volts and charging great any ideas? patrick 87 wolfs 278k
• Alternator voltage or regulator
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:23:59 -0400
  ...What is a surefire (read as the easiest) way to prove if its the alternator or voltage regulator? Thanks for your help. Bill M...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Apr 1995 14:49:00 +0600
  ...now that you mention it, I have noticed that voltage at the >starter drops to 10 (or even 8) volts while the motor is...
• Re: voltage in water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:14:33 -0400
  ...The combination of a very high >impedance voltmeter (such as a good digital voltmeter) and hard water >might very well result in enough current...
• Battery Voltage under cold starting load?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:32:43 -0800
  ...IFF you measure the voltage at the ECU under starting loads what should you read. IF you measure the voltage at the battery terminals...
• Re: Usb outlet and voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:03:22 +0000
  ...Yup, even more aluminum > in the van. > > > https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/04/17/vanagon-usb-outlet-voltmeter-custom-vent/ > > Alistair
• Re: Short Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 12 May 2010 15:06:22 -0500
  The VoltMinder is on a cig light plug and I plugged that into the new 3-outlet cig adapter. The adapter came with black...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:15:13 -0800
  ...All these new low-voltage electronic things are a lot more sensitive to wild swings in voltage, I guess. I know a lot of...
• Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:17:05 -0700
  > Has anyone ever found a good source for a cheap LCD Digital Voltmeter >> display to monitor the battery voltage? Something that can be permanently...
• Re: digijet tool need help
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:30:41 -0500
  ...What I need is for someone to hook a >voltmeter to one of the switches and let me know what voltage they read >when...
• Re: 12 volt refre question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:11:27 -0400
  ...If i volt meter the wires from the battery its 12 but when i >plug the fridge in, the volts drop (like the heater...
• Re: Low Alternator Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:37:28 -0700
  ...This is said to cure the > >low-voltage output of the BOSCH alternator. > > > >I've noticed a few posts on the low voltage of...
• 87 automatic- acceleration off idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:07:46 -0800
  ...The computer in now in open loop mode, and you should be reading the O2 voltage, which correlates to mixture as .3 volt lean...
• Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:12:46 -0600
  ...8.88 A Open Circuit Voltage (VOC): 22.1 V Short Circuit Current (ISC): 9.64A Maximum System Voltage: 1000V Diode Protection Fitted Mechanical...
• Re: BAD gas mileage and injector service
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:42:15 -0700
  put a digital voltmeter on the signal wire while it's well warmed up and running. You want to see the voltage swing from...
• Re: Fridge wireing?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 09:28:47 -0700
  ...brown = +12 for fan black = +12 for 12 volts heating element (from 12 volt heating element relay) blue = ground (for the above 12 volts...
• Re: CDN Tire: Two 6 volt vs One 12 volt battery question
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:23:49 -0600
  ...Two 6 volt vs One 12 volt battery question Having read the post regarding Canadian Tire's battery sale, CDN Tire has 2 batteries...