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• Re: Oil recommendations simplified--morphed to camping/Big Bend
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:29:31 -0600
  ...Don't tell. > > > Of course, I don't usually want to go into the most popular > > campgrounds, those with full hook-ups, allow generators...
• What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - john schaper
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:58:59 -0400
  ...item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the distributor. What does this thing do and...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 08:52:42 -0400
  ...Storrs 67 MICRO BUS new generator, & clutch, new fuel pump, needs paint, solid body, no body rot, $2500. (203) 838-5671. Norwalk 71 VW...
• Re: Electric Vanagon FS at zapworld.com
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:49:45 -0500
  Range could be extended greatly with a small diesel powered generator on board... -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Aug 2012 13:03:37 -0400
  ...Since they're active voltage generators, your ohmmeter will be totally confused unless you get a lot farther into the science of them than...
• Re: LED bench/barbeque lamp
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 18:16:36 -0400
  ...I have seen such run all night in places where there was no generator police. > > Me, I go for solitude and natural dark. Quiet...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:29:15 -0500
  ...so far) but when I went to crank up the LED generator flashlight that I keep in the Vanagon, there was brake fluid on...
• FS:70 westy/WTB
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 05 May 1996 23:19:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...1970 Westy pop-top no engine or generator needs bodywork (PA rust will do that!) nice interior Let me know if anyone is interseted...
• Re: PC300 inverter
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  22 Sep 1995 14:30:28 -0700
  ...I have a 2000w generator for emergency use ( I live in Earthquake country, just south of San Francisco) and it has a 5 hp...
• FS: 14" steel wheels, 1 alloy wheel
  Historical mailing list - Randy A. Bergum
  Thu, 16 May 2002 18:27:53 -0700
  <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY...
• Re: battery-inverter-charger-battery loop
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:14:11 -0700
  ...I've run a 1500W "mechanical inverter" (really a 12V motor spinning a 120V generator) for years with a nothing-special Leviton 3-way...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:13:31 -0500
  ...Just a little aside - I have a buddy that does all his welding with a water/hydrogen generator torch. Makes beautiful welds. Better than...
• Re: Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:04:54 -0700
  ...If I remember right ............pretty sure this is correct, a bug generator pulley is wide at the edge of the belt , not just a...
• Hi Again + 1962 timing help
  Historical mailing list - Sarah Gallagher
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:12:10 +0100
  ...I managed to chip a piece off the generator pulley trying to get it off yesterday (oops), but I got it tight again. What...
• Re: Solar Power your VW
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:44:56 -0500
  ...I have enough power to run things for days without ever having to hook up to shorepower, run a generator, or wake up to...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:58:12 -0800
  ...Yeah, hey -- what's up with that, anyway? Little Honda generators make me crazy, but puffed-up bulky pickups with clattering diesel engines bring...
• Re: VW 1973 Thing LVC (Happy Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 30 May 2008 14:34:33 -0700
  ...like off a > freeway offramp) the > generator light would come on but then go out. Seemed odd > to me. > > I plan to drive her...
• Re: And now for something Completely Different
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:16:58 -0700
  ...Add a > > little > > >helper motor/generator like in an honda insight? Could you take a > > synchro, > > >and put the motor/generator up front? What...
• Expedition vehicle construction (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 7 Dec 1996 07:40:43 -0800 (PST)
  ...12 Volts Connections; Selecting a Battery; Battery Charging; Solar Panels; Generators; Wind Generators; Mains Hook-Ups; RCDs and RCBOs; Inverters; Microwave Ovens; Cable Sizes...
• Re: Shore cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 19:27:05 -0500
  ...The other idea is a small generator to power the dumb >thing. Maybe in that left hand corner of the engine compartment which is...
• Re: ? 094 Tranny or Spark Gap X-mitter ?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 01:14:29 EST
  ...I am starting to wonder if the clutch disk is not behaving like a Van der Graff generator. I'll have to position the...
• AdventurewagenValueSought!
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Chapin
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 07:21:26 -0800
  <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3019.2500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY...
• Re: Electrical Consumption & Battery Recharge Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:24:57 -0600
  The actual system will also be supplemented by a small 1000kw Honda Gas Generator. But that's a whole other discussion. Comments Requested Hitting...
• 89Carat price
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Hay
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:49:52 -0700
  ...MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR...
• Re: Info needed for road trip to Alaska 2004???
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:07:56 -0500
  ...I see these on pickup campers a lot for carrying things like generators.
• Re: From a Westy, to a "Motorhome" ?? Seeking advice (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:13:28 -0700
  ...I can pull over almost anywhere and stay as long as I want as long >> as there is fuel to run the generator. > > 235...
• Re: Syncro listed near me, anyone interested?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:46:33 -0600
  ...and all locked up tight with the > auxiliary > generator on and the air conditioner running..no one inside..What a > waste > and pretty rude...
• Re: Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:27:40 -0500
  ...That's for the generator, inverter, furnace, air conditioners, engine-heated hot water, electric-heated hot water, fresh water, gray water, black water. And...
• Re: Value of a '66 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:38:09 -0800
  ...new generator, which the guy has but hasn't installed, and it needs >brake work, but he claims that if the new generator was...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:53:01 -0500
  ...Alternator's and generator's too. If you find a competent starter / generator / motor rebuilder hold on to him. it's another dying art...
• Front Bushing Squeaks
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:46:19 -0700
  <HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Hi Listers:</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 15 May 2011 17:31:22 -0700
  If you park near me, also put that generator inside. On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 15:32 -0400, Chris S wrote: > If you...
• Re: used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:16:31 -0700
  If the 'Honda generator thing was that easy and simple, and fuel efficient, combined with decent performance....... it would have been done many times...
• Re: 6V - 12V
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 07:56:17 -0800 (PST)
  ...I'd already given up on the idea of running the fridge off the generator 'cause I didn't want to convert. I wanted...
• Re: here's a thought for all of you swapping engines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Paddock
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 20:32:14 -0600
  ...on the car and saw that the company that provided the generator is Unique Mobility, a company here in Colorado. I used to work...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 23:14:01 -0500
  ...I slowly filled a one gallon container, first topping off the generator tank and then beginning to put it into the Syncro. Must have...
• Re: Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:28:59 -0800
  ...I bet their Onan generator alone pollutes as much as the Vanagon... Don Hanson On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:27 PM, David...
• Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:04:10 -0700
  ...back and not say anything to this thread. > I think a generator and AC are getting rediculous!! no wonder the > weather is so ****** up...
• Re: 4 Optima Yellow Tops wired in Parallel
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:05:10 -0800
  ...Off line Gas 1000W generator w/Battery charge capability > > Note .... thinking about a solar assist panel .... but would have to be > ground based ... roof...
• Re: Installing a 1000W converter
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:01:40 -0400
  ...batteries (laptop computer, vacuums, cell phones, etc.) I have a Honda Generator (nice quiet unit) that I can power up to recharge if need...
• Re: Solar Power your VW
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:02:28 -0600
  ...I have enough power to run things for > days without ever having to hook up to shorepower, run a generator, or > wake up to...
• Re: Dometic idea?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:21:54 -0700
  ...As long as a fellow is hooked to shore power, or a generator, or only uses it for short periods of time, it could...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:40:42 -0400
  ...With better batteries, 120V charging and a generator, this thing looks more feasible. Lots of good reading here: http://autos.msn.com/advice/article...
• Re: Any New Battery Technology
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:36:38 -0800
  ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_Thermoelectric_Generator In use in many places around the globe and in space. I had an acquaintance working...
• Re: power banks for Vanagon travel and camping
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:32:53 -0500
  ...He > > has many videos about solar generators and modern battery technology. > And > > quite unbiased in his critiques. > > > > Anthony > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone...
• Swirlon, Spinsogood, Twistizmo, Rotoair, Swishyfast, & Spiralmax (et al)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:55:55 -0400
  ...They try to give it some 'credentials' by saying "AS ADVERTISED IN: ...", and by using big technical-sounding words... "...a combination vortex generator, velocity...
• Re: alternator installation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:21:15 -0500
  John, You are absolutely right if discussing a generator. The field is composed of 2 or 4 electro-magnets mounted to the outside shell...
• Re: Whistle in Engine
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 07:19:50 -0400
  ...I have been told it was my generator bushings are getting a little loose. (After only 250k miles and 12 sets of brushes? They...
• VW Rialta's FS (2)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:19:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...than a Westy.... :<) Here's a list of some standard features: generator a/c full kitchen and microwave TV VCR real tiolet (you don...
• Re: Electric power vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:12:32 -0500
  ...and build a trailer holding a couple of batteries and a generator > so you could go on long trips and leave it off around...
• Matt's world tour
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:19:52 -0700
  ...He's also got some electrical intermittants- the generator light comes on sometimes at low RPMS, or when he turns on the turn signals...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Apr 95 08:14:00 MST
  ...However, as was pointed out before, the equivalent circuit from the point of view of current draw is a generator that depends on starter...
• Re: living in an rv (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:04:20 -0400
  ...RV chassis) will do 6-9mpg. Diesels will do slightly more. Generators will use between .5 and 1 gallon per hour depending on size...
• Running a second inverter
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:04:32 -0700
  ...so that the engine acts as a generator... and then you could better power things like a small printer of 402.5 watts... Assuming...
• Re: Real 110v AC power off of the engine ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:11:39 -0700
  ...re out in the boonies. > No need to carry a Honda generator. No need for a big invertor...but > you have to run your...
• Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:28:42 -0800
  ...full field-ed like that makes a generator put out max amps............. and running without charging during the day .........got me 1,500 miles...
• Re: purchase advice; 80's Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:29:16 -0600
  ...Our camping group also has a generator mounted 6.5 KW Onan generator set with 25 gal fuel tank (VERY quiet) that several of...
• 25hp and 26hp Motors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:42:41 -0800 (PST)
  ...This much I knew going into it: * The 25/36 hp motors both have the generator stand built into the right half of the...
• generator coleman 1850
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:15:13 -0400
  hi all! especially for canadians, or americans near the border, canadian tire has the coleman power mate sport 1850 on sale this week...at...
• Re: hookups ........
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 3 May 2010 10:14:11 -0500
  ...Whenever we go to the remote locations we prefer, we seldom find generators to be a problem, but there have been exceptions. National Park...