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• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:45:18 -0700
  ...I too think the resistor is for voltage drop. Parts list specifies "an LED" so..... My sense is that voltage stored in the cap...
• Re: Is there a such thing as a POD mountable DIGITAL voltmeter?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 15 May 2000 08:09:18 -0400
  ...This was Basic Electronics 101 - what you are looking for is a range switch to convert the gage to read 0 - 15 volts or...
• highway Dyno
  Historical mailing list - Jack Pronovost
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:11:02 -0800
  ...At full duty cycle the meter reading is 10 volts and half duty cycle is 5 volts and so on. This becomes a fuel...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:46:38 -0500
  ...Radtke wrote: >I had already verified all of the ground paths and determined the >voltage drop was in the positive wiring. With your help...
• Re: 1976-1986 VOLTSWAGON VANGON GLOVE BOX
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 17:46:14 -0500
  ...1976-1986 VOLTSWAGON VANGON GLOVE BOX > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Yee Gadds !! > > > > Alan Felder > Austin TX > 82 Diesel Westy > > Bitcoin Research Fund > Donate...
• Re: Refrigerator and Alarm
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 95 13:00:40 -0400
  ...I'm concerned about using an alarm that is triggered by voltage fluctuations. Normally a voltage drop occurs when a door opens and the...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:06:34 -0500
  Agreed, but I'm measuring voltage BEFORE the trailer harness, and only getting 1 volt. As much as I'd like to blame the...
• AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:22:51 -0800
  Does anyone have data on AFM voltage (out of the resistive divider) versus manifold pressure? I would think they would directly correlate in some...
• Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc. Now have voltage data on wire from oil pressure switch to instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 28 May 2017 12:48:36 -0400
  ...Ignition switch on 11.83 volts >>> >> >> But no blinking OIL light? Abnormal. >> >>> >>> Engine turned on 0.01 volts oil pressure light flashing >>> >> >> Given the...
• 84 voltage stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Valued Cutomer
  Tue, 18 May 1999 21:16:10 -0700
  ...I measured battery voltage across the two pins which was almost 12 V. Does this mean it is toast and not dropping the voltage...
• Re: Small smart charger with equalize mode?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:44:05 -0700
  ...And their table does not show a voltage for equalizing and AGM battery. > > > > > >
• Is there a such thing as a POD mountable DIGITAL voltmeter?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 14 May 2000 22:08:55 -0700
  I am looking for a pod mountable (VDO style) digital volt gauge that I can mount in my Westie. It has to be able...
• More ECU questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:08:51 -0500
  ...Hot,idle gives 0.85 volts at the disconnected lead so it is in fact running rich. I get little response to leaning the...
• Re: [WetWesties] alternator output voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:42:07 -0700
  ...Re: [WetWesties] alternator output voltage? I just measured my voltage at the alternator- I get 14.36 volts. it remains constant when i rev...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 22:07:27 -0700
  ...Why? > > Pretty normal in my experience. - Works great on Propane and 110 AC , but is semi-useless when on 12 volts and driving. Might...
• Re: Volkswagen America says it's changing its name to 'Voltswagen' - CNN
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:21:59 +0000
  ...Volkswagen America says it's changing its name to 'Voltswagen' - CNN > > > > > https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/business/volkswagen-voltswagen-update/index.html >
• Re: Usb outlet and voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 17 Apr 2016 17:59:15 -0700
  ...Yup, even more aluminum in the van. >> >> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/04/17/vanagon-usb-outlet-voltmeter-custom-vent/ >> >> Alistair
• High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:31:25 -0800
  Has anyone ever heard of high voltage from the secondary winding in the ignition coil, intermittently finding it's way over to the 12...
• Headlight relay
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:33:19 -0700
  ...Limited? Main Point The left low beam is yellowier than the right, same voltage at the relay. When switched to high beam left side...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:31:02 -0800
  ...granted, you could have a faulty alternator/ or volt regulator, or battery ... however... what you describe is not what a normal 'alternator is not...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:41:37 -0400
  ...Better to use a constant-voltage arrangement. Steve's method below is the right way, really. The diode trick is easy to understand and...
• Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:35:06 -0700
  Uh, did you check the fridge fuse? If you are getting 13 volts at both batteries with engine running then even with a bad...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:32:00 -0400
  ...LEDs run on current, not voltage. When connected in series, they will always operate at their own individual voltage drop. That is necessary and...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:15:20 -0800
  I'd say a lot of waterboxer vanaogns are not getting 14 volts to the battery. I'm checking an 85 right now .. it...
• Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:14:27 -0800
  ...that's a good first step. > Should be between 13.8 volts, and 14.5 , alternator charging. > I like to measure it at the...
• Re: Aftermarket Electronic Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 May 1995 17:10:49 -0700 (PDT)
  Chris, the O2 sensor does generate a voltage, up to 0.7-0.8 Volts I think. Think of it as a pH meter...
• 12 volt electric blanket.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:52:53 -0600
  ...http://infoventures.com/private/federal/q&a/qa-envn2.html What are some typical EMF exposures? Here is a 12 volt blanket: http://www...
• Re: Need Someone to test a Battery Saver
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:33:09 -0400
  ...A problem with the concept is that measured battery state of charge (SOC) relies on voltage and temperature. Voltage will drop as load is...
• Re: Fuel gauge system test
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:13:41 -0400
  At 04:11 PM 6/19/2012, walkingboss wrote: >Test the voltage at the fuel sending unit. Between the sender wire and the >ground...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 04:28:28 +0000
  ...I have one of >> those >> > cigarette lighter volt meters that consistently shows 13.9 volts at >> speed. >> > If it weren't a 1 year...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:00:29 -0700
  ...Lower voltages may be > suitable for light-duty applications and higher voltages may be suitable for > heavy duty applications. > 2. For 24 Volt Systems...
• Re: Alternator output
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:55:17 -0500
  Understood - I've owned over 40 cars and worked on at least twice as many more and could have my voltages crossed. But over...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:53:55 -0500
  ...Radtke wrote: >So, I looked at the charging system and was reminded again that the >Vanagon uses an alternator that supplies a constant voltage...
• battery meter--lighter plugin--worthless
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:51:02 -0700
  ...Well, no! At 15-20 degrees, the 12.67 volts of a fully charged battery will read 0.3 volts lower, so most solar...
• My turn with the O2 sensor issue.
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:34:05 -0500
  ...I connected the volt meter and while disconnected it ranged from 0V at cold to about 1 volt after a few minutes it pretty...
• Re: '86 still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:09:34 -0500
  ...It shows an > erratic output ranging from 0.3 volts to 1.8 volts. The readings don't > change when the mixture is enriched...
• Re: battery and oxy lights coming on.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:33:37 -0500
  ...If it looks okay, then get a volt meter and measure the volts at your battery at idle and then at a high enough...
• Re: Electrical problems with new voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:55:37 -0700
  ...Stick a pushpin into the positive wire between the splice and the stereo and see if you still have volts in that wire there...
• Re: Wesipes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:18:47 -0800
  ...The hair dryer may be the exception but the heat output would be much less than even a travel type 110 volt a/c...
• Re: 110 volt A/C BTU
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:39:17 -0500
  ...110 volt A/C BTU > Isn't it distracting to other motorists when you drive down the road with > that A/C unit hanging...
• Re: Rough Running 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:14:11 -0700
  ...Nice one about the needle through the insulation to check the voltage. I guess the standard way to test it is with an ohm...
• Re: A different multi meter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 21:51:18 -0500
  ...It's using an existing power-carrying wire as a current shunt ("...use the burden voltages already introduced...). The meter is looking at some...
• Mystery part - what is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:43:30 -0700
  ...The main problem with the battery isolators is that they introduce an aproximately 0.7 volt drop in the charging voltage which is bad...
• Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:16:54 -0700
  There are adjustable voltage regs available for our Bosch alternators for not much money if you want to set it to the high end...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: fridge on dc power
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:35:13 -0500
  ...The factory wiring path feeds the > fridge 12 volts from the dash fuse/relay panel. That means the fridge is > subject to low voltage...
• Re: Fuel air mixture or timing adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:29:53 -0700
  ...3)Start engine and watch O2 sensor output on voltmeter. A "correct" reading is a rapid fluctuation above and below .5 volts. (A graph...
• Re: westy auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 16:15:23 -0500
  ...i would also like to put an additional 12 volt deep cycle battery in my buses (65' and 73' both 12 volt) so that...
• Fwd: CORRECTED Can I Set 14.6 volts at the Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:21:59 -0400
  ...CORRECTED Can I Set 14.6 volts at the Alternator? To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com> Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> CORRECTED...
• Re: Check your Voltmeter battery!!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:04:26 -0700
  ...High > School) to evaluate the voltage for the 9 Volt batteries on the digital > meters; result was abysmal. I opened up the Radio Shack...
• Re: Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Jun 2012 15:37:50 -0400
  ...Or in CMOS mode, adjusting supply voltage to get desired output voltage. Otherwise build a triggerable 555 circuit that will output a pulse stream...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:28:24 -0800
  ...Too much voltage drop with various things turned on. Adding a new #10 or #8 from the alternator to the starter motor post is...
• Fridge light home made indicator
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:55:39 -0700
  ...The standard volt meter that is 1-15 volts radio shack sells uses a coil on the needle and a resistor. Anybody know what...
• charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:37:35 -0700
  ...when there is 13.8 volts of charging ooomph at the alternator main terminal ... and only 13.4 at the ( new ) battery . I look...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:05:07 -0400
  ...The voltage from the capacitor will begin to drop the instant a load is applied, since it's only the pressure of so many...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 07:05:10 -0600
  Hi Larry, << Rich = Power : ) : ) : ) >> This is how I remember how the 02 Sensor Voltage output works. Also while reading the Bosch FI book, going...
• Westy Dometic 12 volt thermostatic control ?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:42:48 -0800
  Years back someone came up with a procedure to add thermostatic control to the Dometic when it is running on 12 volts. Does anyone...
• Re: What about this for checking the battery level
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:03:03 -0800
  ...indoor temp, outdoor temp, voltage, clock, etc. I always kept it on Voltage and outdoor temp. The voltage input wire I ran through a...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 11:41:02 -0800
  ...How would you construct a test and what would you adjust? While I have compared the voltage readings of several 2.1 AFMs on...
• Re: stuck o2 sensor and bad gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:01:32 -0400
  Jay, I would appreciate if you could tell me more as where to check the voltage for the OS. Didn't find any simple...
• My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:47:20 -0700
  ...I'll get to the compression tomorrow or the next day, but right now I have hooked up my handy-dandy voltmeter to the...