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• Re: bus depot
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:32:35 -0600
  ...what? Positive terminals...? >> >> > >> >> > >Exactly....that's why this is such a highly "charged" topic!! >> >> > <<<snip>>> >> >> > >> >> >I'm "SHOCKED" at this behaviour! >> >> > >> >> >For me, this...
• Re: Relaying Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 09:28:50 +0100
  ...and/or battery problems. > > The battery must be charged at a voltage higher than 12, the upper limit > being a compromise between charge rate...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:02:22 -0400
  ...Our high beams are ok! But, even our high beams don't >get flashed by people. Living on the Oregon Coast, the blackness + wetness...
• Re: Ox sensor use
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:08:59 -0700
  Well, if the O2 sensor isn't working, that is, not generating voltage in response to chenges in air/fuel mixture, then disconnecting it...
• Bad distributor (was: Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L))
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:22:37 -0500
  ...assuming voltage at coil (+), light should flicker > >> when touching coil (-) while cranking; if no light, coil primary is open > >> (bad coil); if steady light...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:34:50 -0500
  ...The magnetic field in the coil rapidly collapses, generating a high voltage in the primary circuit (the points side of the circuit and a...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon sputters and blows black smoke on highway.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:38:21 -0400
  ...If possible, install voltage monitor on sensor in the meantime -- digital voltmeter, or Ken Lewis has some nice little bar-graph displays that he...
• Re: Battery/OXS LED
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 06:46:25 -0700
  ...against the high spots. Then the LEDs flicker or come on. On our vehicles the brushes are part of the voltage regulator assembly that...
• Re: Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:39:48 -0800
  ...Otherwise you have a > chronically undercharged battery. > > I prefer to have an adjustable voltage regulator which I can dial up a > higher voltage for...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 06:15:34 -0400
  ...no > difference, voltage at ECU (probably) steady below half volt. Could be a > very high-resistance leak, this is a high-impedance circuit. Bad...
• Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:20:16 -0500
  ...The wiring I am referencing for the voltage drop is the stock wire, which I do not know the gauge of but I suspect...
• 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 - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 29 May 2017 05:24:35 -0400
  ...Low pressure switches, 0.03 bar, are BLUE and high pressure switches, 0.09 bar, are GREY. At least that’s what’s supplied...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:44:35 -0700
  ...doesn't involve battery voltage ..but it does involve high voltage electricity. On 2.1 waterboxer engines, the wires for the oil pressure switches...
• Re: Smog test help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 21:01:27 -0400
  ...Any voltage here gets added to the O2 sensor reference and effectively adds to the O2 sensor voltage the ECU is looking for. Higher...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:29:04 -0700
  ...Charge up battery with charger first then run engine and check voltage at positive battery terminal. >> >> Compare to the voltage at the alternator. >> >> Alistair...
• Re: running problems, 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:22:09 -0500
  ...The only time this doesn't work, is if the O2 sensor ground is floating higher that 0. The leakage voltage on the ground...
• First cleanup Re: Westy water tank level indicator problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Jul 2014 08:17:46 -0400
  ...If you're not actively supplying voltage you will get most useful results with a ten megohm (or higher) voltmeter. Most digital meters have...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
  Sat, 7 Sep 1996 18:54:17 4
  ...It is apparently used to drop some voltage to produce the lower speeds of the radiator fan. As I recall, it wasn't as...
• Re: Tail light update
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:14:14 -0500
  ...The high voltage craze has > spilled over to the tailights , and I think it's a mistake. Well, considering I've never seen a...
• Re: '84 Westy: Does Air Conditioner Boost Idle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:40:28 -0400
  ...You might need one with larger current capacity or higher peak reverse voltage rating or both. Yours, David
• Re: Battery question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:22:51 -0500
  ...he is recommending >some sort of voltage reducer from radio shack or the high price spread >custom voltage regulators ... his real advice was not...
• Re: Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:48:14 -0800
  ...On Jan 22, 2008 1:55 PM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote: > When you have poor, corroded wiring/ connections or bad grounding, voltage > drops...
• Re: alternator charge initiation
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:34:45 -0600
  ...car stereo freaks use really big capacitors to store voltage for their really high powered competition stereo systems.. Just thinking out loud...which will...
• Re: me too (solar)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:34:54 -0700
  ...I typically see 4 or so amps going into the controller (at a higher voltage) and 5 to 6 amps coming out. Watts in...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:22:19 -0600
  ...mA valve does not fully open. > > **The open-circuit voltage is probably somewhat higher since I'm > driving the supply at its current limit...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:26:20 -0700
  ...You should pull the 4 fuses and then measure the voltage on each side of the fuse holders with the key on and headlights...
• Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:42:50 -0400
  ...The diesels get their tach signal from the W terminal of the alternator which I suspect is much higher frequency and much lower voltage...
• Sticking Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:34:52 -0500
  ...anyone had experience, adding a relay, or 2nd solenoid, to switch higher voltage from the starter battery cable, to the solenoid? If I need...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:16:10 -0400
  ...that >the bias voltage at the ECU input did not change -- right? Pin 5 (O2 >sensor signal) is just a high-impedance input, yes...
• Re: Unorthodox Inst. Cluster Electrical Question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:59:58 -0400
  ...The Hastings gauge now reads a little higher than > before. > > If I ran a new wire from my aftermarket gauge, to + connection (post > voltage...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:38:50 -0500
  ...mA valve does not fully open. > > **The open-circuit voltage is probably somewhat higher since I'm > driving the supply at its current limit...
• Re: Front heater fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:22:52 -0400
  ...If there's voltage on the output side of the switch, check the grounds behind the fuse panel. If the juice goes into the...
• Re: oxygen sensor input wire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:12:47 -0700
  ...mike...however, VW shielded the part that's > very near the high-voltage wires and left the rest alone. Knowing > that VW never spent...
• Halon Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 18 Nov 96 11:28:52 PST
  ...bit about what voltage source would be available on a burning engine. Frankly, none, unless you have a 110v or higher hot line laying...
• Re: Voltage surges
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 22 May 2010 05:12:09 -0700
  ...can anyone tell me if this sounds like an alternator voltage >regulator thing? It does not vary with engine rpm. I'm curious, too...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:04:57 -0400
  The regulator supplies both gauges with ten volts +/- half a volt, so your regulator is just in spec on the high side (this will...
• more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:40:36 -0800
  ...More current = more voltage drop = lower battery voltage until some charging equlibrium is acheived. That being said putting in a larger alternator will not...
• Re: Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 23 May 2000 20:46:50 -0700
  ...voltage test and you can forget the relay... just buy some E-Code headlights with H-4 bulbs to replace your stock high/low...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 09:01:22 PST
  ...the resistor (and connections for) that drops the voltage for low speed. If you know high speed works then 2nd stage relay and fuse...
• Re: generators/inverters for camping
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:31:28 -0500
  ...I wonder if a high-resistance connection somewhere in the generating coil and connections might exist -- that would allow full unloaded voltage, but would...
• Re: Westy Fridge Conversion questions
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:49:14 -0700
  ...shuts off and it won't restart until the voltage rises above another, higher, preset value. The values are in the manual in the...
• Re: O2 readings
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:10:37 -0600
  ...mixture is > *very* steep right around the "ideal" mixture, so you should see a rapid > fluctuation above and below .5 volts) with higher voltage...
• Re: Removing clip from Hall unit
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:20:40 -0600
  ...the resistance across the coil to distributor high tension lead measures over 10 K ohm. Should I be replacing this?? TIA
• Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:52:48 -0700
  ...Since it is an ordinary bulb, it will light up no matter which side has voltage as long as the other side has a...
• Battery Isolator
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  12 Jun 1996 09:44:27 -0700
  ...ANY applied voltage higher than that will result in some charging of a fully charged battery, and more charging of a partially charged battery...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:56:54 -0800
  ...This is a connection system that is ripe for > high resistance over time and floating micro-voltages that can cause > electrolysis. > > Extra grounds can...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:14:02 -0700
  ...wrote: > Perhaps a high-torque starter is what's needed. I have seen adapter plates that allow use of a TDI starter. I also...
• Re: Stupid Electrical error
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 8 Apr 1994 13:07:38 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Where is the relay that controls the high beams? Guess I'll go back to the fiche.... Oh, in desparation I paid the $84...
• Re: 85' 1.9 still running rich help :-(
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:13:56 -0500
  ...At cold start, voltage should be near 500 mv and stable -- this is the bias voltage coming from the ECU. As the engine warms...
• Re: WARNING- having A/C on high on 85' Westy or Vanagon = fire
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:05:08 -0500
  Tony Smola wrote: >I've noticed that if I have the A/C fan switch on high (position 3), there >is a tendency to...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:32:39 -0400
  ...Charge up battery with charger first then run engine and check voltage at positive battery terminal. > > Compare to the voltage at the alternator. > > Alistair...
• Re: Tach schematics/repair hints?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:35:09 -0400
  ...The high the frequency the more voltage gets thru. Obviously that filter is bad Eric. David Beierl wrote: > Hello Volks -- couple days ago my...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:18:50 -0400
  ...The high side is supplied with five volts limited at some smallish current and the ECU watches the voltage on that pin. High = open...
• Battery response try again.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:18:08 +0000
  ...Typically some AGM batteries prefer a higher "finishing" voltage some all the way up to14.9vdc. Alternator charging for DC batteries is always a...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:34:46 -0700
  ...that? > >> about what is good charging voltage .. >> I think lower is better for longer battery life. >> Higher is better for good starting cranking. > > It...
• Re: temp light blinking.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:23:23 -0400
  ...Where is temp sensor at? pressure >tank?? Radiator?? Oh I changed the alternator Seems pretty likely that the battery voltage was going down and...
• Headlight Problem Solved....New Syndrome Discovered!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:57:09 -0400
  ...a high beam indicator, etc. There seemed to be a concensus that the problem was probably with the headlight switch or the voltage reducing...
• Re: Friday - my favorite electronics teacher has new video
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:47:50 -0800
  ...The high-current stuff, not the high-voltage. What he's > doing to his tongue isn't dangerous -- unless he lets those power > supply...
• Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:35:35 -0500
  ...I had considerable voltage drop issues common to old low end boats. I just took this view on the van and decided to consider...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:03:58 -0700
  ...I think that >> means smaller gap=quicker spark=lower voltage=cooler fire and larger >> gap=slower spark=higher voltage=hotter fire. >> >> Am I missing...