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• Re: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:24:36 -0800
  I installed one medium brightness LED into my Speedometer and one into the quartz clock/gas guage, right where the old bulbs went. It...
• Re: VWs, Boats and fishing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:59:12 -0500
  If you can think of electricity in a wire as water in a pipe, and diodes as one-way valves, you can do the...
• Re: Alternator rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:56:12 -0500
  Bearings and cleaning will not fix an electrical problem such as bad diodes, bad stator or rotor windings, diodes, etc. Voltage drop can also...
• Re: battery isolator installed
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:35:16 -0400
  ...13.8v charging voltage without incurring a > drop across the isolator diodes. How exactly does this work, i.e. what mods do you need...
• Battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:10:36 -0500
  ...I did not believe this as my understanding is that a battery isolator is just a pair of diodes on a big heatsink. But...
• On-board Charging.
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:05:40 -0500 (EST)
  ...measuring the > reverse current going back into the charger, the diodes allowed about 3 mA > leakage. not much but it bothered me. so i...
• Battery diodes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Jun 95 12:12:48 EDT
  The 82 Westfalia has a way of "monitoring" the state of the battery - a switch with three dodes is located on the stove panel...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:54:52 -0500
  ...a 'bulb' after all, unless we want to consider light emitting >diodes as some form of bulb. Actually that one's an incandescent bulb...
• Re: Battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:54:59 -0500
  ...All power diodes drop over 1.0 volt when cool. As they heat up, the drop increases. The vw senses and control the alternator...
• Re: dual battery isolator / Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:05:46 -0800
  ...Solid state isolators (using silicon diodes) are apparently not such a good choice for reasons discussed here recently. Too much power lost in the...
• On-board Charging.
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Mon, 4 Nov 96 13:01:22 -0600
  ...then i thought "i wonder how much leakage the charger diodes have" as they are made to be connected only when it is plugged...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 07:35:21 -0700
  Cary, The battery isolator is a set of two diodes that steers the charging system output into the least charged of the two batteries...
• Re: The Vanagon Wave
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:04:31 EST
  ...trick was to isolate the front fogs using a pair of diodes and wink one of em. Kewl at the time. I double flash...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 09:28:42 -0400
  ...3:02 AM, Dick Wong <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote: > David, > > Both diodes are 1N418. Both transistors are BC547. The cap is a 47uf 16V...
• Re: Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 18:41:08 -0400
  ...They have an inherent voltage drop across their internal diodes that prevents the battery from becomming completely charged. Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88...
• Re: water cooled alternators
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:45:46 -0400
  ...hose >nipples on the back of the alternator) to keep the diodes cool on >the newer model 4.6L Northstar V8s. http://www.hap...
• Re: Auxiliary Heater Control problem. Name that diode!
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:40:33 -0400
  ...1N4001, 1N4002, etc) series diodes. Any of those should work, they vary in voltage, but all are well above 12V. Radio Shack or any...
• Why not mount two Alternators??
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:13:09 -0700
  ...The difference between a 65 amp alternator and a 130 amp one was that the diode board was populated with twice as many diodes...
• Re: Solar panel wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:43:38 -0600
  ...ohm-meter on a panel this morning, and the > > responses regarding diodes seem to be dead on. The resistance one direction > > was about 19...
• Re: Subject: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:25:45 -0500
  oops. i forgot to mention that 18 feet assumes stopping from 60 mph (88 ft/s). that is, 88 ft/s X .2 s...
• Trailer 3=>2 converter
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:35:17 +0200
  Here is the European to US Trailer converter 3 => 2 w/o voltage drop caused by diodes. I have designed this for my own...
• On-board Charging.
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:34:10 -0500 (EST)
  Just a clarification, sorry folks... > The Radio Shack store on my way to work does carry 10 amp diodes. > Careful: a 10-amp Silicon...
• Re: WAS:dumbest auto company NOW: Representatives (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:33:58 -0600
  ...THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL FORUM! I want to read about diodes versus relays for the second battery. I don't need to hear...
• Re: Idiot Light Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:40:00 -0800
  I've had a similar problem, the low end diodes in the alternator are bad. I ended up replacing the whole thing under warranty...
• Re: Low Alternator Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 19:40:00 -0700
  ...Adding a diodes inline with the ground will adjust the voltage. Unfortunately in 0.7V steps if you use silicone diodes, germanium diodes will...
• Trailer 3 to 2 converter
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:10:31 +0200
  Here is the European to US Trailer converter 3 => 2 w/o voltage drop caused by diodes. I have designed this for my own...
• Re: trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:08:20 -0700
  ...Depending on how you plan to use the trailer you might be better off with a set of diodes in a "W" configuration feeding...
• Re: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:56:51 -0800
  ...light emitting diodes >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:54:06 -0500 > >On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, JOHN WESTENBERG wrote: > > > I would also like...
• Re: Resistor and diode values for 88+ vanagon instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:51:13 -0500
  At 08:54 AM 12/16/2013, Jarrett Kupcinski wrote: >Closer inspection reveals that both diodes are the same. They're >1N4004, and it...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:49:07 -0800
  ...BUT, those were still the days of mechanical regulators and mechanical points, the only solid state electronics were the diodes in the body of...
• Alternator Life expectancy again
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:39:26 -0500
  ...This alternator has slowly gone from 23 >Amps output 3 years ago to its current (little pun, there) 10 Amps. > >Obviously the diodes are...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 03:20:32 EDT
  ...We combined the front section from a Diesel vanagon with the maximum number of diodes that Bosch provided (think it is the diode plane...
• Re: VoltMinder-Is it a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:32:06 -0700
  ...then you couldn't read just one, unless you cleverly use diodes in the circuitry. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sullivan" <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:54:00 -0400
  ...a 'bulb' after all, unless we want to consider light >emitting >diodes as some form of bulb. No. It's an incandescent bulb, with...
• Re: Dual Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:46:24 -0500
  ...NEVER switch them past "Off" with the engine running. >Apparently this could blow the diodes in your alternator in a boat, so I >presume...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:04:06 -0500
  ...Since the battery isolator uses diodes, and diodes have about a 0.6 volt conducting voltage drop, the result is that the batteries don...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:46:59 -0400
  ...If you can get a bunch of one-amp or bigger diodes free or cheap, a string of them in series will lose about...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 02:34:27 -0400
  ...It would be really nice to know what's written on the fronts of those two transistors, also the complete legend on the diodes...
• Re: Fridge fan, turbo version?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:31:15 -0500
  ...If all you're after is a two-speed solution, a string of rectifier diodes or a power resistor in series, with a switch...
• Re: battery kill switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:11:49 -0400
  ...on disconnect (only if the engine is running) may destroy alternator diodes or electronics elsewhere in the vehicle depending how the cutoff switch is...
• Re: Dometic Improvements Adding Fans
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:06:11 -0400
  ...If you don't have access to a variable supply, get a pack of power diodes from Radio Shack (p/n 276-1653, $2...
• Re: Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:33:14 -0400
  ...Have I >toasted my alternator? I think so, yes. > Can I replace anything to restore its virginity? All or most of the diodes are...
• Re: Subject: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:29:44 -0600
  > >incidently, led brake lights turn on about 0.2 s faster than the standard > >1157 bulb, which theoretically translates into about 18 ft greater...
• Re: Homemade fuel pump relay, (double relay)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:02:48 EDT
  ...further. > > Like how to choose what relays to use and specific diodes and resistor > i must have like 10 of these aircooled 2.0...
• Re: LED bulb for trouble light
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:10:09 -0400
  Yes the dash lights, the diodes fall off and theyre too tiny for my eyes and fingers to glue back on. Sent from my...
• Re: replace refrigerator diode--need help choosing a diode
  Historical mailing list - Dave Richards
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:07:29 -0400
  ...want it Radio Shack is an excelent sorce for the colored diodes Just to be sure try to measure the votage at the conecting...
• Re: '84 Westy: Does Air Conditioner Boost Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:28:17 -0700
  ...A couple of diodes would be cheaper and more reliable than a second valve and a T hose.
• Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:34:49 -0500
  ...79 http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062609 1n4148 diodes 276-1620 $2.59/50 http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp...
• Re: Dual Battery Isolators
  Historical mailing list - Ted Zateslo
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 17:25:43 -0400
  ...Because of this, not only is the forward voltage drop of the diodes in an isolator a problem, but voltage drop across relay contacts...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:41:37 -0400
  ...The diode trick is easy to understand and workable if you have a bunch of diodes lying around. I made up a set ladder...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:24:09 -0800
  High current diodes are great, in theory, and will keep current flowing in the correct direction. But they have a problem when it comes...
• Re: Charging light not working, any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 03:55:35 +0100
  ...Just > wondering if anyone else had any ideas? Jim, if the charging light is glowing, even if the ignition is off, then the diodes...
• battery isolator installed
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 10:24:35 PDT
  ...13.8v charging voltage without incurring a drop across the isolator diodes. The installation was straightforward, but took several hours to get everything done...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:07:05 -0700
  ...We combined the front section from a Diesel vanagon >with >the maximum number of diodes that Bosch provided (think it is the diode >plane...
• Re: trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 22:12:02 -0400
  ...Depending on how you plan to use the trailer you > might be better off with a set of diodes in a "W" configuration feeding...
• Re: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:54:06 -0500
  On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, JOHN WESTENBERG wrote: > I would also like to replace > exterior incandescents with LEDs, but again can find nothing but...
• Re: water cooled alternators
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:56:10 -0700
  ...hose > nipples on the back of the alternator) to keep the diodes cool on > the newer model 4.6L Northstar V8s. http://www.hap...
• Battery isolator tutorial
  Historical mailing list - Stanley Pitman
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:24:44 -0700
  ...Since AC is not suitable for automotive systems, heavy-duty diodes "rectify" the AC to turn it into pulsating DC. A voltage regulator senses...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:54:36 -0700
  ...They are diodes and they generate heat. They will burn out too. When one burns out the other goes with it. An LED burns...
• Charge light and O2 sensor light malfunction 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Martin Wilson
  Wed, 26 May 2004 16:57:56 -0700
  ...The relay (including it's inbuilt diode), both the diodes on the instrument panel, no problems found. Incidentally, if I disconnect the O2 sensor...