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  • Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:55:41 -0700
    ...But the mapping programs in the cell phones depend on an Internet connection for the map data. Therefore a cell phone based GPS navigation...
  • Re: CB or cell?
    Historical mailing list - Michael C. Duran
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:45:19 -0500
    Is your cell phone a REAL cell phone or a PCS? If it has analog capabilities, chances are you are covered. If it is...
  • Re: alternator Qs?- 8 volt battery syndrome!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:14:20 -0400
    The voltage drop to 8 volts indicates a bad cell. The Sears Batteries are notorious for the cell connectors to open intermittently. You charge...
  • Re: Friday - fuel cell battery charging
    Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
    Sat, 6 May 2017 16:31:16 -0400
    ...Yeah, was aware of fuel cells but not these dedicated methanol powered and nominal 12 volt output, battery charging units. I guess i don...
  • Re: Heater box foam material?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:25:15 -0800
    I really think the low durometer open cell stuff is the ticket. not closed cell. It makes a diff. in how the levers work...
  • Cell Phone Charges - NOT Friday Follies
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:31:30 -0800
    ...JUST A REMINDER....11 days from today, all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales...
  • Re: cellphones in Canada
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Wed, 31 May 2006 15:59:35 -0400
    I think they meant using phone cards at payphones, save the cell for emergencies. Chris On 5/31/06, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit...
  • 3Watt LED?
    Historical mailing list - Pensioner
    Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:31:23 -0700
    I wonder how long this device runs on three AAA cells. An AA cell is ~1.6A-Hr at ~1.5VDC. Two of these...
  • ssolar cell for ev
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Low
    Thu, 13 Mar 97 15:19:04 EST
    Howdy, Do solar cells work? I want one for an EV winnie style. I want it to help run the fridge rather than using...
  • Ballard Fuel cells: was EPA rules
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:42:45 -0400
    ...the engine box, we'll be able to fit in a Ballard Fuel Cell just before the EPA outlaws our van's engines. Malcolm
  • Re: Solar Panel "Battery Saver"
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sat, 26 May 2001 12:38:31 -0500
    ...In absolute darkness, I think the reverse path (from the battery to the photovoltaic cell) is near infinity - hence an open circuit. But what...
  • Dumb Battery Question
    Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
    Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:59:26 -0300
    ...If 5 of the 6 cells are "bubbling" and the last one isn't, can I assume a dead cell? Tom
  • Re: charging system problem? battery sitting for a while.
    Historical mailing list - tolga
    Sat, 8 Jan 2005 23:37:17 -0500
    Hi Dennis, How do I figure out if the battery has a shorted cell without just going to buy another? If I recharge it...
  • Re: Cell phones
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:52:00 -0700
    ...This is even staying with my current >> cell provider. Is there anything else I should be looking at on making a >> switch to pay...
  • ATL Fuel Cell info
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:21:10 -0400
    ...Michael, Thank you for your interest in ATL fuel cells. Yes we do make a fuel cell that fits in the tire well. We...
  • Re: cell phones (wasHarpies I)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:52:22 -0400
    At 01:19 PM 7/5/2011, neil n wrote: >Pretend to "dial" 911 and "talk" ? At least in the US, any cell phone...
  • Re: Heater box foam material?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:47:37 -0800
    ...Open cell > foam was better, Good point. It may be that I used open cell, I just don't remember. Now you got me...
  • Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:49:55 -0500
    ...65 percent of those wrecks (involving cell phone drivers/users) called for the police on their cell phone!!!! i've heard, but don't...
  • Re: vanagon as a cellar???
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:31:02 -0800
    ...vanagon as a cellar??? >Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:17:44 EST > >have someone who wants to purchase my burnt 1980 van and...
  • Re: Dumb Battery Question
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:04:57 -0500
    ...It WILL freeze at temperatures 32F or below, and that will kill one or more cells - breaks the plates inside - mechanically disrupts the cell...
  • <F> Why Alcohol Makes You Smarter
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Thu, 8 Jul 1999 20:34:54 +0200
    ...First, we all know that too much alcohol kills brain cells. It is also right to believe that the weakest cells die first. It...
  • Re: Fwd: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a westy what would you do ?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 15:49:10 -0900
    On or off does not matter if there is no cell service in the area. Mark in AK - Land of the Last Frontier and...
  • Re: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a westy what would you do ?
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:18:29 -0700
    If by GPS locateability you mean one can locate the cell phone by GPS you are correct, but if you mean that each phone...
  • Re: GPS
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
    Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:00:24 -0600
    Point of clarification; the GPS in the phone will work with no cell coverage. The GPS isn't dependent on cell towers for location...
  • NVC - Re: The Ideal vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:01:48 -0400
    ...Want privacy? Leave the cell phone at home. Want > > emergency help? Bring the cell phone with you. > > > > William > > > > > >> i know a few people that...
  • CB or cell?
    Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:43:22 -0600
    ...In case "Happy" gets unhappy, should I add a CB to the glovebox? I already have a national-coverage cell phone, but rural Utah...
  • Re: Rodent smell
    Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
    Sat, 5 Jun 1999 04:42:50 -0700
    ...Silva" <wsilva@CAPECOD.NET> writes: >when >Mickey did the dirt dance in our cellar. It really works. You didn't bury Mickey in the...
  • Re: US cellphones in Canada, Canadian phones in the US
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 31 May 2006 08:48:17 -0700
    Sounds good Greg, but you failed to name names! Who is your wife's cell provider, and your Dad's too? Thanks, Jake On...
  • Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:03:14 -0700
    ...Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter just what the subject says... If and when I plug my cell phone charger...
  • Re: cell phones (wasHarpies I)
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Tue, 5 Jul 2011 15:01:51 -0400
    > > At least in the US, any cell phone that can reach a tower can call > 911. Doesn't have to have service. > > This is...
  • Re: SlightVC: Cellphone pics of the "new" turbo.
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:18:26 -0700
    ...I just got the turbo(Garrett T3) in and took some preliminary pictures with my cellphone. link: http://pictures.rawsuds.com/v/sudhirs_pictures...
  • Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:17:50 -0700
    "But the mapping programs in the cell phones depend on an Internet connection for the map data." Not all of them. Some let you...
  • Re: The Ideal vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Woten, Rodney
    Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:03:40 -0500
    ...Want privacy? Leave the cell phone at home. Want emergency help? Bring the cell phone with you. William > i know a few people that...
  • Re: cell phones (was:FGA)
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:07:58 -0500
    My general advice in cell phones for rural travel is to get an analog phone. You'll have a hard time finding anyone who...
  • Re: CB or cell?
    Historical mailing list - Joe L.
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 16:06:04 -0400
    ...Don't know if the area had cell coverage or not but it shows that the CB CAN work. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
  • Re: Alternate fuel.
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:42:32 -0400
    ...Unfortunately, the best solar cells are only about 5% efficient, so even leaving out the many, many inefficiencies involved in transporting the power converting...
  • Re: GPS
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:20:13 -0700
    For starters, it would only work where there is cell coverage, which excludes most of my province. I'm not sure about yours. On...
  • cell phones cross country
    Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
    Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:01:49 EDT
    ...Someone suggested getting a CB I have a cell phone with nationwide calling, does a CB offer anything much better? Sam W 63 singlecab...
  • Re: capacitance cells, sorry meant to add was Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Sat, 3 Sep 2005 09:38:59 -0600
    They use combinations of the cells and batteries. The capacitance cells do not have the capabilities of batteries in storage of mass power. However...
  • Re: cell phones (was:FGA)
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:24:09 -0800
    ...Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:07:58 -0500 > >My general advice in cell phones for rural travel is to get an analog >phone. You...
  • NVC - cellphone batteries
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:54:34 -0400
    ...I need a new cellphone battery. Looked on the web at the options, and they seem to range in price from $1 to $80...
  • Re: cell phones (was:FGA)
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:26:45 -0700
    ...cell phones (was:FGA) > > My general advice in cell phones for rural travel is to get an analog > phone. You'll have a hard...
  • Re: Cell phones
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:47:03 -0800
    ...Cell phones For the heavy travellers but light cell phone users. For the last several days I have gone back over my cell phone...
  • Re: still no vanagon content !!!
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:12:39 -0500
    ...82 westy london ontario CANADA!!!!!!!1 Claudio Cella wrote: > YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CANADA !!! > > Claudio Cella > 87 Vanagon GL > 90 Jetta TD > > Am i the only Canuck...
  • Re: Internet while underway
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:13:58 -0500
    ...Look in the archives, maybe. (Thru a cell phone with dial up. She gave names and part numbers.) Still no internet service where there...
  • Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sat, 27 Jul 2019 19:16:26 -0600
    ...Battery that still cranks? On the "Shorted Cell" occasion that I referred to before I was Under Way when the Van Shut Down but...
  • Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
    Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
    Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:06:15 -0500
    ...Bissell wrote: > > Cell phones are the real problem. > No - lousy drivers are. They were around long before cell phones. Its just the current thing...
  • Re: The Ideal vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Matthew
    Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:35:36 -0700
    ...even if a cell phone is turned off and the battery is out, the cell phone tower will still be able to contact it...
  • Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:29:08 -0500
    ...Very well made, long lasting, dry cell batteries. Their original application was for marine vehicles (hence the dry cell). Also, because of the dry...
  • Re: US cellphones in Canada, Canadian phones in the US
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 31 May 2006 11:36:39 -0400
    ...Happy trails, Greg Potts Quoting Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM>: > Make sure you call your US cell carrier before you use your cellphone > in...
  • Re: cell phones cross country
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:02:22 -0400
    CB's will sometimes tell you about radar traps (if you are paying attention and can understand the truckers....) Cell phone coverage...along the...
  • Re: inner wall insolation
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Tue, 15 May 2018 20:17:49 -0300
    ...Open-cell foam and closed cell foam. Open cell foams are porous and not impermeable to vapour, air and may absorb water. Closed cell...
  • Re: [NVC] Best Internet Telephony
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:53:01 -0800
    If possible, keep the cell phone and lose the land line. IMO: When it comes to home phone service, the land-line phone companies...
  • Re: Alternate fuel.
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Sat, 21 Jun 2003 14:19:51 -0400
    ...Unfortunately, the best solar cells are only about 5% efficient, so even leaving out the many, many inefficiencies involved in transporting the power converting...
  • Re: cellphones in Canada
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Wed, 31 May 2006 15:47:43 -0400
    If I purchase a phone card and use it from my cellphone, I'll still be using cellphone minutes. So it won't save...
  • Re: cell phones (wasHarpies I)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:50:42 -0400
    ...down, I'll mention that I use >T-Mobile for prepaid cell phone service. I paid $100 initially, >four years ago, for each of...
  • Re: Solar Electricity for Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
    Wed, 9 Nov 1994 20:16:24 -0700 (MST)
    Actually, I have it on VERY good info the following: (1) Solar cells need only be roughly 17% efficent to charge a battery (2...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 13 May 2008 to 14 May 2008 - Special issue (#2008-520)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Wed, 14 May 2008 10:52:04 -0700
    ...In that episode with the cell phone, they built a 3x3x3 plexi box, put a cell phone in it and FILLED the box with...
  • Re: [NVC] Best Internet Telephony
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:20:47 -0500
    ...You kept cell service. Like I often tell people - phone calls are often made to report a network outage, I've never heard of...
  • Re: still no vanagon content !!!
    Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
    Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:04:32 -0500
    ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Claudio Cella Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 5:50 PM To: vanagon@GERRY...