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hall effect sender output characteristics?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:15:38 -0700
...electrically speaking, that is)? In particular, i am curious about high-low voltage changes, where they occur in the cycle, and the number of...
Re: Electrical question (non-starting)
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 23 May 2009 18:09:55 -0700
...and you'll find where the high-resistance joint(s) are -- that's where your missing voltage will show up. Use a pin or...
Re: Weird idle problem continues
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:04:48 -0400
...Any high resistance in this path leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think it is like 40 below. Yes...
Re: Weird idle problem continues
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:03:16 -0700
...Any high resistance in this path leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think it is like 40 below. Yes...
Re: dim "High beam" indicator light
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:39:14 -0800
...I have a very dim "High beam" indicator light. I can't see if my high beams are on until its really dark outside...
Re: crank, wont start_coil testing
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:47:27 -0800
...Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Most likely what happens is the insulation breaks down and during the high voltage spike some of...
Re: 2 LEDs
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:59:13 -0700
...As they say "The 2008 accepts a wide input voltage range and can > power up to (6) High-Power LEDs in series." (but you...
Re: Voltage leak found
Historical mailing list - Jon VO
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 08:57:14 -0600
...I pulled the fuse to the radio on Saturday and this >> morning the >> > voltage is showing 12.9, exactly where it was when I...
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: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
Historical mailing list - Various
Tue, 28 May 2002 11:08:18 -0300
...Using the digitool, I see that the AFM is not producing a control voltage. No change in the AFM voltage output as I vary...
Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:25 -0400
The voltage stabilizers on all three of my '84 models only use the outer pins. The middle pin is in the air (no female...
Re: Finger Sparks
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:20:54 -0500
...it takes a higher voltage to fire the plugs the greater the throttle, as would wider plug gaps, and this makes the test more...
Thanks for cooling system info
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:13:17 -0700
...Before this work, the temp gauge was reading high, but the fan was working as it should and I have no reason to believe...
Re: alternator charge initiation
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:23:51 -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...
Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
Mon, 18 May 2009 19:21:33 -0300
...engine ECU is going closed loop (I checked the o2 voltage with a high Z DVM, it swings up and down) and I'm...
Re: How do you tell how much juice a battery has/?
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:33:36 -0500
...To your question, an abuse battery will still show pretty high voltage but simply won't keep it for long if used (Amp). How...
Re: High beam dash bulb
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:44:19 -0300
...a drop-in replacement for the high-beam indicator lamp, with a built-in load resistor or voltage-regulator chip in a T1-3...
Re: [subaruvanagon] RAB Progress Report
Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:03:14 -0600
...What route do you think might work? Has any of the list members with 1.6 diesels ever try to go over high mountain...
Re: T3 Westy's; batteries; how to have your cake and eat it
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 06:43:02 -0400
...No load, full charge voltage of a 12V lead-acid is 12.6-12.7V. A 12.8Vcut-off voltage means you won't...
Relay Kit for Starters
Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
24 Jun 1996 11:46:21 -0800
...I just wanted to give a thumbs up to the Bosch WR1 Low Voltage Relay Kit. For the past nine months or so my...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:30:29 -0800
...I can p-mail a higher quality image if you want. Neil. On 11/14/13, Brett Ne <brettn777@gmail.com> wrote: > David Beierl...
Re: Voltage leak found
Historical mailing list - Rob
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 10:33:30 -0700
...While it can be used at a lower current > > application, it is not typically meant for higher loads." > > > > -- > > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > > 1984...
Re: Stuck O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 21:51:08 -0500
So, are you saying that the AFM on a 1.9 should give the same voltage reading as one from a 2.1, but...
Re: Is my Aux Battery Charging
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:25:57 -0700
...You should see the higher voltage (directly from the alternator) there. If the aux battery is not charging then the problem is going to...
Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 17:43:47 -0700
...Whether you add a resistor in series or in parallel depends on whether the sender is a constant voltage source, or a constant current...
Re: Starting problems w/ an '87 (ignition switch?)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:50:49 -0500
...High resistance due to corrosion would reduce the voltage to the solenoid. Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil
Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 18:26:09 -0700
...Whether you add a resistor in series or >> in parallel depends on whether the sender is a constant voltage source, >> or a constant current...
Re: Oxygen sensor: is a shielded wire necessary?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:08:55 -0500
Shielded wire is to prevent electrical noise from interfering with the original voltage in the wire. VW didn't put a shield wire in...
Re: What do the LEDs mean?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:16:58 -0800
The ones on the left are for water tank level only and the ones on the right are for battery voltage only. The water...
Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:16:20 -0600
...Tach drops to zero. > Clock turns off. > High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes > OUT, ironically) > Cluster...
Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:47:48 -0400
...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: Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:48:11 -0400
The inverter will be pulling those high current surges from the battery. As the battery voltage drops the alternator will start putting out the...
Re: O2 Sensor problem
Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:56:29 -0500
...ecu is still >>> trying to go rich until it sees something. >>> >> >> High voltage signals rich and should drive the ECU lean. However I >> think...
Re: High Beam LED? again
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:26:53 -0400
...although a blue one might not, they run on a much higher voltage than red/yellow/green LEDs. You'd have to work the...
Re: Voltage leak found
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 09:57:20 -0700
...While it can be used at a lower current >> application, it is not typically meant for higher loads." >> >> -- >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >> 1984...
Air flow meters.
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Wed, 16 Nov 1994 10:50:39 CST6CDT
...high-end German cars. They said the *only* way to check out a suspected airflow meter was to put an oscilliscope on the voltage...
Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sat, 9 Oct 2004 07:55:11 -0400
...Aux battery amperage going in or out, voltage of main battery, voltage of aux battery. I was going to do this buy cannibalizing a...
Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:22:11 -0700
...These are something like 20.000V as they have a ballast that generates this sort of voltage. I have seen the 5400 Kelvin H1...
Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:16:00 -0700
...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: HIDs on a Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:16:53 -0700
...they need really high voltages and current to work. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut Temporarily in Calgary...
Tests with eliminator/shumacher 2/8/12A charger.
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:25:40 -0800
...The '94 has a built in constant voltage (13.8V) unit. However, that is not the ideal charge cycle, and buying one also for...
Re: Momentary Engine Stoppage
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:28:41 -0400
...If the tach tracks with engine rpm then ignition primary is working at least somewhat (high voltage still may be having a problem and...
Re: Isolator vs Seperator (mechanical relay) was Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
Historical mailing list - TC
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:31:02 -0800
> A-the battery must always be recharged at the proper voltage as spec'd by > mfg it must be maintained at FULL charge at...
Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:11:53 -0700
There is an adjustable voltage regulator available for the Bosch alternator. Unfortunately, the page with the specifics is no longer on line.... On Thu...
Re: Update Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing? (still not working)
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Sat, 2 Aug 2003 16:06:43 -0600
...2 - Check the voltage at the high and low beam connections with high beam selected. Do both connectors. Write that down, too. No, not...
Re: Warning lights problem(s)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:59:47 -0500
At 03:31 PM 1/1/2002, Roger Reynolds wrote: >Over the course of the trip, it would start to come on at higher...
Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:32:34 -0400
...Also since the failure will usually occur on the highway you have to consider the effect of the engine overheating by the time you...
Re: Which Voltmeter to use?
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:31:19 -0700
...Or you can record the voltage return to the ECU from the airflow meter and pick up the voltage drop when the circuitry in...
Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Fri, 14 Nov 2003 00:17:10 -0500
...let's see, speaking as a practical vanagon man: (1) if you apply 1 V across the high tension side of a vanagon ignition...
Re: O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list
Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:27:35 -0700
...It gives no voltage at lambda 1.02 and full voltage at 0.98. With such a narrow range, you cannot really hope to...
Headlight wiring harnesses and voltage drops
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:38:29 -0700
I am in the process of making the finishing touches to my prototype wiring harness for installing high powered lamps in our Vanagons with...
Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:05:31 -0400
...inner high beams. >>Changing the wiring to a monster size is a foolish waste of time and >>effort because >>the difference in voltage drop...
Re: Coil Fires, 7.5KOhms
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:33:52 -0400
...If you apply a small ac voltage to the low-voltage side you'll get a large ac voltage from the other side, and...
Re: Voltage leak found
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 08:16:28 -0700
...While it can be used at a lower current application, it is not typically meant for higher loads." -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984...
Re: What I'd like to see in a Vanagon...
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:07:34 -0800
...No high voltage wire to remind you, just make sure you pull over and top off when the needle hits the middle. More often...
Re: Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:57:45 -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: ECU Lifespan?
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:29:56 -0600
...Bad alternator voltage regulators can take out a whole string of components when the voltage gets above 16 volts. This may seem unprofessional but...
oil pressure buzzer
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 03:03:31 EDT
...The oil pressure light and buzzer comes on, usually after highway driving when slowing down for a stop or a slower speed zone. A...
Diesel-range-oven-heater unit
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:32:53 -0500
...4.8 gallons per 24 hours (high). * Voltage: 12,24 or 32 volts. Ideal for high end motor homes. Essential stainless steel stack (sold...
Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:27:59 -0400
...Katz wrote: > richard: > > most obvious possibility is problem on high tension side of ignition, such > as mositure and/or carbon tracks in distributor cap...