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• Re: measuring impedance of a speaker?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:41:48 -0500
  ...Good power amps start off with built in inverters/voltage doublers to et more voltage/power. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: 84 westy alternator light flickers(longish)
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 8 May 2000 18:22:09 -0700
  ...Start engine, note volts, rev motor to shut off the light, note volts, turn on high beams and heater blower, note volts, shut off...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 00:06:52 -0600
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I'd say a lot of waterboxer vanaogns are not getting 14 volts to the > battery. > I'm checking an...
• Re: O2 sensor transition time
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 7 May 2009 07:56:34 -0500
  ...The one I have watched recently took about 2 sec to go from low voltage to high and vice-versa, at idle. This may...
• Re- basic electronics quest
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  28 Jul 1996 13:34:24 -0700
  ...280 ohms times 0.80 amps = 22.4 volts . That is the voltage drop across the resistor. If the power supply max unloaded is...
• Re: Troubling warning lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:46:44 -0700
  you may try to remove this voltage regulator at the back of the alternator and check it ... if it's worn then you may...
• Halogen bulbs ... is there a difference between AC & DC bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:06:26 -0400
  I have some "Under counter" halogen lighting fixtures that are fed through a transformer that steps down to 12 volts. Can these be connected...
• What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:55:10 -0400
  With the Digifant system, does anyone know what voltage the ECU sends to the injectors to get them to open? I'd need an...
• Re: LED electrical questions (Building a Sylvania "Dot-Its" unit)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:42:47 -0400
  How do these lights work when the AA batts are getting run down? The lesser voltage would be the same...... Mike B. > Assuming they...
• Re: 89 syncro westy backup 12 volt
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 23:15:34 -0700
  > great on propane, but not on 12 volt. We subsequently learned there was no > spare battery in the bus (it's usually located under...
• An interesting repair sequence
  Historical mailing list - James Henry
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:36:32 -0500
  ...No voltage warning light, but I checked the voltage at the battery when engine was running, 12 volts!!!! checked voltage at alternator, 12 volts...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:38:15 -0800
  ...If the drain on the charging system > by the auxiliary or main battery bank reduces the system voltage below > 12.8 > volts*, the BATTERY...
• Heavy Duty Starter Cables
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:22:11 -0700
  ...According to the article, the voltage drop with the two gauge wire is about 2.5 volts. With the zero gauge wire, its onlt...
• Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Sep 2016 23:17:58 +0000
  ...So voltage drop must happened between the transmission front mounting and the transmission or the engine. I plugged my voltmeter between the ground strap...
• Re: Re- Continuing Engine Troub
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 13 May 1996 14:51:41 CST6CDT
  ...i don't have the specs for the forward voltage in resistance mode, however. since the O2 sensor itself generates a voltage i figured...
• Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:55:28 -0800
  ...12/24 Volt LCD Voltage Meter - Camping >> World_ >> (http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm/Outdoor-and-RV-Accessories/19983/skunum=19983:src...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:18:39 +0000
  ...I'll get to the compression tomorrow or > the next day, but right now I have hooked up my handy-dandy voltmeter to > the...
• dual battery isolator / Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:01:54 -0700
  ...To complete the system, add a good volt meter. JC Whitney sells a LED panel-mount voltmeter which seems reasonably accurate, and which can...
• Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 8 Aug 2017 10:59:48 -0700
  ...110 > watts at 12 volts is 9.16 amps. It is counter intuitive but as system > voltage drop increases (less voltage at lamp) the...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:40:57 -0800
  ...on m own 85 I added an extra battery cable ...that helped get measured-at-the battery charging voltage closer to the voltage measured...
• Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 May 2011 12:59:41 -0700
  ...12 volts to any device won't do a bit of good if the device's ground path is broken, weak, or has high...
• Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus. Wiring question (diagram supplied)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:10:34 -0700
  ...If the rear fan switch is closed (conected) you will not get 24 volt. It will still get +12V from either the home or...
• Re: testing capacity of house battery
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 18:52:56 -0700
  ...If the alternator checks out healthy, reconnect the house battery & compare the charging voltage at the car battery to the voltages into & out of...
• Re: Bypass, Transistor, Potable water tank pump circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:53:43 -0700
  ...The led panel always has 12 volts so the leds can work. Only one wire goes from the older led panel to the faucet...
• 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: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:54:03 -0800
  On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:41 PM, James <jk_eaton@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm not surprised that your homemade voltage divider...
• DAS BOOT UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:08:20 -0600
  ...The problem of no spark was traced to a low voltage condition at the coil. The voltage was 3 volts and 10 volts. It...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:43:46 -0400
  Usually during engine braking it shows 0 volts for me. Once the sensor has cooled, it needle starts to drift up towards center (.5...
• Re: Voltages from O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:20:27 -0500
  ...Steady reading ~ half a volt indicates not sensor not hot enough to work yet; random-looking readings above and below half a volt indicate...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:37:44 -0400
  ...My advice is to start with a twelve volt drill. Here is one for under $15. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf...
• Re: A question for the electronically knowledgeable
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:16:11 -0700
  That component is the voltage stabilizer. It has nothing to do with the turn signals but it does provide the supply voltage for the...
• Re: Voltage Drop, 4 feet extra, 4 gauge wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:15:05 -0500
  ...Ten feet of #4 at 100 amps will drop a quarter-volt and dissipate 25 watts (85 BTU/hr). Change any of the values...
• Re: My turn with the O2 sensor issue.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:33:51 -0800
  ...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: Battery charging question... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:20:29 -0700
  ...Without it, I have 13.8 volts > charging > voltage on my starting battery. > with it wired to both batteries per the instructions ...........I > only...
• Something draining my battery
  Historical mailing list - randy velasco
  Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:43:19 -0800
  ...I bought a voltmeter to test the battery and alternator and the new alternator reading was 11.40 volts and the battery reading was...
• Lights
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:55:48 +0100
  ...I hooked up two digital voltmeters, one on the battery and one on a bulb, switched the lights on and noted a voltage drop...
• Re: 15 Volt 22 Microfarrad Tantalum Capacitor Needed
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 21:35:04 -0500
  ...15 Volt 22 Microfarrad Tantalum Capacitor Needed > Folks, > > Does anyone have an extra "15 Volt 22 Microfarrad Tantalum Capacitor" for > the "Intermittent Vanagon Syndrome...
• 84- Voltage Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - karen davis
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 02:57:33 +0000
  ...Replaced with new voltage stabilizer and they worked fine. Then didn't use van for awhile and battery dead. Jumped and started van but...
• Re: [NVC] 6-volt bilge pump?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:16:42 -0700
  ...But all I can find are 12-volt models, and four D-cells put > out 6 volts. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo...
• VOLTAGE STABILIZER
  Historical mailing list - Erick Sowder
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 15:04:00 -0400
  DOES ANYONE KNOW if the voltage stabilizer is supposed to be insulated from the back of the instrument cluster. Everytime I try to fix...
• NO 120 volts in van
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:55:45 -0700
  Oh wise list, I hooked up 120 volts to the van but the frig doesn't work and there is no power at the...
• Re: alternator connections
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:25:09 EST
  The other connection may be for a voltage suppressor that you may be missing or not equiped with. The suppressor is to handle voltage...
• Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:23:52 -0400
  <html> <body> <font size=3>The charging voltage should be the pretty much same at the alternator and also at the battery terminals and...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 02:10:49 -0400
  ...Temp II open gives very rich mix (lambda voltage will stay above half volt), shorted is too lean to run cold. Lambda sensor grounded...
• Re: Is the Digitool still available from someone???
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:44:27 -0400
  ...in volts and DegC or DegF > Air flow in volts > Air flow in percent ( linear to volts reading) > Oxygen sensor reading in volts > Oxygen...
• Re: How not to unstick a frozen slider. - Westy circuit breaker
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:47:39 -0500
  ...If operated on 120 volts they could draw almost 16.5 amps which might trip it after a bit. *Because this is an almost...
• Re: alternator
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 09:24:36 -0500
  ...Does it sound like I need a new alternator? Or could it be that I need a new voltage regulator? Will a new voltage...
• Re: LED's burnt out
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 21:15:48 -0500
  ...The voltage across ANY standard LED is 0.7 volts. There ARE dropping resistors, and the polarity of the LED is shown. * Check subgroup...
• Re: more on problems with second battery
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:47:14 -0500
  ...Once the main battery reaches 13.2-13.5 volts the relay connects the aux battery to the charging current. Another function is to...
• Re: high beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:18:51 -0500
  ...R[ohms] = (Vmax[volts] - Vfwd[volts]) / Ifwd[milliamps] Where R is the desired value of limiting resistor, Vmax is the maximum charging voltage in...
• failed coolant gauge, temp gage
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:37:03 -0400
  ...so that lead me to suspect the coolant gage and the voltage stablizer. i checked the voltage stabilizer and it check out fine. a...
• Re: More AC woes...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:40:20 -0700
  Yes, that is a normal voltage for a Vanagon alternator and yes other brand vehicles often are higher. The real question is what voltage...
• Re: Need O2 sensor shield help / advise
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 01:21:01 -0500
  ...follow the O2 voltage. ;-( For practical purposes they're fine -- in closed loop it's enough to see that the voltage readings jump all...
• Re: Custom VDO/Sunpro or other brand Guages for Oil Temp, Water Temp, Volt Meter
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 21 May 2009 05:03:10 -0500
  Why not do the toggle thing with your temp gauge like you suggest with the dual batteries and the volt meter. I'd be...
• Using Isolator with Adjustable Voltage Regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Tue, 18 May 2004 10:31:47 -0700
  The suggestions for an adjustable voltage regulator on the isolator is a good one; however it seems -some- people are running an isolator with...
• Re: O2 sensor voltage test
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:07:44 -0600
  Hi James, It seems the afm main spring gets weak with age and can cause a rich mixture (high o2 voltage reading, poor mileage...
• Where to look now? FI troubleshooting Was: OK, I've had it! What now?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:28:41 -0400
  ...I had some help today and found the injectors were getting voltage but it's incredibly low. It peaks at 4 volts and within...
• Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 May 2011 12:42:53 -0700
  ...windshield washer bottle's pump. �Pulling the arm, I got 12 Volt reading but the motor won't run. �Took it out, tried it...
• Re: Hall Unit
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:08:17 -0400
  ...I tested for voltage at the Hall unit > connector as directed. 10.5 volts, fine. I tested for fluctuating > voltage between the center connector...
• Re: Second battery level voltages?
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:54:45 -0800
  ...wrote: > > > On a 85 Westy, what the specifications are for > > The Alternator max voltage? > > The voltage levels for the Green, Yellow, and > Red LEDs...