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• Re: Checking out new Winnebago EV's
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 1996 20:48:27 -0400
  ...I got a price of $42K on one fully loaded including roof A/C and generator. Included 13" color tv, batroom with shower and...
• Re: Sweating W/O Air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Tue, 14 May 1996 23:00:25 +0000
  You should be able to mount a typical RV air conditioner on the roof and run it from a generator mounted on a hitch...
• Re: [T2] Cleaning engine parts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Dwyer
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 17:05:56 -0700
  ...Do not spray the alternator or generator with the engine running. Be ready to check for hoses blown loose, probably time for replacement if...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:58:38 -0400
  You don't have to leave your site, carry solar panels, a generator or run the engine etc. But if you really want cold...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:50:25 -0400
  ...These systems tend be very large, designed to replace the need for a generator. Able to run air conditioning (heat pump), 2 burner electric...
• Vanagon potty humor.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:29:46 -0800
  ...How about a windmill affair in your ram air vent to power a generator to recharge the auxiliary battery. A small generator like we...
• Re: Re- Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  8 Oct 1996 21:46:13 -0700
  ...I know that without a reference voltage from the battery, the generator/alternator has no control. The overvoltage condition will burn out lights and...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:00:26 -0800
  ...Use that compressed air to drive a generator that will power electrical heaters. That would be a form of re-gen too. Recovering energy...
• Re: 12V fridge recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:20:24 -0800
  ...well. > I would actually be more interested in a portable battery > generator for it. > > I’ll follow your experience with interest. > > Eric Caron > > > > On...
• 100% or more return in 90 days!! 25246
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:58:22 -0600
  ...layers) { document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); } document.onmousedown=click; // --> </script> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Visual Page 1.0 for Windows"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:59:19 -0400
  ...And why Edison's DC generator system was doomed from the start -- he couldn't use transformers to boost the voltage for transmission and...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping-Toyotomi Portable A/C
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 21 Jun 1998 02:41:54 -0700
  ...In the meantime, before I decide on a generator, I'd either buy, beg or mooch power along the way. Regards, Tom Hanlon Palm...
• Re: power banks for Vanagon travel and camping
  Historical mailing list - rick Duvernay
  Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:22:56 -0800
  ...Lots are advertised and promoted, but most carry totally > unknown "brand names." Any recommendations? > > Second, big power banks, the kind supposed to replace generators...
• Re: Microwave oven in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:21:21 -0400
  ...Practically speaking I imagine you'd be better off with a 1-kilowatt generator if you really want to do this. david -- David Beierl...
• Re: Gasoline $$ :-(
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 May 2012 21:20:21 -0700
  ...Horse >> worth of power even without any battery or diesel backup generator! > > These people will sell you 250 6x6-inch cells to make up...
• '64 Deluxe Engine #?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 22:21:31 -0500 (CDT)
  ...It could be that the PO used the previous motor to drive an external generator (or other contraption) and put a few too many...
• Re: boston trip [MinVC]
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:53:37 -0500
  ...They have a 3 story high Vandegraaff Generator that was originally Robert Vandegraaff's research machine at M.I.T. They do a very...
• rebuilt engine recommendations
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:20:12 +0000
  ...wear life - when I start it both the oil lights and generator lights stay on until it gets over 1200 rpm - then they go...
• Re: What to carry?
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:18:18 -0400
  ...Hauls firewood, and fits right in the bed of the truck with room for the generator." > >"We take our motor scooters even though we...
• Re: Bonnaroo '07 LVC
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:15:14 -0800
  ...if you�re going I would bring an AC and small generator to cover your bases. Also look into entering the site via the...
• re:unsuspecting victims ;-P
  Historical mailing list
  19 Oct 95 17:46:00 -0500
  ...The power will be created by the generator/alternator. If you all recall our gen/alt thread from a month or so ago we...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:48:34 -0500
  ...The "fifth wheel", he suggests, is a piece of cake, utilizing a mil-spec tiny dc generator and a decent voltmeter, calibrated either via...
• Re: 2.1L metal cooling pipe on left side of engine....
  Historical mailing list - Kerry G. Stanley
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:29:45 -0400
  ...EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> ><META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2559.0"> ><TITLE>2.1L...
• Re: Head gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:11:17 EST
  ...This held for a few miles of motoring pleasure until one day it let loose and turned the engine into a steam generator. When...
• Re: Head gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:11:17 EST
  ...This held for a few miles of motoring pleasure until one day it let loose and turned the engine into a steam generator. When...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:41:51 -0400
  ...The little Honda generator is looking real good now! Dennis >From: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM> >Reply-To: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM...
• Re: Water Powered Cows
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:41:41 -0800
  ...The methane fuels the engine of the generator. The generator then produces electricity. Heat created by the combustion engine is also used to heat...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:09:53 -0700
  ...who has heard of a generator equipped car ( not alternator ) changing it's polarity ? I saw a case of it once. A gorgeous 59...
• Re: generators/inverters for camping
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:48:13 -0500
  At 01:28 PM 2/9/2010, Don Hanson wrote: >working. When I get back to the Northwest I'll get more serious about...
• Re: solar panels
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:17:25 -0700
  ...so as to be heard over the sound of their dang generators. Sadly, they are probably also drinking cheap watery yellow lagers. -- Mike "Rocket...
• Re: Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 May 2000 18:50:03 -0400
  ...DC, most particularly if you're using a 400 Hz AC generator such as you would find on aircraft. You can, for example, buy...
• Neato workshop manual
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:09:44 CST6CDT
  ...full of exceptionally clear black and white photos of carb, starter, generator, trans, engine assemblies that just beat the pants off of Haynes or...
• Re: Cheapest way to ship a transmisison
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:52:27 -0700
  ...A 1,000 lb generator from Lake Michigan to Nogales AZ (border town) for $470. Tell'em mxsailor sent'cha. Jim C 71 Van...
• Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:47:08 -0700
  ...A little generator would do the job, but they are the Antichrist: noisy. I can hear the reefer fan outside the Westy where I...
• Re: fuel pump power consumption?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:58:21 -0500
  ...The faster it turns, the more "back EMF" it produces from the generator effect. This voltage opposes the applied voltage from the supply and...
• Re: type 1 engine price NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:26:38 -0800
  ...The engine is complete from pan to carb with clutch, generator, exhaust, muffler and heater boxes. The only thing that he did not know...
• Re: Share your solar success story?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:32:18 -0800
  ...Share your solar success story? > > > > > I've been using on the the Honda 1k generators for about 3 > years now. > > > > > > And I use it...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 21 Oct 2005 - Special issue (#2005-877)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:27:51 -0600
  ...Made a better smoke screen generator than heater. The newer Webasto diesel units are far better though but they are not cheap even used...
• Re: Using electricity to produce hydrogen gas to lower my gas cost - is this for real?>
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:11 -0700
  ...Running an HHO generator off your alternator to feed HHO into your intake is converting mechanical work from the engine at the alternator to...
• On the road - charging issue
  Historical mailing list - LarsP
  Mon, 22 May 2023 20:28:52 -0700
  ...equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 13 May 2011 23:10:46 -0700
  ...Rooftop A/C Experiences I have a small generator, and I also have built an A/C carrier bracket for the passenger window. This...
• Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:38:30 -0400
  ...Candidates are the Hall-effect generator in the distributor, the connector at the distributor, the ECU, the coil and the various wiring and connections...
• SIGNOFF VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - william thompson
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:30:49 -0800
  ...Lotsa good taillight assemblies...used diesel injection pumps....generator cores...Westy hubcaps, trim rings, etcs. and my 83 air cooled van. ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Engine transfered, finally ! - part II
  Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 01:14:47 +0100 (MET)
  ...The `swap'engine had an alternator instead of a generator. We kept the alternator and connected the wires as follow: - green on blue - all...
• Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:58:13 -0700
  ...I just ran the generator full-fielded at night with high beams on, ran off the battery during the day. Fried the battery, but...
• '72 Bus Starter Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:19:18 -0700 (MST)
  ...The generator light doesn't come on when I'm driving, and I don't notice any other electrical problems. Any ideas? I did...
• Re: '66 progress, questions about wiring, lights
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:47:49 -0600
  ...I can't use my 6-volt generator pulley on my new 12 volt alternator, need : a new pully. This might explain my problems...
• Re: flow to radiator from water pump How fast should it be?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:10:42 -0500
  ...Google that seem to live in the same universe -- Kohler marine generator rated 9.5 gpm at 25 hp output / press release from mfr...
• Re: The "syndrome" solutions
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:54:18 -0700
  ...The "syndrome" solutions Larry, according to the Bentley (and my own 85 Vanagon), it does indeed have a hall sensor and generator. Cheers, -Kyle...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:29:49 -0700
  ...They had plenty of shots of the guy pouring WATER into the HHO gas generator, but conveniently not a single shot of the 30...
• Re: Fwd: Most Outrageous Vanagon Stealth Camping Spots?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:57:30 -0400
  ...Alliance, OH, waiting for money from western union for a new generator...? ? Jeff Olson? Martin, SD? ? Gregor Brandt wrote:? > We've stealth camped in...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:39:06 -0800
  ...A 5,500 watt generator will also use ~ a gallon/hour. Anyway, Mike, you are putting way to much emphasis on getting the battery...
• 85 westy stalls after it gets warm
  Historical mailing list - DRG
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:08:54 -0400
  ...Hall generator was replaced on shop's recommendation but it didn't solve it. It's back in shop again but I don't...
• possible Diesel replacement for your VANAGON. Or Fatboy.
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:35:16 -0800
  ...Looks like something used in small agricultural machinery or generators. The whole point of the diesel conversion is the use of Biodiesel, cooking oil...
• Re: Alternator output wiring
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:09:32 EDT
  ...DC power, similar >to >what commutators and carbon brushes did for generators in >pre-alternator >times. > >The auxiliary D+ output serves to drive the...
• Re: Cold starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:24:16 -0500
  Seems that you are not getting spark for ignition, but gas is being delivered to the cylinder.A bad hall sender or hall generator...
• Re: Alternator Failures was 88 Vanagon alternator light problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:44:53 -0500
  ...with a rebuild shop, doing alternators, starters, and at that time generators. Many of you saw my post back in February titled "Don't...
• alternators ... can't tell the players without a scorecard!!! :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:40:26 -0500
  ...G = 100...109mm K = 120...139mm T = 170...199mm U = more than 200mm X - 1 = claw-pole alternator 2 = single-pole alternator 3 = generator...
• Re: anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:11:24 -0500
  ...You'd have a generator that could run itself with a surplus - for example. Not possible. Look up Carnot's Laws or the Carnot...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 10 May 2003 17:11:04 -0700
  ...Kinda' like > changing the generator in a beetle in the engine bay. You CAN do it but it's > easier to just yank the...