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• Re: Battery usage shouldn't be our style. (p-mail)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Elliott
  Sun, 6 Aug 2006 19:12:18 -0700
  ...takes great amounts of non-renewable energy to make), even wind generators need maintenance etc. Thanks for playing ... Oh btw ... please don't take...
• Re: 12-volt LCD monitors for DVD?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 14:56:20 -0800
  ...People rightly complain about generators but in fact I think I'd be pissed off if I could even hear a TV or radio...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:34:19 -0400
  ...side of the road/limited tools) to check if >>> the Hall Effect Generator is working or not. Here's the situation; I >>> felt >>> some...
• `66 progress, bits and pieces
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 09:49:46 -0700
  ...Oil filler fixture/generator/alternator pedestal. I'm putting an alternator on this engine. For various reasons, I had in my possesion two generator...
• Re: Red light rev
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:34:03 -0500
  ...The old DC generators had a residual core magnetism that was necessary to remind them which direction to charge in, but alternators (except the...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:48:59 -0500
  ...a buddy that does all his welding with a >> water/hydrogen generator torch. Makes beautiful welds. Better than any I >> have ever seen with...
• Re: Side tent for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 16:53:46 -0500
  ...We stored the Coleman generator in the tent as well as the LX90 when it wasn't being used. Worked out well. Dave in...
• Re: Vehiclepower.com $$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 15:38:05 +0000
  I'd rather train a pet mouse to use a treadmill with an attached generator .... the feed (pine nuts and other wild-growing seeds...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:01:36 -0800
  ...I got it ! .....stationary bicycle driving a generator ! Then you pedal each day 45 minutes - no pollution, no noise, no burning fossil fuel inefficiently...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:32:20 -0800
  ...The Distributor, coil, hall generator, hall sender, and all wiring is new and functional. 10 points if you get it now. Hint 2: Although...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:30:12 -0700
  ...a buddy that does all his welding with a > > water/hydrogen generator torch. Makes beautiful welds. Better than any I > > have ever seen with...
• Re: Locking or LS diff for 5 sp. ?
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:10:22 -0500
  ...big Giant rigs down there in winter, usually with very noisy generators and stuff..I want to be able to get a bit away...
• Re: Electric Vanagon Possibility
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:35:03 -0700
  ...series hybrid, which means you have a tuned gas or diesel generator to charge the batteries when they run below a certain level. You...
• Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 16 May 2014 21:08:58 -0400
  ...I've worked on many motion picture diesel > generators (mostly Crawfords) and they all have two settings: > > 240V single phase (four wire system) > 208V...
• Re: Distinguishing between 68-70 busses
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:06:24 -0400
  ...VIN Number :) Jim BusBoys@aol.com "A Patch Job Is Like Stopping The Clock To Save Time" - good friend who builds generators, starters & alternators.
• T4 Synchros.....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 04 Aug 1994 16:19:43 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Standard equipment includes a 40ft telescopic mast which carries floodlighting and an addtitional areal, 240 electricity, a fuel-burning heater and a generator. Below...
• RE: 25hp and 36hp Motors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:55:22 -0500
  ...This much I knew going into it: >> >> * The 25/36 hp motors both have the generator stand >>built into the right half of the...
• Re: Some 1600cc questions.
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Tue, 16 May 1995 10:18:27 +0100 (BST)
  ...Er, well my manual calls the plate under the generator pedestal (the plate with three semi-circular louvres) an oil deflector plate. Prehaps this...
• Re: VIN Interpretation
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 05:48:39 -0800
  ...equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.2016.0"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Would anyone...
• Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:49:34 -0700
  Our rights in the passive outweigh our rights in the active, as in night-time generators, loud stereos, clean smoke-free air, and rude...
• Re: Info needed for road trip to Alaska 2004???
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 2 Nov 2003 18:33:50 -0700
  ...I see these on pickup campers a lot for carrying things like > generators. >
• Re: This is the real deal-----US Government surplus auction---NVC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 22:20:46 -0500
  ...Lots of >>> other not so interesting stuff is also avaliable right near your >>> home, and mine.From generators to combat boots.Only your >>> imagination...
• Re: Friday, Using Ozone, pt. 2 (the breakdown)*
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:12:53 -0700
  ...2 (the breakdown)* > Mrs Squirrel would lug an ozone generator on camping trips -- and use > it! -- if it did anything about the smell of...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:41:10 -0500
  ...Unfortunately this is often not > the > case. > > As far as different ideas in camping - TV/ No TV, Generator no > Genterator, > etc. like I said...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 27 Oct 2013 21:13:01 -0700
  ...So unless you plan to drive a lot each day at some point you = are back to a generator. That van owner traveled with...
• Re: VW Week.
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:44:24 -0800
  ...I had to place >the generator tension bolt on top of the bar to get it tight enough. I had >to add a few...
• Re: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:49:50 -0800
  ...In the Bentley manual it is labeled as the Hall Generator. The electrical plug on mine is pretty cracked up and the wires are...
• More short in '73 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:51:26 -0600 (CST)
  ...The only other electrical components on the thing are the starter circuit and the generator. All of their wires look good. Could it be...
• Re: meeting Steve Sandlin
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 09:41:34 -0700
  ...Syncro Westys, about the Texas way of camping (take on big > generator on a trailer and several portable AC units that you distribute on...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:53:13 -0700
  ...Almost seemed like a big generator, > rather than the 200 hp engine it is. But yes, the achilles heal of > the rotary has always...
• Aerodynamics...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 10:14:16 -0700
  Vortex generators on magnetic bases... whew!! Sounds like fun. And strings or wool tufts to show the airflow... I think I'm gonna have...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:12:23 -0700
  ...switch is > closed or not, it's connected between the Hall generator at the > distributor and the ignition module on the firewall. All it...
• Re: battery-inverter-charger-battery loop
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:47:44 -0400
  ...I've run a 1500W "mechanical inverter" (really a 12V motor spinning a 120V generator) for years with a nothing-special Leviton 3-way...
• Re: intermittent starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 20:02:02 -0500
  ...Some components of the ignition system are heat sensitive when they start to fail (like the Hall generator). After you turn off the engine...
• Re: generators vs. camping (opinions and such)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 01 Nov 94 23:11:49 CST
  ...one camping area for the group who don't mind generators and such ... and another area far far away for the folks who just...
• Re: Interesting find...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:26:22 -0700
  ...killing him. > > So, the new owner and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of > grinders.......and cut through the welds. > > What was...
• Re: Question on Biodiesel
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 May 2005 13:49:11 -0500
  ...the same category as running a generator with an electric motor that > > was powered by the generator: Net loss in the system. > > (And then...
• Dash Foil - Free Part
  Historical mailing list - LarsP
  Thu, 4 Jan 2024 19:11:36 -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: Prius question with vanagon content-Electric air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:21:38 -0400
  ...Figure out a way to get a window unit installed under the back seat and get a Honda 2Kw generator to run it. In...
• Re: Natural Disasters and Westys. Does anyone have a prep sheet? - Yep
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:03:44 -0700
  ...I had to drive 40 minutes away to buy gas for our >> generator. >> I used all my camping gear to live at home, including...
• RE: Bat Signal
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 16:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Fan belt broke and temperature gauge started heading quickly skyward (this belt also drove the generator and the water pump), so I pulled over...
• Re: Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:04:32 -0500
  ...Being enclosed > on > both sides by 40 foot "Bounder" motorhomes, each towing Wranglers with > bikes > on the back, and running Honda generators to power...
• Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:29:21 -0500
  ...There was a flat leather belt looped around this wheel that went to another pulley that in turn drove a water pump or generator...
• 81 fuel delivery help
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 12:08:58 -0400
  ...1) the fuel pump won't activate when turning the key because no signal is coming from the distributor/hall generator/computer to enable...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 16:21:22 -0700
  ...with the engine running on any car that has an alternator. Generator is ok, and is a valid test, but not with an alternator...
• Re: Trip Contingencies-Tire repairs
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:12:05 -0700
  ...rusting and expanding the steel belts > > > http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/us/en/continental/automobile/themes/contiacademy/drivers_ed/tire_repair_en...
• Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:04:15 -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: Swirlon, Spinsogood, Twistizmo, Rotoair,Swishyfast,& Spiralmax (et al)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:34:26 -0700
  ...They try to give it > > some 'credentials' by saying "AS ADVERTISED IN: ...", and by using big > > technical-sounding words... "...a combination vortex generator, velocity...
• Re: Coolant hose VS tire size?
  Historical mailing list - matt sutton
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:51:45 -0500
  <HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Yeah, thought it may be a dumb question. Hadn't consisdered...
• Camping, then there is camping. And then campers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:00:53 -0400
  ...No generators are allowed at all in the overnight camping areas. Noise is banned too (and they will enforce it.) My current spot is...
• Re: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 16:44:39 -0000
  ...I also thought about a quiet generator, but that would have to run > outside the van and those seem a bit bigger. > > Does anyone...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:11:02 -0800
  I thought it took the voltage output of the van's generator [sorry can't remember the actual name of the device that produces...
• Transporter/Vanagon 1600 AirCooled.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 13:28:12 +0100
  ...The opening for distributor, fuelpump and generator- stand are all there, only the generatorstand studs are 6mm instead of 8mm as we're used...
• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:42:02 -0700
  ...I found that the single panel just barely kept up and the last two years I was using the Honda generator for a couple...
• Re: Interior Heating
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 03 Dec 1996 10:39:06 -0800
  ...At this point I am about to >start searching for an external AC generator. Ron, What a can of worms! This is a question...
• F.S.Vanagons/Westies and parts galore
  Historical mailing list - Lincoln Miller
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 21:24:21 -0700
  ...1990 Westfalia GL camper, auto, 110K miles, full power package, white, good body and interior, set up for AC 110V generator, has onboard water...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:22:19 -0700
  <HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>LOL.. i love it.<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From...
• Re: adding an oven to a westy
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 9 May 2005 07:03:13 -0700
  ...To properly operate a 'toaster' oven you'll need one of them gem-dandy Honda 2000i portable generators. Decent used Griswold CDOs can be...
• FS (or?): '66 VW Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jan 1995 15:20:08
  ...short block w/ 12-volt flywheel (case needs work), 6-V generator, pair steering knuckle/king-pin/stub axles, misc. old cylinders, oil coolers...
• Re: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome)
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 3 Nov 1994 06:52:26 -0800 (PST)
  Many of you who have tried and not liked inverters are missing the point. Inverters, even the best ones, are rather inefficient. So trying...