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• Alternate Fuels etc. - Some info
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 08:11:05 -0700
  ...These drove huge turbines/generators which of course produced electricity. All in a closed system. This is not directly related to your comments, but...
• Re: 2.3L WBX build, install, test drive, and confounding questions... (pretty darn long)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodger
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:02:07 -0400
  <html><head><meta name="Generator" content="PocoMail 3 HTML/CSS Generator"/> <style type="text/css"><!-- p{display:block;font-family:"Tahoma";font-size:10pt...
• Re: camping on bureau of land management property
  Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
  Mon, 31 Jul 95 12:46:58 EDT
  ...no generators > c. privacy (and do we ever need it) > d. no problems with reservations/space > e. cost-free!!!! > f. unadulterated land often in...
• Re: Headlight conversion for '85 Westy....
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:54:40 -0800
  ...Just don't get the cheep nitrogen plasma generator. That purple glow color looks like a badly done low rider wheel well lites from...
• Re: infos on installing an oil temp sender
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:30:11 -0600
  ...He bought an EMPI filler for the 4 bolt thingie where the generator stand used to sit for adding oil to the engine. My...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:59:24 -0700
  ...When parked - > you were expected to run the generator for refer power or to fire up the > propane burner on the refrigerator. There was...
• Re: A Current Question of humor
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:38:23 -0500
  ...to provide an > elegant way to connect up my (portable) wind generator. > > <http://web.mac.com/kimbrennan/iWeb/Site/Powerpole.html> > > However, I can...
• Re: Hybrid vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:46:29 -0500
  ...Or are you thinking of the type of hybrid where you mount a small gas/diesel engine that runs a generator to charge the...
• Re: Running a second inverter
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:22:39 -0700
  ...so that the engine acts as a generator... and then you could better power things like a small printer of 402.5 watts... Assuming...
• Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:30:12 -0700
  ...what I set up, a single connector for the battery, change plugs for solar vs generator. And a switch has come to mind also.
• Re: Portable air conditioning.
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:23:41 +0000
  ...I've found pics on the Internet of a '70's model Chevy Impala with a gas generator bolted to the trunk and a...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 06:58:30 -0700
  ...we are Vanagon folks, too) and then they fired up a generator to run their air conditioner and watch videos and run the microwave...
• Re: Is it about time for Sandblasting?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:07:06 EST
  ...I have seen pieces done like the generator pulleys from bug engines, that see a lot of wear. The coating is very hard and...
• Re: Solar Power
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:41:03 -0700
  I subscribe to the Real Goods catalogue since I live off the grid (no solar panels yet but a big generator, batteries and an...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:21:32 -0500
  ...If you could rig some kind of a PTO to drive a generator, you could feed a big space heater then you could turn...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - James Bradley
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:26:06 -0400
  ...I am getting spark to all cylinders and my hall sensor generator tested ok per Bentley. Does ECU see ignition is turning or AFM...
• Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:46:39 -0400
  ...This will also leave me fully self sufficient With a furnace, generator, air conditioning, a fridge big enough to store some groceries and a...
• Re: Strange Herd behavior..
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:52:17 -0700
  ...All the developed campgrounds and several paved/graded lots/Sno-parks/maintainance flats were packed with RVs, trailers, and big tents; generators, A/C...
• Re: was solar panels, now gen. noise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:47:45 -0700
  ...Cya, Robert --snip-- No sir -- I'm sticking to my generators make poor campground neighbors stance until someone demonstrates otherwise. In a quiet campground...
• Re: HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 01:32:48 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Lost > ignition in Arizona, replaced Hall sender in distributor and Hall generator > (control unit) Power problem reapeared in Nevada running north on 95. Seems...
• Re: camper heating
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:25:14 -0700
  ...Also has a 2K generator. In all seriousness, they're making these things smaller and smaller these days- I was looking at one yesterday...
• Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 26 May 2007 16:57:09 -0400
  ...This caused the motor to act as a generator and produce voltage, in turn illuminating the LED to about half brightness. Benefit? As long...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:15:38 -0500
  In conjunction with spoilers, vortex generators should be considered as well. Here is a link to some pretty interesting stuff regarding vortex generators. There...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:16 -0800
  ...If everybody used a generator the way he did, I wouldn't complain. People are going to make noise- for me it's a...
• Re: VANAGON digest 426
  Historical mailing list - Isabel Mergulhao
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 22:08:32 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My alternator/generator light (red) came on and stayed on. At the same time a strange but not very loud noise came from the...
• Re: Solar
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 1 May 2008 10:36:05 -0700
  ...No generator, no need to run engine. Panel output/size depends on what the intended load will be for your particular needs. 120 watts...
• Re: Emissions, engine swaps, full-flow filters, 76 balls
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Mar 96 13:36:04 +0100
  ...The filter was on the generatorstand, surrounded by the pulleys and fanbelt. It's about 8 or 9 years ago and i never seen...
• Re: No start/no spark (fixed)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:18:08 -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...
• For those interested
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:27:41 -0400
  ...We just last night got a generator on line, so we have power today. We got some clean up to do. Pottable water and...
• Re: mpg; Fly Carefully...VERY Carefully!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:12:46 -0500
  ...for the > camper equipment (and the driver)? no, but a vortex generator on that side would be helpful to counteract the drag induced by...
• Re: Roof Top Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:40:34 -0400
  ...My thoughts > are that this unit coupled with a honda generator/shore power could > work. I > would prefer something smaller and lighter but apart...
• Re: hall-effect part
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:24:28 EDT
  ...I believe it is the unit Bentley calls the Hall Generator which mounts next to the Idle Stabilizer in the Digijet system. I do...
• Re: Winter Camping
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:34:49 -0600
  ...t a problem, I've hooked the van into a 1800W generator. 3) no heat. A good sleeping bag is needed, as well as...
• Re: Replacing my cheap Chinese starter after one year
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:55:02 +0000
  ...Got is home running the generator and letting the inverter/charger keep things running. The supplier warranted the alternator and the replacement has been...
• Re: *AHOY all you BeAUti-FUllllL VOLKS!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:55:03 -0500
  ...at sea one mile from a reef with no engines, no generator, fuel or power except 24v on a mega-million dollar superyacht! ) But...
• Re: First camping trip!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:00:03 -0700
  ...As a last resort, great for "tuning" things out if need be. (generators/screaming kids/party animals) And it takes little room. Cheers, Neil...
• A/C was re: What is camping anyway?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:56:26 -0400
  At 01:43 PM 6/9/2010, Rowan Tipton wrote: >Which you can do even if you have an a/c and generator for...
• soap bubbles and rubber bands? (was Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22 -)
  Historical mailing list - monte merrick
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:26:15 -0700
  ...for the limitations of petrol, no? does the "mr coffee fusion generator" produce radioactive waste, or does it come with its own launch pad...
• Re: Troubling warning lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:38:09 -0400
  ...Should I give it a couple of good whacks just to see what happens? Works on generators :o)) Dave B. I might just whack...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:57:24 -0400
  ...david ps -- there's no end...surplus aircraft emergency (wind-powered) generators, backup batteries, carbide lamps... ;-) -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv...
• Re: sliding door quieting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:05:11 -0700
  ...sleeping -- I'm an early riser; but if the >> neighbors are generator people or seem to have gotten the impression >> that I really wanted...
• Re: Weekender refigerator question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:02:18 -0600
  ...Should I decide to take a long a little generator - use the same plug. Thanks everyone! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John wrote: >>those...
• Re: Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:49:58 -0700
  ...Being enclosed on > both sides by 40 foot "Bounder" motorhomes, each towing Wranglers with bikes > on the back, and running Honda generators to power...
• Busses in the Bushes... kinda long...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 12:40:11 -0400
  ...60s Beetles before he died), also has 10-15 6v starters/generators... several "running" 40hp, 1 1300, and 2 1500... 3-4 40hp long...
• Roadhaus - Warning / Impostor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 10:25:57 -0700
  ...Has anyone seen Amphibious Pontoons, True Satellite Internet, 100KW Generator, 7" Refracting Telescope, On Board Waste Treatment and Water Recycling, Solar Microwave, Laser Guided...
• Re: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:00:23 -0700
  ...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: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:38:55 -0400
  ...Nothing more irritating to me than people who run generators or engines in a remote camping area. Such people should be condemned to live...
• Re: T-3 Transaxle Needed: 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Rutledge
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:03:07 -0400
  ...I enjoy finding my > own campsites far from the other "nature lovers" with their loud > stereos, generators, and beer busts, and the bigger tires...
• '82 diesel resurrection death?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Snow
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:33:57 -0700
  ...Best of all, it was nearly free (had to trade a 1500-watt camping generator for it). It had been sitting for five years...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:53:28 -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...
• Engine misfires?
  Historical mailing list - John J. Clavin
  Mon, 20 May 1996 21:56:25 -0500
  ...Spark plug wires, distributor cap, rotor, and hall generator were replaced about 25000 miles ago; cap and rotor still look good. Ignition coil, FI...
• RE: Little electric shocks
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 3 Jun 1997 08:14:50 -0700
  ...A classic static generator when you exit the car. The charge builds up between you and the vehicle. Mild, but annoying discharge between you...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:28:09 -0700
  ...Here is a link to some pretty interesting stuff regarding vortex generators. There are a couple of pictures showing the effects of vortex generators...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:23:06 -0700
  ...we > are Vanagon folks, too) and then they fired up a generator to run > their air > conditioner and watch videos and run the microwave...
• Has anyone driven or owned a Rialta? Test Drive!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 22:57:41 -0500
  ...It was also equiped with a generator, roof AC, and a propane furnace. It also had a two burner stove and a microwave. The...
• Re: PC300 inverter
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Sep 1995 12:56:27 +0500
  ...I have a 2000w generator for emergency use ( I > live in Earthquake country, just south of San Francisco) and it has a 5 hp...
• VW bus trip through Yugoslavia
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:38:10 -0800
  ...In the morning, they fixed the generator, but also told us the engine was on its last legs. (something about bent pushrods and leaky...
• Re: Propane power...anyone know about that?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:07:32 -0400
  ...I have dealt with propane engines on forklifts and small street sweepers and natural gas for larger generator engines. Natural gas for a vehicle...
• Re: Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:33:57 -0400
  ...Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds? the only belt on the engine, drives the generator ( alternator in late models ) AND the engine...
• Re: Electric Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:29:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...There's no way your generator or alrternator will keep up with the power draw of a heater that produces anything useful. I recommend...