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• Re: Re Adjust Battery LED Pot
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 1994 20:22:00 -0500
  > A battery that only reads 12v is junk. If it doesn't read a minimum >of 12.5, forget it, IMHO. Actually, most battery...
• Re: 12V Fan Report (Re: LED light product)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 07:56:43 -0700
  ...12v Fans >> Camping World is showing a couple of 12v fans in their catalog: >> *http://tinyurl.com/r6hwb >> *I picked up one similar to...
• Re: Fridge Switch Position
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:01:38 -0400
  ...The propane continued to run, so I am assuming this is switch > only turns on 12V or 120V, with the middle position doing nothing...
• Re: Fridge Operation Duration
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 May 1996 22:02:22 -0400
  In a message dated 96-05-24 12:21:45 EDT, MIKE.WHITE@law.utah.edu (Mike White) writes: > >Someone was seeing how long...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon GL passenger -- Fuses 12 and 13 Good, but things don't work -- Update
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Sun, 15 Dec 2019 13:31:26 -0500
  ...Replacing 12 with a brand new fuse got most things that Bentley says are on 12 working. Exceptions are power mirrors and A/C...
• Re: Fridge=Beer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:21:40 -0800
  The main thing is to first measure and record the voltage all along the path into and out of the 12 volt element. Then...
• Re: A true story...really . . . Nah!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:17:30 EST
  In a message dated 12/12/00 12:39:55 PM, paradigm@MC.NET writes: << I ran down in disbelief >> Lee, my man, all...
• My poor MPG, compression tests results
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:09:39 -0700
  The testing continues. # 1 (right front) compression > 120, plug looks normal. # 2 (right rear) compression > 120, plug also looks normal. # 3 (left front) compression...
• Re: What is the simplest way to get 12V in a 24V VW electrical system?
  Historical mailing list - t
  Thu, 11 May 2000 22:59:44 -0700
  ...it seems too simple so there must be a > problem with it. > > Take two 12V lights and wire them in series (12+12=24...
• Another tired WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 19:44:08 -0700
  ...125-117-120-135 Retested with a squirt of oil in the cylinder. 130-120-125-140 Does this provide any useful information? Would...
• Returned mail: <subaruvanagon Host unknown
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 May 2000 17:18:08 +1200
  ...from [139.80.94.12] (ou094012.otago.ac.nz [139.80.94.12]) > by arwen.otago.ac.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3...
• Re: My poor MPG, compression tests results
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:28:14 -0700
  ...Do you get higher numbers with the throttle open? On 9/12/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > The...
• Re: Elect heat
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:08:47 EDT
  ...120 vac 12.5 amps 1500 watts 5,120 btu-Hour With fan & relay $115 >> Wow!! That's pretty steep for a heater, doesd...
• Re: Bright lighting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:36:27 -0500
  ...I brought with me from USA a dozen 120 volts "economy" fluoresent lamps and 12/120 v inverter. A lamp with 60 watts output...
• Re: Stick Speaker Size-Again
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:54:07 -0700
  ...Jeff / San Anselmo On Sep 12, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:33:03 -0400...
• Re: AC convert
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:28:42 -0400
  134a works at pressures about 20 percent higher than r-12. Look for about 250 psi high side,I believe. Did you put enough...
• Re: A Vanagon does The Eddie
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:48:08 -0500
  ...Eastern Standard Time, tombuese@COMCAST.NET writes: _http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/12/08/us/1209SURF_3.html_ (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow...
• Re: Poor gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:51:03 -0400
  At 12:36 PM 8/12/2012, Tom Buese wrote: >still getting 11-12 mpg where I used to get 16-18. It seems...
• Re: Adjust Battery LED Pot
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Nov 1994 13:23:21 -0500
  ...At 12.4 volts the LED reads yellow. > > You all know that 11.9 volts is a dead battery; 12.25 is half charged...
• Re: 12 V interior fans
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:22:36 -0500
  ...12 V interior fans > I saw a website of someone addition to their air-conditioned Westy where they had added 2 12 V fans...
• Re: 12 V interior fans
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:11:48 -0700
  RadioShack has multipurpose 12V fans- or GoWesty has these groovy plug-ins... http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=VEC...
• Re: Location of 120V land line outlet - Canadian models
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:19:39 -0800
  Seems to me that if one wants the shortest cord, one would fit the exterior hole right behind the 120v outlet. Or maybe snake...
• Re: ES-12 Substitute for Freon R-12 or R-134a
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Hastrup
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:19:22 -0700
  Steve, I believe all Vanagons sold in the US with factory air used a freon (R-12) system. The connecting fittings for servicing would...
• '89 Westy w/12,000 miles FS
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:40:01 -0600
  ...For sale, Boulder, Colorado: '89 Westy GL, metallic blue, 12,000 original miles, $12,000. owners: 303-459-3258 Richard A. Jones Boulder, Colorado...
• Re: battery charger for smaller AA, D, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:36:12 -0700
  At 07:54 AM 6/19/2013, Loren Busch wrote: >As for 12v charging the one I have now does not come with a...
• Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 1 May 2011 12:45:29 -0700
  ...Sunday, May 01, 2011 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ... I see the ground for that pump...
• Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:56:31 -0400
  ...torque in ft-lb size grade/8.8 10.9 12.9 6mm 7 10 12 8mm 17 24 29 10mm 33 47 57...
• Re: 12 V. Position Fridge problem (120 V. solved)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:55:11 -0400
  Just one thing...that fuse only concerns 12v...120v goes strictly through the regular duplex outlet and power cord. :) d At 15:46 9...
• Re: 12 Volt Halogens (was RE: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome))
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 06:14:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...Home lighting stores have low voltage halogen lights designed to use with transformers on 120V. The 12V ones are very usable. I was able...
• Re: Need size of CV bolt socket tool...12 pt 6mm or 8mm? The definitive answer
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:19:20 -0500
  THe cv bolts can be either 6 or 12 point, but they are all 6mm. The allen bolts holding the AC bracket to the...
• 12 volt electric blanket.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:52:53 -0600
  ...http://infoventures.com/private/federal/q&a/qa-envn2.html What are some typical EMF exposures? Here is a 12 volt blanket: http://www...
• Re: Freeze 12 pressures?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:49:46 -0500
  I briefly tried Freeze-12. Didn't seem any different than R134a to me. I tend to use Duracool. The only downside I have...
• Fwd: [vanagon] Share some vanagon video
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:57:20 -0800
  ...Yahoo! News Fashion News<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12jjukp1q/M=493064.12016309.12445701.8674578/D=groups/S=1709926240:NC/Y=YAHOO/EXP...
• waterpump relacement parts
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 09:00:51 -0800
  ...1 $49.95 025 121 010C Water Pump, New, Genuine German, includes gasket/o-ring 1 $2.95 025 121 058D Hose, Oil Cooler...
• 12 volt outlet polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:21:32 -0400
  Hey Folks Wiring an extra 12volt outlet in the back this evening for my Electric cooler. Does anyone off hand know the polarity in...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:58:39 -0700
  David's great explanation reminds me of a good book on 12V circuitry, Weems & Plath The 12 Volt Doctor's Practical Handbook. http://www...
• Inverters
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:47:07 -0000
  ...12 to 120 volts (400 watts) and 12 to 220 volts (200 watts). The reason I installed the former one was to use the...
• Fridge Switch Position
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:39:17 -0400
  I noticed last weekend while camping the fridge switch got moved to the 12V DC position. The propane continued to run, so I am...
• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:14:29 GMT
  ...Perhaps someone couldn't get a 12V accessorie into it, anyway, it is now wired to a 3 way 12V outlet under the pass...
• Re: Dissertation on electric blankets.
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 20:49:52 -0700
  ...Dissertation on electric blankets. > > You would need an inverter because electric blankets normally run on 120 > volts AC and your Westy is 12 volts...
• Re: Halogen bulbs ... is there a difference between AC & DC bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:34:16 -0400
  ...I recently bought a couple of 12V Halogen gooseneck clip-on lamps at my local supermarket, ditched the "transformer brick" that steps down household...
• Re: wire size for headlight circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 18 May 1998 10:05:00 -0700
  Marcus and Drew, For a given power output, you must use 10 times the current at 12V than at 120V. A 100W light bulb...
• Re: Printing w HP1020 off a Deep Cycle Battery
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:48:11 -0400
  ...1200 = 120V * 10A. and on the DC side of the inverter (your van): 1200 = 12V * 100A That means that to get your 1200 watts...
• VW of Chattanooga- Show & Shine-- SUNDAY July 12, 1998
  Historical mailing list - LAC
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:36:55 -0400
  ...THIS COMING ****SUNDAY!! July 12, 1998 THIS COMING SUNDAY!! July 12, 1998 THIS COMING SUNDAY!! July 12, 1998 THIS COMING SUNDAY!! July 12, 1998...
• Re: obsolete bleeder for 83.5 solved
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:19:06 EDT
  ...025 121 103C- $22 Thermostat to Bleeder: 025 121 073E- $67 Bleeder to Radiator Feed: 025 121 102- $50 (I have found 102A to...
• Re: New ThinkGeek fridge
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:59:10 -0500
  ...Gnarlodious wrote: > Well, it does say:"For home or car � includes 2 adapters" > which usually means "12v with a 120v adapter" > > I ordered one...
• testing? 123 (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:38:56 -0700
  testing.. testing 123?
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:55:37 -0400
  ...Say you've got a 12 amp resistive load at 12 volts. R = E/I = 12V/12A = 1R. P = EI = 12V*12A = 144 Watts...
• martha's lust list: DC/12v blender
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 12:06:18 EDT
  martha, West Marine, 800-538-0775, latest cataloge has a 12VDC Waring blender, I believe the price is about $120. Advertised as a must...
• Re: CV joint 12 point cap screws (bolts)
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:02:45 -0400
  >Can anyone tell me a good source for an 8 mm internal 12 point driver >for the 12 point cap screws (Porsche) for the...
• Re: A/C charging and maintenance...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 28 May 2004 15:28:49 -0700
  *snip* > instead of using R134, use HC-12a, or similar propane derivative freons. From the EPA website: 1.. What is the legal status of...
• Elect heat
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:30:15 -0400
  ...120 vac 12.5 amps 1500 watts 5,120 btu-Hour With fan & relay $115 Now there is only so much that can be...
• Re: '66 microbus, 6-to-12 volt conversion questions
  Historical mailing list
  7 Mar 96 24:49
  The center to center distances are the same, you just need to replace the support bush with a 12v one and grind a little...
• Re: '81 Vanagon heater advice
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:30:46 -0400
  At 09:28 10/27/99 , Chris Smith wrote: > The typical output >of a 12v electric heater is 5000 BTU. Looks like 12 would...
• 12-point tool
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Tue, 14 May 1996 14:16:59 -0500 (CDT)
  ...You can buy the whole set of metric allens for under $10 or pay $12 for the one 12-point tool (and I'm...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:44:09 -0500
  ...12px">On 07/24/12, <SPAN>Karl Wolz&lt;wolzphoto@Q.COM&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY...
• Re: Avoid Freeze 12!
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 08:29:30 -0400
  Freeze-12 works just fine, but I puts your van in the do it yourself category as far as A/C work. John ----- Original...
• Re: battery-inverter-charger-battery loop
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:03:38 -0400
  I actually prefer to run the fridge off of the inverter and use the 120v element if I am driving and stopping for short...
• FS: Portable Refrgerator
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:49:34 -0400
  ...Works excellent (gets down to 21 degrees on 120v) and is only slightly worse for wear. "Dometic ANSI Z 21.74 - 1983. 12v/120v...
• 12V Electric impact wrenches?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:47:22 -0600
  ...JC Whitney sells these 12V impact wrenches - they sound like a great idea. Supposedly go to 250ft/lbs. Has anyone ever used one of...