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• Re: batteries ... and rummors of batteries
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 10:10:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...You need to think of your alternator's output, the guage of connecting cables, a regulator of some sort, and similar factors to get...
• Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:09:10 -0400
  ...corrosion in cables or should I be concerned about the alternator still? Thanks one and all. I will test the alternator and battery at...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:35:37 -0400
  When I turn the key, the oil light blinks, the coolant light blinks, the alternator light comes on steady, and the OXS light stays...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:24:56 -0500
  ...Another wire from the alternator to the battery cable and then another from the battery to the fuse box will do wonders for all...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:47:01 -0700
  ...Replacing the cable from the alternator to the battery with something beefier, cleaning contacts is the obvious first step. Alistair on 27/6/01...
• Winches, response blocked again!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:08:32 +0000
  ...The cable should be blanket for hard pulls. Need to know when cables, chains, or stretch straps are needed. A snapped cable can cause...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:07:11 -0700
  ...assorted clamps - accelerator cable - fuel filter - oil filter - spare keys - temp2 sender - thermostat I plan to add: a Hall sender alternator brushes funny enough...
• Re: Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 15 Jul 2023 08:33:28 -0700
  hi Dennis, Alternatively could we use the Red cable at the alternator to charge the battery (with or without removing)? Because this is the...
• Re: rust breaker?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 06:26:29 PST
  ...If you do not have enough slack disconnect the cables at the battery and alternator. If the terminals still will not come off you...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:40:57 -0800
  ...it's got 13.8 at the alternator, only 13.4 at the battery. on m own 85 I added an extra battery cable...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:31:02 -0800
  ...alternator is not charging battery' situation looks like usually. I would check .. battery connections .. battery ground to body connection. transmission to frame ground cable...
• Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 07:12:20 -0800
  ...sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/alternator-harness > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_780_683/alternator-cable-upgrade.html > > Mark > > > > Jim Felder...
• Re: alternator Qs?- 8 volt battery syndrome!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:14:20 -0400
  ...alternator Qs? Alternator sounds fine. You might want to check either the battery ground cable, or the positive wiring from the alternator to the...
• Re: Alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:15:30 -0400
  At 06:02 AM 7/10/2012, Jason Guest wrote: >There is a OXS sensor reset button on the speedometer cable junction >box under...
• Re: '81 Vanagon: 12V source in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:29:45 -0700
  ...cable terminal and negative to the transmission. + term on the alternator (or do aircooled vas have the 3 wire plug for the motorola alternators...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:15:20 -0800
  ...it's got 13.8 at the alternator, only 13.4 at the battery. on m own 85 I added an extra battery cable...
• 89 vanagon: Something missing from the alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:41:46 EDT
  ...that there is a three pin connector cable-tied to the right back side of the alternator (as you stand at the rear of...
• Re: Second Battery for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 09:34:47 +0200
  You have to use a heavy duty cable if you decharge the batteries to different levels. The original VW set-up uses a 30...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:02:39 -0400
  ...OXS light Any chance the alternator light is flickering with the O2 sensor light? Is? the alternator warning light working? The O2 light goes...
• Re: Dual Battery Isolators
  Historical mailing list - Ted Zateslo
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 17:25:43 -0400
  ...Derek is correct -- our Vanagon alternator puts out a little less than 14V _at the alternator_ . Because of this, not only is the forward...
• Re: Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:02:21 -0500
  or buy some black electrical tape and put it over the alternator light. ds At 02:39 PM 6/26/2002 -0700, developtrust wrote...
• Re: Another nice trip with NO vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:55:51 -0700
  ...where you installed the capacitor and ground cable? I installed a cap from the smaller alternator stud (blue wire location) to a bolt I...
• Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 12:23:55 -0400
  ...Starter (would be easier than running the cable to the main battery) Splice into the blue alternator wire(to dash light) to power relay...
• Re: HELP! Loss of Voltage.. Am I thinking right?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:37:10 EDT
  ...starter cable if you need one (for when the battery is under the passenger seat) for $60 and I am getting some alternator harness...
• Re: Fw: Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 May 2010 09:50:29 -0700
  ...Fully-charged battery for alternator install? > > > I read something recently in the archives referencing a fully-charged > battery when installing a new alternator. I...
• Re: Ultimate Fix #1
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:03:02 -0400
  Nice call, I found .4 volts between the alternator case and engine case (engine running, high beams on). I added a hefty cable between...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:46:43 -0400
  ...the alternator to the starter. So, I clipped that puny wire out of the circuit and replaced it with a 4-gauge cable, problem...
• Re: Short in the starter circuit somewhere.
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:38:25 -0700
  ...I have a rebuilt starter, the 'hot start' relay fix, a dedicated ground cable to the starter body and a cable from the alternator...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:09:11 -0500
  ...volt of charging voltage at the battery > .. > > I ran a cable from alternator main terminal to battery positive ..and > that > > sure helped - fixed it...
• Re: Voltage Drop - Less than 3% - 15 feet, 2/0, 150 Amps is on target
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:13:28 -0500
  Another source for the 2/0 wire is a local welding supply house, tho I have no idea what they charge for the cable...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 11:57:33 MDT
  ...the cables are initially hooked up. Also, the two batteries in parallel make for a much larger "capacitor" between the donor's alternator and...
• Re: can vanagon run w/out alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 21:33:58 -0800
  ...and ran some jumper cables from the starter to the battery. So no, it does not *need* an alternator to run. I will say...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:06:06 -0700
  ...extra cable..I have two parallel battery cables going to my starter in my 85 Vanagon. make sure the 'charging wire' from Alternator to...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:41 -0700
  ...8awg) wire straight from the alternator to the starter, and then the massive 70.0mm starter-battery cable. Page 97.62 shows the weaker...
• Re: more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:47:51 -0800
  > Andy et al, > > Some charge current notes: > > 1) Alternators naturally current limit at their rated current. Only if the 'internal' regulator is designed to...
• WIERD SCIENCE
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:23:38 -0400
  Hey Everybody, There must be some kind of weird alternator bug going around. Mine is acting very strange. I recently moved the battery from...
• Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 15:24:20 +0000
  ...sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/alternator-harness > > > > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_780_683/alternator-cable-upgrade.html > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > Jim Felder...
• Re: Clean those ground connections!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 20:32:16 -0700
  ...then one of these HEAVY cables from engine > block to sheet metal. All I need now is alternator body to engine block. > > Jake de...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:26:04 -0500
  ...alternator to battery is only half the circuit - everyone forgets about the other half - the engine, ground strap, body and battery ground cable. I...
• Re: Temp II sensor
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 18:25:38 -0500
  ...the cable leading to the ECU and ground (alternator shell or other > point on frame). What I am calling pin 1 on cable leads...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:39:28 -0500
  ...Is your cable getting real hot?Oh yeah, I read the last post and the start position allows the current to flow to the...
• Re: I really hate CPOs.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:20:29 -0400
  At 08:42 PM 9/13/2007, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote... >brazed the speedo cable to the bearing cap on the left front wheel...
• Re: Main Positive battery Cable now starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:39:54 -0400
  ...Pretty big and expensive cable. > > > >I would like to know what you guys have been using as replacement cable and >if #1 AWG wire...
• RE: Rebuilt alternator for my 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Apr 97 15:28:22 UT
  ...Two questions, is 13.75 volts a bad reading for an alternator, and does $125 for a rebuilt alternator seem resonable? TIA Tim Hannink...
• RE...electrical problems
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Mon, 28 May 2001 23:22:55 -0400
  ...between the negative cable and the terminal on the battery. Then if the light is on try disconnecting the alternator harness. If the light...
• Voltage regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:19:44 -0400
  ...negative cable to the battery post. I then noticed that, upon turning on the ignition, there was the oil light but no alternator or...
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:57:06 -0400
  ...FYI....the cable from the alternator to the starter (which I believe goes to the battery) has power, as I accidentally arched it on...
• Re: A twist on dual-battery configurations
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:57:15 -0500
  You make some good points - especially about the voltage sensing of the alternator. > Comment: Why would you want your running loads to come from...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 20:28:53 -0800
  --------- Mark wrote Oct 28 in response to Steve's battery charging question: > > The aux battery relay closes whenever the alternator is producing voltage > (i...
• Re: alternator output voltage?
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:06:17 -0400
  ...alternator output voltage? > what should the voltage coming off the alterator be? Is is legitimate to > measure this at the alternator or should i...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:09:10 -0700
  ...Then I attached it to the > alternator stud using the extra nut and washer. I ran the cable on the > ground around the driver...
• Re: 91 Westfalia ground points, battery charging amps
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:41:19 -0400
  ...this would be regular lead acid batteries. (Assume good grounds/cables and full alternator voltage getting to the batteries, which I understand is not...
• Re: Battery and OX light on
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:48:32 -0700
  ...Always unhook the battery ground cable when working with the alternator. Mark B Feddish wrote: > My battery and ox light keep coming on at...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:27:51 -0400
  What you need to do is find out where the voltage is being lost and is the alternator working properly? Properly, at any speed...
• batt cable
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:48:33 -0500
  ...My second question is, their are 2 wires in addition to the starter cable. One goes to the alternator, I don't know where...
• Re: Travel necessities
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:47:06 -0700
  New engine, new belts, new hoses, new alternator, new starter, distributor cap, rotor, plugs and wires, new injection plumbing. Tape, electrical and duct. I...
• Re: Battery cables
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 20:38:23 -0700
  ...The isolator relay should be switched on/off by a signal from the alternator that is hot only when the engine is running. Check...
• Re: 89 vanagon: Something missing from the alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 21:21:47 -0500
  ...that there is a three pin connector cable-tied to the right > back side of the alternator (as you stand at the rear of...
• Charging circuit wiring upgrade/maintenance report/questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:50:49 -0600
  ...The poor alternator was so tiny, I'd hook up with my (super heavy gauge) booster cables, let the dead battery charge for 15...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:49:39 -0700
  ...At >this point I am ready to install a second power >cable from alternator to starter solenoid hoping it will give more current. > >Chris...