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• Re: Is there any way... Voltage Drop!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 00:52:10 -0400
  ...Voltage Drop!!! Dennis Haynes' post hit upon the likely cause of the higher temperature reading when the headlights are on. It's called voltage...
• Re: Voltage Drop to Fuse Panel
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 00:06:29 -0800
  ...This was to compensate for >a voltage loss when using high draw accessories like heater fan motor, >wipers or high watt headlights because of...
• Re: Electrical problem--Parking lights, side markers and rear markers not working on '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:50:45 -0400
  ...No matter what I do, all the driving light sockets (except high and low beams) do NOT get voltage. So here's the question...
• Re: gas + electric
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:25:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...As long as the voltage of the panel is higher, the battery will charge. The no load voltage of the panels will go up...
• Van turns but won't fire
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:05:16 -0700
  ...Took high tension lead off distributor,held to eng,turned the key,eng turns but NO SPARK. No spark means no secondary voltage,therefore...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Fri, 4 Mar 2016 15:48:06 -0800
  ...supply when you measured its voltage? > The open circuit voltage of a power supply is usually considerably higher > than when it is under load...
• Re: Voltage Drop - Less than 3% - 15 feet, 2/0, 150 Amps is on target
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:18:20 -0800
  ...High Amp Alternator for a 1995-1999 Subaru Legacy, though admittedly less than a 160 High Amp Alternator for an SVX... (the voltage drop...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:05:38 -0800
  ...It gets this high voltage from the coil as the magnetic field collapses, the "peak primary voltage." For my EJ25 conversion I made a...
• Re: electrical question about fridge and rad fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 May 2002 14:43:30 -0400
  ...You can get numbers by measuring a) current in the circuit and b) voltage across resistor vs voltage across fan. The power in each...
• RE: Rebuilt alternator for my 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Apr 97 13:38:15 UT
  Higher voltage charges battery faster and improves performance of lights, blowers, etc. It also compensates for undersize wiring throughout vehicle. As for the voltage...
• Re: Alternators
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 14:10:17 -0400
  ...in winter, headlights >>> on, heater fan on, re fogger on, wipers on, the voltage can drop ( as >>> measured on fuse panel) to the high...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 23:10:12 -0500
  ...a) Bad sender connection (if open circuit, voltage will be approaching five volts) b) Sender much too high value (not very likely unless moisture...
• Re: 12V Slow Cooker Tests
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 8 May 2010 15:13:38 -0700
  ...So, is it possible that the current available was limited, especially as the voltage dropped? And might the slow cooker achieve a higher temperature...
• Voltage stabilizer readings
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:18:02 -0500
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>So I checked the readings on the voltage stabilizer. My coolant gauge is reading high and the fuel...
• F.Y.I. - regulating chargin
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  24 May 1996 09:57:25 -0700
  ...and the applied voltage) and by the internal resistance of the battery. In theory, if the difference (delta v) is high enough, and the...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:54:03 -0800
  ...and it's too high a current that damages a microcontroller, not > just the voltage.) > Sometimes it's the voltage that causes harm and...
• Re: Capacitor for filter on AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:41:35 -0400
  ...IIRC Tantalums are intended for small physical size, low voltage, >medium capacity. Al, tantalum caps have small size (vibration resistance), high reliability and high...
• More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:58:11 -0700
  ...Also, "Load dump" (which is brief high voltage spikes caused when electrical loads are suddenly removed) causes very short duration but high current spikes...
• Re: Is there any way... Voltage Drop!!!
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 20:27:31 -0700
  Dennis Haynes' post hit upon the likely cause of the higher temperature reading when the headlights are on. It's called voltage drop, in...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...Now, flip the lights to high beams and do the same check on the high beam relay. If there is voltage at the larger...
• Re: alternator output voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:28:06 -0700
  ...a healthy electrical load - highbeams, defroster,heater fans... I just checked mine in preparation for installing an adjustable voltage regulator in my Bosch alternator...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:13:22 -0500
  ...But the alternator will put out 120 volts if you let it...I'd seriously suggest to measure the system voltage with the motor...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:49:28 -0500
  I wrote: >generating a high voltage in the primary circuit (the points side of the >circuit and a much higher one in the secondary...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:21:46 -0400
  ...The problem with DC is it can't be stepped up to high voltages or down to lower voltages with transformers like AC can...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:20:59 -0800
  ...High voltage havoc from coil? > At 03:44 PM 1/15/2001, Karen Olson wrote: > >When coils go bad, could the high voltage built...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:04:33 -0700
  ...voltage to the 14.4 the AGB batts need? I wasn�t aware that a modern alternator could be tweaked for higher output voltages...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:44:11 -0800
  When coils go bad, could the high voltage built up in the secondary winding, intermittently short over to the 12 Volt primary winding and...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:53:09 -0800
  ...Maximum continuous voltage rating was 250KV. Sounds like a pretty stable resistance at a pretty high voltage... Some materials, like air are easily ionized...
• Re: alternator--voltage vs amps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:25:03 -0500
  ...Once it rises to a certain point, high enough that the cells are gassing, the regulator shifts modes and maintains a constant voltage for...
• Voltage drop with headlight upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Tschumperlin
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:31:43 -0700
  ...I installed a high power headlight relay kit with Hella lamps. Now I'm seeing a voltage drop from 13.8 to 12.5...
• Re: Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:00:48 -0400
  Keep in mind these voltage guidelines assume the battery is at rest. Under load the voltage will be lower and being charged obviously higher...
• Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:18:23 -0700
  ...What I think is that???? 1) high hydrcarbon, low o2 generates low voltage 2) low hydorcarbon, high o2 generates a high voltage 3) Some...
• Re: Troubleshooting Opinions Wanted (was: WTB or borrow ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:37:10 -0500
  ...One end of the high voltage winding in the coil is grounded. > > --tabe johnson > Vancouver, BC > 87 Westy > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:18:01 -0700
  ...Monitoring this voltage while driving > will show whether the battery is getting sufficiently high voltage to > put a charge into it. Dennis Hayes wrote...
• Re: Door electrics problem: digital vs analog meters?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:52:19 -0600
  ...nearly all of the voltage drop will appear across any high > resistance connection, whereas, unloaded you can take voltage readings > all day and > never...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:22:10 -0500
  ...One thing that may help -- in digital electronics, a logic level is a voltage. A voltage near the supply voltage means yes, or one...
• Re: How to modify Bosch regulator for remote sensing.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:41:48 -0400
  ...voltage very high >without knowing it I wonder if something bad might happen. In the >stock configuration the regulator sees the charging voltage at...
• Re: Speaking of cooling issues ...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:15:36 -0400
  ...1) Gauge voltage at temp guage, between ground pin (the skinny one) and whichever gives the higher voltage. Should be 10.0 +/- 0.5...
• Re: Another Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:32:32 -0800
  ...Second, I've been thinking about building my own smart regulator with a microcontroller, to start out at a higher voltage and then drop...
• Temp. reading too high on gauge ...
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:02:46 -0700
  Hi all, My temperature reading is a bit too high on the gauge. It reads halfway between the warning light and the top line...
• Voltage Stabilizer Blows
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:00:47 -0500
  My 84 Camper blows the voltage stabilizer (Really a 10 volt regulator which provides a constant 10 volts to the water temp. low water...
• Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:31:12 -0500
  ...This one won't come on until the second stage (high speed) kicks in, but it should have very little effect on the voltage...
• Battery Charging voltages.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:47:38 -0700
  Hi Volks, You might consider what voltage your battery "likes" to see when charging. Once again the BMW 246 motor has a miniscule 280W...
• Re: Headlights and grounds
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:27:06 -0800
  ...The amount of current (amperes) depends on the battery voltage and the sum of all the voltage drops from battery positive back to battery...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:09:46 -0700
  ...are the higher ambient temps the battery endured? I cannot quote a number but, for temps above ~72F the charge voltage needs to be...
• Re: Can I Set 13.6 volts at the Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:13:56 -0400
  ...vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > > > Then I wondered if such a high voltage would actually hurt anything >> in the van. >> > > The nominal charging...
• Re: VOLTAGE & IDIOT LIGHTS
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:07:10 -0800
  ...voltage after starting - 11.7 (BATT and OXY lights on) >voltage after increasing engine rpm's slightly - 13.5 >voltage will operating at highway...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:05:59 -0700
  >Incidentally, this helps illustrate why the trend is always toward higher >system voltages: the power losses in the wiring are equal to I^2...
• Re: corrections on capacitor fix air flow box (22MFD vs 10MFD?)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:57:07 PST
  ...The higher the voltage rating, above the voltage that you are applying to it, the better. As far as 22 vs 10 that depends...
• Re: Camping in cold & battery
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:51:02 -0700
  ...IIRC, alternators charge at a lower voltage at lower RPMs, peaking somewhere around 4500 or so. If high-draw accessories were in use AND...
• Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:12:46 -0600
  ...8.88 A Open Circuit Voltage (VOC): 22.1 V Short Circuit Current (ISC): 9.64A Maximum System Voltage: 1000V Diode Protection Fitted Mechanical...
• Re: Location of fuel pump relay, 1.9
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:44:08 -0600
  ...The one that says "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE" -- didn't bother > to open it because of that label. Thanks, SDF! > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott...
• RE: VOLTAGE STABILIZER
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:21:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...but when I disconnected the old voltage stabiliser on the '80 V6anagon, and soldered in another with a higher voltage on top of it...
• Clever Bahstids was: Help! Appeal for data
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:41:38 -0500
  ...It is diode-coupled into another voltage divider from B+ to ground, with a big (47u) cap parallel with the high side and the...
• Electrical stuff
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:41:47 -0800
  Mike mentioned: >>When you have poor, corroded wiring/ connections or bad grounding, voltage drops. When voltage drops, current rises automatically in proportion. This is...
• Fuel Injection Adjustment/ High CO at idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:50:21 -0800
  ...the fuel pressure to be higher that the pre-programmed values. Having said that, The Fuel injection voltage signal from the AFM can be...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 21:10:47 -0800
  ...voltage by back-probing the connector > will instantly show whether a problem is case I, voltage too low; or > case II , voltage too high...
• Re: Making an alternator a smarter charger? [LVC]
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:55:25 -0400
  ...They are designed to put out the same voltage, all the time. They have a high current capacity, when running at higher rpms, so...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---RESOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:43 -0500
  ...voltage is only 9.6 at start up the gauge is not getting >> proper voltage throughout the range and thusly is indicating >> abnormally high...
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:30:34 -0800
  ...The high beam dash bulb is the only one that is not a diode. Diode bulbs will only light up if the voltage polarity...