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• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:54:08 -0700
  ...The noise issue is one of my biggest objections to both the AC and generator use. I have not used them while camping exactly...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:05:44 -0800
  ...Nobody "needs" a > generator. > > Jeff > On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: >
• Re: Westy fridge clinic tomorrow, SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:31:52 -0700
  ...This is the first photo of carburetor I seen in years except the miniature cab on my 34cc Honda generator. You know people drive...
• Digijet timing ATDC or BTDC? compare air cooled AFM
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:45:03 -0300
  ...I downloaded a "tone generator" www.nch.com.au . With this you can generate a tone of 28.333 hz which is what your...
• Re: Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:35:19 -0500
  ...There, in the oil exploration camps, the diesel was used in the diesel catapillar tractors, the diesel generators, heating fuel, and I can't...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:57:52 -0600
  ...Our company could only get China to build Browns Gas generators of which I sold 6 at $10,000 each. The Chinese know more...
• Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:40:06 -0800
  ...on a neighboring vanagon (unless it's > someone with a noisy generator). There's such a thing as taking a good > strategy too far...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:01:37 -0600
  ...3-2 permanently displayed in an Air Cooled engine on the generator stand . > > Happily Married since 1986 . > > > >> On Sep 28, 2014, at 14:49...
• Re: Window tinting
  Historical mailing list - frank n. furter
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 05:45:19 -0800
  ...equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hello all...
• Re: Help!! in big trouble with Jetta GLi ignition system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:59:32 -0800
  ...bring a coil, Hall control ( any model will work), a hall generator( or a whole distributor) and a ECU if you have these. There...
• Re: charging woes/charging joy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 00:19:12 -0600
  ...The trick is that a good 50% of generators / starters and alternators are not defective on arrival to the rebuilder. They may have a...
• Re: Electric Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:06:21 -0500
  ...power supply/ regulator/ controller connected to 4 wheel hub-mounted motor/ generators 'a la' Porsche's early design? Hmmm. Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: any flux capacitor conversions available?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 03:59:51 EDT
  ...Fusion 1982 Westfalia PS In WW ll the Bundeswehr(German Army) used wood gas generators to power Kubelwagens , Shwimmwagens, and other military vehicles. The...
• Foil Replacement - GW Kit
  Historical mailing list - LarsP
  Thu, 4 Jan 2024 19:01:40 -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: idea?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:05:38 +0000
  ...You need a small generator (Honda 2000 for instance) > to power it if you don't have AC around. BTW, A Honda 1000 isn...
• Electricy almost directly from gravity
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:05:17 -0700
  ...wind must blow to run wind generators, the sun must shine to make juice with PV panels...and they can't work at night...
• Re: Come out of the closet, all
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lyle Lathem
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:59:55 -0600
  ...I'm disabled, and have as a hobby a pain relief generator hobby, which I have sold all over the world. My latest generator...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:52:09 -0500
  ...88y 2nd input 88x 3rd input ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALTERNATOR and VOLTAGE REGULATOR GENERATOR and GENERATOR REGULATOR B+ Battery positive B- Battery negative D+ Dynamo postive D...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:08:21 -0500
  ...you could rig some kind of a PTO to drive a generator, you could >feed a big space heater then you could turn that...
• Re: [NVC but camping!] In Canada's B.C.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 23 May 2012 19:52:33 -0500
  ...Park us > overlooking a lake without some yahoo running a generator and playing > music nearby and we are very happy. > > So this summer, Mrs...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:19:41 -0700
  ...These systems > tend be very large, designed to replace the need for a generator. Able to > run air conditioning (heat pump), 2 burner electric...
• Carb Rebuild (Timing adjustment update) Suggestions needed...
  Historical mailing list - johnny89
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 12:13:38 -0300
  ...Someone opened a hole in the top(back side) of the fuel bowl so that it would clear the bolt that holds the generator...
• lights dim since 6 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 13:48:57 EST
  ...a 6 volt generator and regulator from a 66 beetle and the correct fan belt. The second reason is to save fuel and increase...
• '71 bus progress & questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 20:56:30 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Despite all warnings against it in Muir and went and popped one of the brush springs off of the generator. Several well intended attempts...
• Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:21:26 -0400
  ...Or is this a big cash-generator --- no one feels much sympathy for us evil smokers..........apparently not even in the now violated sanctity...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:48:20 -0500
  ...The starter also has to turn backwards (no great feat, any good generator shop can make that happen) Corvair isn't the way for...
• Re: Solar question and electrical oddity
  Historical mailing list - Alan Ruffalo
  Tue, 8 May 2001 15:41:45 -0700
  ...I feel like I have a generator on board. The Vector consumes so little power that I ran a 120volt 13 inch color TV...
• 21/SingleCab Pt III (very long)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:31:20 -0400
  ...The generator has turned a belt and I decide to try to pull the generator/plate/fan off the motor in the bus and...
• Charge control 1 (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 16:39:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Your power source could be a diesel powered generator or converted shore power, for example. It could be useful to all you campers with...
• Re: Vanagon anagram (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:58:16 -0500
  ...with gasoline-powered generators or some such. Nava Gon ... when your road map blows out the window in Baja California and you don't...
• Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:24:48 -0700
  ...I tested the 3 good speakers with a signal generator and a small amplifier and ran them up and down the frequency range and...
• Re: Roof rack suitable (low profile) gas can?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:36:12 -0600
  ...is higher than that so I might just pull the tank/ >>>>> generator >>>>> out of the stove box and let it ride up there in...
• Re: Calling all solar gurus
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:17:26 -0700
  ...and time to install, especially if it eliminates one more noisy generator. Mine has been running flawlessly for over 13 years on 2 different...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:23:04 -0500
  ...DC motors & generators use commutators. Alternators are three phase AC that's rectified to DC. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler...
• Re: My thoughts on heat.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 18:59:41 gmt
  ...reckon driven, by belt, from an extra pulley > attached to the generator pulley. Plumb in some rubber hoses upto the > front of the bus...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:29:26 -0500
  ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > You don't have to leave your site, carry solar panels, a generator or run > the engine etc...
• Re: power steering V-belt falls off
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:22:38 -0700
  ...Exception is that the 9.5x905 Generator Belt for the > upright 1600 engine is still being produced that way by Continental, but in > 10mm...
• Re: Roadhaus - Warning / Impostor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:03:57 -0700
  ...meager amateur stuff. > > > > Has anyone seen Amphibious Pontoons, True Satellite Internet, > 100KW > > Generator, 7" Refracting Telescope, On Board Waste Treatment and > Water > > Recycling, Solar...
• Trip Report(Summer Trip)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Ulrig
  Tue, 13 Sep 94 10:03:08 PDT
  ...Fan catches on fan housing, flips generator completely over, wires melt, engine heats, smell burning wire, stop. Much cussing, burned fingers, try and locate...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:10:28 +0000
  ...3-2 permanently displayed in an Air Cooled engine on the generator stand . > >      Happily Married since 1986 . > > > >> On Sep 28, 2014, at 14:49...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:31:22 -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...
• What happened with the DRL�s?(longish)
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:30:27 +0100
  ...in those days when we still drove 6V cars with DC generators the "mecanics" side won half a victory when the government decided that...
• Re: Carrying loose propane tanks?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:40:19 -0400
  ...tasks, including >providing emergency air to passengers, a role that oxygen generators has >begun to usurp. Jim Jones, chief of the approvals branch at...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:28:30 +0000
  ...There are > > several such buses in the Portland, OR fleet (TriMet). > > The diesel engine is connected to a generator that only feeds the > > battery...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:33:16 -0500
  ...the ignition controller) relative to the input pulses from the Hall Generator, so as to maintain a stable idle speed of either 800 or...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your . . . Don't Waste You Time.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 21:49:32 -0500
  ...A local Caterpillar dealer here just sent yesterday on 6 flatbed trailer's 24 generator's down to the gulf delta. And right after...
• Re: Radio Noise Problem on AM
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:29:23 -0500
  ...is a very annoying sound that resembles someone taking a signal >generator and running from about 100hertz to about 2k hertz. it >oscillates some...
• Re: Any New Battery Technology
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:22:56 -0800
  ...Wow, 300W Electrical/4400W Thermal output! A radioisotope thermoelectric generator; replace the heater, run Fridge/AC, pre-heat WBX, make hot water, etc. Gotta...
• Re: CV lube helper
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:55:05 -0600
  ...A very similar process was / is used on main frame computer motor generators once a year. These systems used large ball bearings similar to...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 1 Aug 2013 22:13:08 -0700
  ...up my old manual battery charger (Schumacher) to the trailer's generator and put that to the batteries, they charge right up...My brand...
• Re: REQ - Dead Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Donation
  Historical mailing list - Inua
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:33:27 -0500
  ...in Denver when it rained. > > --snip-- > >> I've a friend who is working on a high-volume hydrogen generator to >> produce a clean alternative...
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 28 May 2007 08:38:28 -0700
  ...s propeller rotate. > >This caused the motor to act as a generator and produce voltage, in turn > >illuminating the LED to about half brightness...
• Re: Using electricity to produce hydrogen gas to lower my gas cost - is this for real?>
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:04:05 -0400
  ...at Hydrogen garage. > My son and I are building a HHO generator for science project. > I plan to try it in my Ranger. If...
• Re: camper conversion other than Volkswagen
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:21:34 -0700
  ...graywater tank, black water tank, 8 pound propane > capacity, and a generator which runs an air conditioner and microwave > (yuck), but I may change...
• Re: [NVC but camping!] In Canada's B.C.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 24 May 2012 14:14:59 -0700
  ...Park us > overlooking a lake without some yahoo running a generator and playing > music nearby and we are very happy. > > So this summer, Mrs...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sun, 15 May 2011 03:36:32 -0700
  ...13/2011 2:53 PM, Cunegonde wrote: >> I have a small generator, and I also have built an A/C carrier >> bracket for the...
• Re: cylinder index (funny Friday hijinx)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 05:02:47 -0400
  ...or maybe one VW, a new Wheel Horse and a back up generator for the cabin Oh MY GAWD!!! The possibilities are endless! Too...
• Bio-diesel in VW's
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:54:29 -0800
  ...I'm burning bio-diesel in my generator and hope to be burning it my Vanagon by summer. -Steven Dodson Kneeland, CA "Inga" the...
• Re: Gasoline $$ :-(
  Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
  Fri, 18 May 2012 14:32:59 -0700
  ...Horse worth of power even without any battery or diesel backup generator! I need a small differential to replace my motor and transmission with...
• Re: Unca Joel: one more thing
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 1 May 2011 16:17:17 -0700
  ...He was concerned about keeping the schedule of delivering gas to keep a generator running for a person in critical need of oxygen. >> >> Jim >> >