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• Re: Vanagon rear lights and the pathetic headlights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:11 -0800
  ...One is the voltage drop > of an aged and undersized electrical system. It is common for there to be 11 > volts or even less...
• Re: Working ranges for Temp sensor and AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:13:40 -0400
  ...If you measure voltages, though, the AFM should run smoothly from zero to about five volts (with ECU connected and ignition on) as you...
• Re: Fan motor Lube: What do you use and where?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:07:58 -0500
  ...In my case, it's a rear blower that only runs on high speed after reinstallation. Feeding voltage directly from the battery to each...
• Re: Another Monster Battery Option For Stock Locations-Charging!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 May 2012 17:41:40 -0400
  ...Consider that each time you "top off" the battery to this higher voltage you have "cycled" it. For example, you driving and the battery...
• Re: '86 Headlight replacment?
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 17:48:05 -0500
  ...voltage on the high beams of the outer lamps at the bulb. It >>was 9.8 volts... >>And this is with the inner high...
• Re: Norcold AC/DC refrigerators...
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:19:14 EDT
  ...I have heard > that > these units do not really work all that well on dc voltage. Any experiences? > > > Alan Bosch > & a bus named Phred...
• Re: Front Blower Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:45:39 -0300
  ...Some new sensors and sparkplugs, and she's getting 18+ highway mpg. I imagine a full tune-up should increase that to 19-20...
• Re: Front Blower Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:05:05 -0700
  ...A new alternator/regulator and battery, and off she went. > > Some new sensors and sparkplugs, and she's getting 18+ highway mpg. I > imagine...
• Digifant harness & Bucking Technote
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shane
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:06:19 -0500
  ...This >problem is very common here at our high >altitudes in Colorado. Thanks. >Write me at: >Domesi@emailcom Howdy, here is the technote, and...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:04:19 -0800
  ...Another benefit of this modification is that my batteries > (house > and starting) maintain a higher voltage since the headlights pull from the > alternator instead...
• Multi meters, Was Dang Headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 05:51:23 +0000
  ...Even using a meter properly one could be exposed to a high voltage spike or surge that could overcome the insulation capabilities of the...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:16:13 -0400
  ...I think that's based in emotion rather than fact; all modern ignition systems require extremely high quality high-voltage wires and such wires...
• Re: Replace Headlights?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 05 Feb 1997 20:00:05 -0800
  ...They >also show a Hella "Vision Plus High Performance Halogen Headlight" with an HB2 >bulb to replace "existing H6024 or H6054 headlights", running $40...
• temp II sensor (syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:53:05 -0400
  ...is going on, bad tempII or something else.  i checked voltage and it is good.  also i noticed the sensor is different...
• Re: SurePower Battery Searator NOT Isolator!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:14:05 -0700
  ...important feature of the 1315 is that it ALWAYS >>chooses the highest voltage battery to start the vehicle with ! For a >>couple bloody bucks...
• Re: dual battery? hobigesuss!/Lets try this again!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 01:02:14 -0400
  ...Basically you want to keep a constant charge rate of 15-20% (or more) of rated capacity until the battery voltage rises to 14...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:41:22 -0500
  ...Low voltage. Sounds like you have that well investigated. 2. Worn out/inefficient starter motor. Next most probable cause. As has been stated, check...
• Dash wierdness, was- Aux Battery.....
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 27 May 2006 11:32:57 -0700
  ...I'll speculate that the circuit that fires the high coolant warning uses a reference level derived from Fuse 3 voltage, and lowering the...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:57:31 -0700
  ...I believe the ECU feeds the #1 terminal with the pulsation current, which makes the high voltage winding to generate high voltage for the...
• Temp Gauge/Voltage Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:50:37 -0700
  ...To be honest, I consider myself lucky that the Voltage Stabilizer has lasted this long (20 years), compared with others on the list I...
• Re: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - robert feller
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 20:44:57 -0500
  ...gauge was reading high (7/8) and sometimes red light on warm days. New sensor, stat, radiator, wiring check, voltage stabilizer/reguator ect. Finally...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:38:39 -0400
  ...I grew up with analog meters and really miss how good they were for showing changes in voltage or current whereas digital meters are...
• Re: What's wrong with GoWesty's auxiliary battery kit?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:20:05 +0000
  ...A cheap solenoid with high failure rate. 'Old' technology that needs an alternator signal to combine, whereas every other modern combiner senses voltage to...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:21:51 -0700
  ...PM Tom Hargrave wrote: > "Skin effect" only matters at high frequencies or high voltages, neither of > which exist on Vanagons and 8 gauge should...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:05:26 -0500
  ...conditions. > > > > Min/Max -- captures the highest and lowest values of a reading. Handy for > example when measuring voltage drop during cranking. > > > > Frequency/duty cycle...
• Re: Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - patrick paul clerkin
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 03:22:00 -0500
  ...When the voltage at the > > junction was half of the total voltage, I assumed that the adjustable > > resistor had a value matching the resistance...
• Re: Digitool saves the day, again
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:29:43 -0400
  ...With the Digitool hooked up, I could see that the AM was reading higher than normal voltage at all rpms, telling the ECU that...
• 82 van bucking
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 07:29:44 -0400
  Help ! My 82 just got over a bout of completely dying on the highway. This happened 6 or more times over a period of...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:39:05 -0800
  ...The > voltage at the battery is reading just barely above 12V which tells > me the alternator is not doing its job. The light does...
• Re: AFM ADJUSTING
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:31:02 -0800
  ...Does the O2 sensor readout reflect this? Did the O2 voltage show richer/higher volts on grades, How many clicks or teeth did you...
• Re: Alternator out at *high* rpms?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:50:31 -0800
  ...A similar problem happened when owning a 80 Vanagon awhile back, lights would dim at (or just below) highway speed. Checked battery and alternator...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:33:57 -0700
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=349429&highlight=wiring+bypass Mark Cary Chiang wrote: > I'm trying to help a first...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:14:07 -0400
  ...Just like voltage passing resistors in series. The first resistor would see full voltage, and then the second resistor would see reduced voltage. On...
• Re: van 'stutters' and runs rich
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:17:40 -0700
  When my 84 went super rich at idle (drowning in fuel) it was because the fuel pressure was sky high. Replaced the regulator and...
• Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:41:03 -0800
  ...I have personally checked the voltage at the headlight socket before and after on many vans. The scenario is always the same. 9.5...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:45:50 -0400
  ...Check with your meter that the closed-throttle switch opens (voltage on the line goes up to ~5 V) when you open the throttle...
• Re: LED replacement for westy
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:10:41 -0700
  ...Also, some blue (white, etc) LEDs require a >slightly higher forward voltage, as well. ----------------- There should be no need to change the current limit...
• Emissions Failure
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 21:17:15 -0400
  ...I,ve checked the voltage at the O2 sensor and it is around 0.7 volts at idle. This is too high. What else...
• Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:38:02 -0700
  ...If battery voltage is ok but voltage at starter is low check voltage drop in the positive and negative circuit. When I measured I...
• European ebay find, would this really work?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:32:24 -0500
  ...Original ECU program is in process, but the signal of MAGNUM oxygen sensor powerchip is cheating it in each microsecond delivering higher horsepower, torque...
• Re: temp II sensor (syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:15:53 -0400
  ...i checked voltage and > it is good. also i noticed the sensor is different on this van > compared to my 90 gl. > update, my...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:20:28 -0400
  ...With the switch in the headlight position only, it makes contact with terminal 56, which feeds power to the high/low switch. That switch...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:04 -0800
  how about just power the high beam headlights with the battery ... using that for a load ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM...
• Re: Charging deep cycle batteries with the alternator
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:39:36 -0400
  ...It also has low input voltage protection, high input voltage protection, over temperature protection, output short circuit protection, and battery polarity protection. It does...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:58:57 -0800
  ...and the front occupants sit high and behind the front wheels....all for safety reasons in a crash. that the front torsion bars are...
• Re: Blog Post: Rear USB Charger Install
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:47:19 -0500
  ...usb > ports need 110v in order to operate (even though he voltage is being > stepped way down) so if your're off the grid...
• Re: Wow, disaster anytime now ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:52:13 -0800
  ...Also high power > charger/engine starters can do the ECU in. Not just the voltage but the > noise-ripple from these things are bad...
• Re: Surepower 1315 test report
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 10 May 2009 09:04:05 -0700
  ...The 1315 must be able to sense voltage between the > batteries without being grounded. FYI, my 1315 is wired with a manual > boost switch...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 23 Aug 94 20:10:53 CDT
  ...my 86 non-camper needle would do the same thing, but at a higher place on the gauge (about one more needle width toward...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:29:39 -0700
  ...Given the same alternator voltage, the > GC-2's will be able to absorb more that double the current. The wiring > should not be...
• Re: Thanks on the amps/voltage explain..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:52:47 -0500
  ...If you disconnect the blue wire to the alternator the light will stay on but the alternator will not kick in until some high...
• Re: Headlight relay kits
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 22:24:56 -0500
  ...That is why European cars use separate fuses for right-left side and high-low beams. Have a bulb short, blow the fuse, other...
• High Output Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 28 Apr 97 10:20:32 PDT
  ...Charging at a higher voltage will cause boiloff of the water and significant outgassing of hydrogen and means one must monitor the water level...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:54:15 -0400
  ...This is with an >adjustable alternator set to higher than stock voltage -- about 13.6V >when temps are cool, 13.4V after driving for...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:43:58 -0700
  ...It only dropped the high rpm voltage by a little. > Then I tightened up the AFM clock spring by one notch. That did it...
• Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:18:32 -0500
  ...The VW ignition system is really tolerant of excessive gaps until the coil says enough and fails internally from the high voltages. Lean and...
• Re: Dual Battery Isolators
  Historical mailing list - Werner Kenneth Hellmer
  Wed, 20 Apr 1994 08:44:07 -0500 (CDT)
  ...This is > because isolators typically reduce the voltage by about 1 volt. On an This again is something I was waiting for someone else...
• Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:42:57 -0700
  ...Wha? Optimas FAQ:http://www.optimabatteries.com/faq.asp#q7 Would a LARGER alt help, or does the alt's voltage regulator get in...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:38:10 +0000
  ...The is the > leakage or bias > >voltage on the ECU amplifier input. A cold sensor is an open > circuit so you > >will see that...
• Re: Alternator output
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:02:55 -0700
  ...and as another poster said, you should have almost all of the voltage reading you are getting at the alternator at the battery .. like...