Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 35+: 60 results shown for High Voltage.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Blog Post: Rear USB Charger Install
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:21:26 -0700
  ...usb > ports need 110v in order to operate (even though he voltage is being > stepped way down) so if your're off the grid...
• need advice on charging light coming on in my 90 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:12:28 EST
  ...I recently had a pretty large car stereo amplifier and high power car stereo installed. I also purchased a black and decker can cooler...
• Interpreting Digitool Test Results?
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:55:22 -0800
  ...Nothing seems extraordinary other than 0.82v OXS reading seems a little high and AFM reading at WOT a little low. Any and all...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:53:26 +0200
  ...the headlights, the relay provides an alternative higher gauge/lower >resistance path effectively reduce the voltage drop (due to the resistance >in the dash...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome-What Exactly Is It?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 7 May 2003 21:17:58 -0500
  ...This harness provides improved signal voltage stablization. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor * install wire harness, Part No. 025 906 302A, between main...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:50:39 -0400
  ...What you have to do now is trace the voltage down tracks 40, 41, and 43 to see at what points (minimum of two...
• Re: AFM ADJUSTING
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:17:05 -0800
  ...This will accomplish two things, it will clean the soot >>off, two see if it will now generate voltage. The voltage should be >>between...
• Me too: Re: [Syncro] Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:48:14 -0600
  ...The high beam fuses never burned. A few questions: 1--Do I assume correctly that the highs and the driving lights are on the...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:20:50 -0500
  ...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: Headlight Wiring and Relays
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:49:57 -0500
  ...This 16/2 wire will go into the low and high beam terminals of the existing factory terminal housing and provide the signal to...
• Voltage regulators and Battery mats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:30:44 +0000
  ...So I put it back in and pull out the voltmeter, 13.55 ignition off (this is about .4 too high) and with it...
• Re: DIY $20 digital oil temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 17:13:45 -0500
  ...I'm kinda partial to the vacuum-fluorescent look, myself, but it needs high-voltage drive for the display and tends to me more...
• Re: Strange happenin's this mornin' :(
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:20:45 -0500
  ...In order to make any > progress, I had to keep it in lower gears, and rev > much higher than normal. After a few minutes...
• Re: Yup, those are my symptoms! ... here's Joel's info
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 16:48:29 -0500
  ...This harness provides improved signal voltage stablization. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor * install wire harness, Part No. 025 906 302A, between main...
• Small trip report with a VW fix
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 14 May 2023 20:10:20 -0400
  ...Trip to mom and back was mostly VT smaller roads but a little time on highway at the start and end of the trip...
• Re: Hey all you shop mechanics with Oscillosopes? VW GREMLIN?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 May 1999 12:37:00 -0400
  ...the O2 sensor] are mostly pulled high inside the ECU, with the various sensors acting as voltage dividers and providing a varying-resistance path...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:34:52 -0700
  ...My conclusion was that with low beams the leds were superior, but on high beams the halogens had more penetrating power and less bounce...
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:00:56 -0800
  ...the "high floating > ground" theory would REDUCE, rather than increase, the potential > across that LED. I notice the Voltage Stabilizer on the diagram > right...
• Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:13:05 -0700
  ...Idling for 30+ minutes >> appeared to charge it back up--this by watching the >> voltage level in the system. (Of course, max voltage >> depends...
• Re: bad rotor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 20:49:29 -0500
  ...It fired irregularly showing that the rotor was conducting the high voltage just fine! Scratched my head and said a few bad words about...
• Verify Analysis (opinions wanted)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:04:54 EDT
  ...If the light switch was on (headlights and fogs didn't work, but running lights were on) and then I hit the high beam...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:29:57 -0500
  What type of meter are you using? If it's not a high impedance digital type, the meter will draw the voltage down and...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:02:59 -0700
  ...This is a good idea since highway driving is about 95% of > my driving this should give me an indication of whether my poor...
• Re: 1.9L Hiccup Remedy?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 23 May 2006 08:11:22 -0400
  ...I have noticed, at previous times, > that the inside of the distributor cap has been obviously zapped by high > voltage, and that when the...
• Re: is this a ground point?
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:09:13 -0500
  ...I'm having trouble with my alternator putting out too high a voltage and > trying to make sure all ground points I'm using...
• Re: spark plugs, etc
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 12:33:44 -0700
  ...in it's path (with contsant voltage). Only in the case of a direct short will the higher resistance be cut out completely. As...
• Re: LED Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:50:48 -0800
  ...You might want an LED high-mounted 3rd BrakeLight ...ifyou want more and better brake lights. just google 'LED tail light bulbs' or something...
• Re: dim headlights
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:01:02 -0700
  ...The inner lamps have a separate switch for low, while the high beam turns on with the outer high beams. This gives me the...
• '84 California water-cooled fuel probs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Tribble
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 00:07:59 EDT
  ...high, so I thought I'd try that to see if maybe it just needed a good high voltage charge. Oddly, at high RPMs...
• Re: battery-inverter-charger-battery loop
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:46:12 -0400
  ...I'm not sure where the voltage potential you describe would come from. The scenario where a failing component on the van would allow...
• Re: [Syncro] high beam LED, - NOT!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:15:30 -0800
  ...days!! > > High beam LED is out--to test, Bentley calls for a battery to be > hooked to > it--anyone know what voltage battery to...
• Re: [Syncro] dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:54:46 -0400
  ...In most automotive or RV applications, the alternator is a relatively stupid device that tries to maintain a fixed voltage. It does not know...
• EV Troubleshooting - VW1551 substitute
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:51:50 -0500
  ...An hour after I got mine it found the cause of my VR6 EV jumping to high idle after idling for a long time...
• Re: Hall sender bad? Unt why?
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:59:12 -0500
  Highly unlikely this is your problem. When these go bad, witch I've only seen one after thousand of vanagon repairs, it just quit...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:20:30 -0400
  ...Then you connect one piece to one end of a high voltage power supply(in our case a large neon sign transformer) and the...
• Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:49:09 -0500
  ...I've seen what one gets with the high watt bulbs and was unimpressed. Using higher wattage bulbs is not a great solution for...
• Re: Dead Yellowtop house battery
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:33:01 -0400
  ...charge profiles and higher voltage than a lead-acid battery needs. It does cost more than just putting in a maintenance free battery but...
• Re: Tach Cluster Install-Is Nothing Easy?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:49:41 -0500
  ...whichever of the others gives you a higher reading. If not then it's the voltage regulator on the panel, bad panel supply or...
• Fixing Horns - On the Leading edge...Beer survey
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:36:31 EDT
  ...beer will repair all of your synapse damage from exposure to high voltage. Mexican beer works too but you will need two 6 packs...
• Optima Yellow vs. Red as Starter Battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ball
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 00:19:33 -0500
  ...the optima (maybe all deep cycles batteries) charge to a slightly higher voltage etc. etc. etc. Hey I figured he was the expert. It...
• Re: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:24:22 -0700
  ...but this would not drop the voltage much > after the battery was full. That seems too high for a "float charge" but > I don...
• tanya's problem: 87 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 14 Nov 96 16:49:52 CST
  ...This harness provides improved signal voltage stablization. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor * install wire harness, Part No. 025 906 302, between main...
• Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:32:02 -0400
  At 03:14 PM 4/13/2010, pdooley wrote: >David remarked of higher solder joint failure rates for hot components. >The injector drivers run...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:05:47 -0800
  ...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: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:56:57 -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...
• FW: Air Meter Capacitor sawp??? Need info....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:25:19 -0400
  ...This harness provides improved signal voltage stablization. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor * install wire harness, Part No. 025 906 302A, between main...
• Re: Can 240 volts damage the fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:26:00 -0500
  ...circuits > in series and under certain conditions you could get excessively high voltage to one side. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Air Flow Meters. -or-
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 16:21:28 CST6CDT
  ...textbook O2 sensor voltage. flucuating when connected. pegged rich when disconnected. Exhaust odor. no anti-freeze. I was begining to think I needed an...
• Re: '90 MV running lean at 2500rpm
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:55:14 -0500
  ...Collant temp; Air flow; Injector output; Air > intake; > O2 sensor voltage; Emission input and Idle switch test. > Swapped ECM and Air Flow Meter for...
• Re: VDO Gauge Guru
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:19:55 -0400
  The cylinder head temp gauge works by the wires actually generating a small voltage when heat. That is why the can not be changed...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:42:20 -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: # tachometer ideas
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:12:46 +0100
  ...2K, 5K, overreving is not possible with the digifant injection system because it shuts off the injectors at high RPMs. Also, I think "drive...
• Re: Using O2 sensor for fuel mix adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 13:34:59 -0700
  ...properly timed, proper idle setting, etc. voltage should be around .5 volts. Low volts is lean, high volts is rich. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock...
• Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
  Historical mailing list - T.J. Sheffield
  Thu, 18 May 2000 13:37:08 PDT
  ...current carried by the system would be reduced based on the higher voltages. Supplemental cabin heat would be available from a Carver P4 installed...
• Re: 3Watt LED?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:51:10 -0700
  ...high power level. Less power the light output drops quickly. More power will burn them out. When connected in serial I have seen voltage...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:48:38 -0700
  ...I am getting > voltage at the black wire on the ignition coil and I am getting voltage at > 85 pin, which means a signal...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Harness
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:52:43 -0500
  ...This harness provides improved signal voltage stablization. * remove electrical connector from air flow sensor * install wire harness, Part No. 025 906 302A, between main...
• Fuel/Temp Gauge Problem
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:44:12 +0000
  ...It will go higher if a sit in traffic, but it has never gone above the LED. When it gets close to the LED...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:32:46 -0500
  ...ecu is still > trying to go rich until it sees something. > > > High voltage signals rich and should drive the ECU lean. However I > think...
• # tachometer ideas
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 02:52:16 -0800
  ...A example of a simple method I could think of would be to insert a switch in series with the high (0.9 bar...