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• Re: O2 sensor output voltage test
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:38:07 -0400
  ----- Original Message Follows ----- > What is the correct voltage range for this thing. I've > read it should vary and also that it should have...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:01:14 -0800
  ...Open loop voltage is very stable > and should be in the .5 volt range. I'm not sure this is correct. Doesn't "open...
• Voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Geho
  Sun, 30 May 1999 19:23:39 -0400
  I would like to know the voltage of my auxiliary battery at any given time and I am thinking of possibly installing a VDO...
• LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:50:51 -0400
  ...Is there an easy way to run 4.5 or 6 volt LEDs on 12 volts? Some sort of resistor inline? These lights are...
• Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 May 2008 23:25:28 -0400
  A steady reading of .5 to .6 volt is a sign of an open sensor or one that has not heated up enough to...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:32:32 -0800
  To get a true sense of what the alternator is putting out you have to measure the voltage right at the alternator. There could...
• Re: Testing the starter question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:12:05 -0400
  ...So put your voltmeter on the two volt and 200 millivolt scales and go looking for voltage drops that shouldn't be there. Also...
• Re: was: Overhead Westy light - aux battery wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:01:21 -0700
  Maybe, but a simple check is to measure the voltage at the fridge relay, engine running, fridge running on 12 volt setting. The typical...
• Re: Battery Sages
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:35:20 -0600
  ...Back to the multi meter and I see 12.4 volts. Something to keep in mind is that to use battery voltage as a...
• Fw: Found - Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:57:04 -0800
  ...Then I did an archive search and there was a post back in 1998 about this part. �The upshot was that the voltage stabilizer...
• Re: Alternators
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:44:48 -0700
  Dennis, I like , well it seems likeable, the modern cars volt reg system via computer. Don’t know much about it but seems more...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:38:37 -0800
  ...Then, with engine running, check the voltage at > the battery. That should be well over 13 volts, close to 14 volts or > better, if...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 16:55:09 -0400
  > > I will measure the voltage at the wide/white instrument cluster connector > on pin #6 and ground.... what voltage should I expect to have...
• Re: Bright lighting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:36:27 -0500
  Ark, Current is Power(watts)/Volts. A 60 watt lamp needs .5 amp at 120 volts. A 120 volt inverter will draw 5 amps...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:09:46 -0700
  ...My current plan is to put in a switched voltage drop to let me reduce the charging voltage on long drives, after some initial...
• Re: How many Volts at the injectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 12 May 2012 12:17:27 -0700
  I energize my injectors with 12 volts when I am operating them manual with electricity. I don't 'leave' them energized.. I just click...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:55:36 -0700
  ...Ideally the voltage drop across the consumer ( headlight ) is the same as the total voltage for the circuit ..say 12.5 volts. and that...
• Re: alternator output voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:28:06 -0700
  You should measure the voltage at the alternator and at the battery. The difference between the readings will give you an indication of the...
• Re: HELP! Oxy & Batt lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:19:42 EDT
  Ed, the alternator has probably died (or at least the voltage regulator has). Check the battery voltage with van off. Now start the van...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:00:31 -0800
  ...Next it started blowing a fuse on the voltage regulator circuit. It had an old style "electro-mechanical" voltage regulator, which I noticed had...
• Re: the importance of good electrical connections
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:08:45 -0700
  ...On 12 Volt, the cabin light draws: 40 Watt divided by 12 Volt > = 3.3 Ampere, it has: 12 Volt divided by 3.3...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:47:05 -0400
  If the voltage, measured AT THE BATTERY with a digital volt meter, is less than 10.4 volts with the starter turning the engine...
• Re: Voltage from alternator
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:24:18 +0000
  BOSCH alternators are known for their low output voltage due to how their internal regulators are set at the factory. One fix is to...
• Re: Relaying Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:07:13 -0500
  ...This will cause the alternator to develop whatever voltage will result in the correct voltage *at the battery* even if it loses two volts...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:39:26 -0700
  ...My current plan is to put in a switched voltage drop to let me reduce the charging voltage on long drives, after some initial...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:06:33 -0500
  ...You're right, there must be SOME concrete relationship between manifold pressure and AFM output voltage, but no one seems to know what it...
• Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:33 -0500
  ...It can undoubtedly tolerate supply voltages of +16 volts, maybe more, at least briefly. One thing it *won't* be happy about is unhooking...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:57:11 -0500
  ...It takes the varying 11-14 volts of the vehicle wiring and > drops it down to a steady 10 volts. The vehicle wiring voltage...
• Re: no start -(
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  11 Dec 1995 11:03:53 -0800
  ...The >voltage at the battery terminals with the engine running is around 14 >volts. ==================== A good rough check of the alternator/regulator is with...
• AFM spring tension and 02
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:32:02 -0600
  ...I started with 1.37 AFM volts at idle. I turned the notched black wheel in the AFM 10 notches clockwise, the AFM volts...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:17:49 -0500
  ...Need less voltage as the electrodes get pointier, more as the air is compressed. > In any case, if it takes more volts to jump...
• Second battery level voltages?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:28:24 -0800
  On a 85 Westy, what the specifications are for The Alternator max voltage? The voltage levels for the Green, Yellow, and Red LEDs? My...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:42:23 -0800
  ...These diodes have a voltage drop across them of roughly 0.6 volts, so the batteries charge at a voltage 0.6 volts lower...
• Re: Electric conversions (Chevy Volt)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:15:05 -0700
  ...Electric conversions (Chevy Volt) >> >> Volt: Giant Boondoggle >> >> http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120917/OPINION01/309140042 >> >> Chevy Volt, loses $49,000 per car >> >> http://articles...
• Re: Fridge=Beer
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:58:53 -0800
  ...Also at the same time I ran test leads directly from the 12 > > volt element so I can measure exactly what voltage the element...
• RE: ammeters
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Feb 95 13:27:00 MST
  ...The voltmeter directly indicates the charging voltage, or at rest voltage, both of which tell a lot about the battery and charging system, and...
• Charging voltage is 12.5v : Is this enough?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 22 May 2009 18:49:33 -0700
  ...With the engine running (charging) the meter show 12.5 volts at the battery both at idle and at 2K RPMs. I read many...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:34:55 -0400
  At 12:16 PM 7/30/2011, Daniel Rotblatt wrote: >When the inverter is connected and no load, the voltage drops >immediately down to...
• Re: Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:11:14 -0400
  ...and THEN measure the voltage at the alternator. I like to use it's case as ground. Should be > 13.6 volts. Next move...
• 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...
• O2 mixture questions
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Tue, 14 Oct 1997 13:38:00 EDT
  ...Can I use an analog volt meter to better see the voltage sweeps? I was afraid internal resistance of the volt meter would cause...
• Re: Fridge Wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:39:17 -0700
  You are right, no thermostatic control on 12 volts. The wiring of that internal fridge switch is not really covered in any detail in...
• Re: New Front Brake Rotor Question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:36:42 -0700
  --- On Mon, 3/30/09, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > So if your AC voltmeter doesn't claim to measure > "True RMS" it...
• Re: Can I Set 13.6 volts at the Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:13:56 -0400
  ...Can I Set 13.6 volts at the Alternator? > To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com> > Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > > > Then I...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 14:18:58 -0500
  Don, what is your battery voltage? If you have a failing battery it can give you a low voltage figure from the alternator. If...
• Re: [Syncro] Headlight relay upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:53:34 -0800
  ...The voltage at the battery dropped some each time and the voltage at the fuse panel dropped more. With just the headlights on I...
• Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:20:35 -0400
  ...The first was 0.1 to 0.2 volts and the second range was 0.3 to 0.4 volts. Not very much difference...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:32:29 +0000
  ...power at .84 volts and max. economy at .15 volt. Both of these values are outside the ECU range of .3 and .75 volts...
• Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:25:57 -0500
  Typically the ECU can handle 15-16 volts without immediate damage. There are regulated circuits inside but the injectors and some other stuff uses...
• Re: New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:30:09 -0700
  ...My understanding > > is the voltage > > should > > be at least 8 volts. So the 8.5 to 9 volts should be > > okay. > > > > Next I pulled...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Fix: 10 Volt Capacitor OK?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:00:12 -0400
  On 6/11/2012 8:52 PM, neil n wrote: > The archives mentions using 12 volt or higher rated capacitor, but will a > 10...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:08:39 -0600
  Hi Gary, It is normal for the o2 voltage to bounce above and below 0.5 volts. Usually the bounce is more in the...
• POST: Steering Column Volt Meter
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 13:50:25 -0500
  Steering Column Volt Meter which will display levels of both the Starting battery as well as the Auxiliary Battery systems separately. Write up just...
• alternator voltage output
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:59:56 -0800
  Measuring voltage at the battery terminals, The reading is 14.1v at start up. Within a few minutes that voltage drops to the 13...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:09:47 -0600
  ...From 23 Aug 2004 > after they get warm the actual voltage drop is closer to 1.1 volt. Well, I just installed the Hellroaring...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:41:58 -0700
  ...For those > people no single voltage is satisfactory -- the float voltage won't charge > the battery fully, and the charging voltage must be removed...
• Re: Normal voltage of a battery at rest?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:02:36 -0400
  ...I bought a voltmeter that plugs into the cig lighter and charged my system right up. It topped out charging at 14.18 volts...
• Re: Temp II (for ECU) Sensor: Voltage Range?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:56:14 -0700
  ...As the sensor warms up the resistance goes down, current increases and voltage drops. > > Even the gauges operate at some voltage below battery. This...
• 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: How do you tell how much juice a battery has/?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:00:00 -0500
  I'm using a digital voltmeter that plugs into a cigarette lighter socket. It cost me 15 bucks or so at Wally World. Driving...