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• Re: aftermarket aux. battery combiner
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:37:14 -0700
  I have a Blue Seas 7600 which has performed without fault (6 years or so). " Voltage sensing for charge source on either battery bank...
• Re: Low Alternator Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 19:40:00 -0700
  ...This is said to cure the >> >low-voltage output of the BOSCH alternator. >> > >> >I've noticed a few posts on the low voltage of...
• Re: Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:42:02 -0700
  Dennis Haynes typed: > Keep in mind these voltage guidelines assume the battery is at rest. > Under load the voltage will be lower and being...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:19:53 -0700
  re When both halves on connector are joined, voltage is about 0.45 volts." does this mean .. when the two wires of the for...
• oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:43:09 -0500
  ...The swing >rate should be within a second, from a high to low voltage. Turn your mixture >screw counterclockwise, LEAN, your voltage will be...
• 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 regulator
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 12:37:00 -0800
  ...voltage regulator > > A stupid question from a true beginner, on an '81 aircooled > vanagon is the voltage regulator alternator mounted or > external mounted? Thanks...
• Making an alternator a smarter charger? [LVC]
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 09:55:02 -0700
  ...After a period of time, an hour or two (according to battery design), the voltage is dropped to about to a float voltage of...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:33:59 -0700
  ...As the resistance of the temp sensor drops the current flow through it increases, lowering the voltage across it. The plumbing analogy is the...
• Re: alternator--voltage vs. amps
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:35:44 -0500
  ...As the battery state of charge increases, so will it's voltage which will naturally reduce the current at a fixed alternator output voltage...
• Re: Door electrics problem: digital vs analog meters?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:52:19 -0600
  ...Or start at the supply side of the fuse and go > towards the motor. > Loaded down, nearly all of the voltage drop will appear...
• Re: voltage stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 3 May 2001 06:46:28 -0500
  ...voltage stabilizer > No, the voltage regulator is not just a transistor. There's a bit more > to it than that. Basically what it does...
• Re: Injector Question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:23:51 -0400
  ...Putting a DC voltage on them may burn them up. ERic jesse johnson wrote: > Hey all, > Does anyone know what the voltage is that...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:11:49 -0500
  ...AFM Voltage Ratios One way to figure this out is to connect a MAP to the engine with a known good AFM. Then, compare...
• Re: Fuel injector operating voltage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:09:01 -0800
  ...Fuel injector operating voltage > The cold start valves are battery voltage devices. The air cooled > injectors > are current operated devices. 3 ohms at 12...
• 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: 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: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 03:40:21 -0500
  ...True -- but he's talking about *disconnecting* the lambda sensor from the ECU and measuring its output voltage directly with a high-impedance voltmeter...
• Re: '83 overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 14:26:37 -0400
  ...I had an alternator creating too much voltage and the gages acted up, particularly the oil pressure light. I'd do a quick check...
• Adjustable BOSCH voltage regulators.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:47:49 -0800
  Another site for those looking to alternatives to the factory BOSCH voltage regulator. I have no experience with them, just passing the link along...
• Re: Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:10:05 -0300
  Would this sort of low voltage cut-off gizmo do the trick ?? Tom http://canadiantire.ca/browse/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id...
• Re: Thermo switch or resistor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:48:39 -0400
  At 05:33 PM 9/19/2012, David Milo wrote: >Might not hurt to see if you are getting voltage through both wires by...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:18:32 -0700
  I"m seeing 15 buss switched positive to tach and voltage stabilizer but it doesn't look like the voltage stabilizer controls positive to...
• Re: Measuring oxygen sensor output...bad air flow meter?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:42:11 -0500
  ...Then, the O2 sensor will read a positive voltage one second, a negative voltage the next second. If you had it hooked to an...
• Re: trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:01:23 -0400
  Does the trailer light converter have a "power in" wire? Otherwise all the voltage would come from the spliced taillight. I wonder if they...
• Wont crank if voltage <= 12.0
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:23:53 -0700
  My 85 vanagon has developed a problem where the engine won't crank at all when the starter battery voltage has dropped to about...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:38:20 -0700
  ...Well yeah, but a constant-current supply could modulate the voltage over a far wider range than that to provide the desired current. This...
• Re: Fuel injector operating voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 19:49:49 -0500
  The cold start valves are battery voltage devices. The air cooled injectors are current operated devices. 3 ohms at 12 volts = 4 amps. They...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:38:47 +0000
  ...Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster At 12:49 PM 12/8/2010, Anthony Egeln wrote: > The upshot was that the voltage stabilizer should be...
• Re: Temp II voltages/rheostat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Tue, 1 May 2001 10:39:54 -0600
  ...I could then observe the O2 voltage as a function of the TII voltage. Perhaps more importantly I could observe the drivability as a...
• Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:12:55 -0600
  ...A voltage output of 1.0 volt would indicate an > EXTREMELY rich condition, and a voltage of 0.25 volts would be > extremely lean...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:46:52 -0500
  ...double the voltage and the current >>doubles; halve the voltage and the current drops to half; reverse the >>voltage and the current changes sign...
• Is this my voltage regulator P/N?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:35:44 -0700
  A helpful Vanagonite provided a list of Bosch voltage regulators and their use. The information says that Bosch's voltage regulator P/N 068...
• Measuring oxygen sensor output...bad air flow meter?
  Historical mailing list - Jbclem
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:50:51 -0700
  I'm measuring the voltage output from a new oxygen sensor(w/disconnected wire) and getting an erratic result. For a while I could...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:01:28 -0500
  ...Checked sensor voltage .92 Disconnected heater plug. Still hesitating voltage .89 BUT WAIT!!!!!! Let it run for another 15 min to warm up more...
• Re: Coolant Temp Indication
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  14 Nov 1995 08:48:04 -0800
  ...I seem to recall that VW uses a voltage regulator for the dashboard instruments to stabilize the voltage for the instrument cluster independent of...
• 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: aux. battery wiring and ACR issues
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:10:44 -0800
  ...As it gets colder > voltage tends to go up. Orin reality voltage goes down as temperature > increases. If using the van for long trips...
• Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 14 May 2011 16:01:28 -0700
  ...After various tests I found that the voltage on the blue D+ wire to the alternator was 5V. I looked in the alternator trouble...
• Re: Intermittent charge [solved]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:40:42 -0700
  ...When the engine was running on battery, the voltage at the output of the alternator was battery voltage, not alternator voltage, i.e., I...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:27:15 -0700
  ...The voltage while driving is being governed by the voltage regulator and doesn't represent the state of charge of the battery. A fully...
• Re: More AC woes...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:32:58 -0700
  ...Yet the engine starts fine, low voltage be damned. VW in any case put the FI and Ignition on their own direct voltage feed...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 13:45:23 -0600
  ...charging voltage, standby battery reserve > etc.. > > Drive Safely & Good Luck > Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC > 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe > Go to neksiwel.20m...
• Re: Battery Voltage under cold starting load?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:06:08 -0800
  ...Battery voltage during starter cranking.. starting out with a battery at a resting voltage of 12.6 volts say .. I wouldn't want to...
• Re: Alternator light on - this is normal? Survey says... ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:42:03 EDT
  Does your alternator with the new voltage regulator behave differently at start up than before you got the new voltage reg? Just curious. Ken...
• Electrical problem--Parking lights, side markers and rear markers not working on '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Don Clark
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:37:35 -0400
  ...Side marker not receiving voltage. Front parking light receiving voltage. Socket and bulb replaced on front right parking/directional light. Directional worked but still...
• Re: Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Sep 2018 20:44:10 -0400
  ...And then you could also set > the voltage level lights to switch at specific voltages. You need proportions rather than absolute voltages unless you...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees--Update
  Historical mailing list - john schaper
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:03:00 -0400
  ...The pair of resistances form a voltage divider, and the > voltage measured at the junction between the two is proportional to > the ratio of...
• Re: Normal voltage of a battery at rest?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:02:36 -0400
  ...So the question to the wizards is, 1) What is a "healthy" battery voltage at rest?? 2) Is that too low a voltage to...
• Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:54:13 -0400
  ...the voltage regulator/alternator system doesn't seem to be adequate to keep the batteries charged. Under load (fridge, AC, headlights, etc. on) my...
• alternator--voltage vs amps
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:15:42 -0700
  ...There are lots of web pages that explain how/why the voltage is adjusted with the alternator. What I cannot find is an explanation...
• Re: Tail Lights & Good Samaritans
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:51:35 -0400
  ...Check the voltage while revving the engine.
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:11:14 -0800
  ...The wider the gap, the higher the secondary voltage must rise and it takes a longer time to reach this voltage. It's easily...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:28:53 -0800
  ...The wider the gap, the higher the secondary voltage must rise and it takes a longer time to reach this voltage. It's easily...
• 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...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:44:34 -0800
  what is the voltage at the alternator main post ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday...
• Alternator voltage or regulator
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:23:59 -0400
  ...What is a surefire (read as the easiest) way to prove if its the alternator or voltage regulator? Thanks for your help. Bill M...
• Battery Voltage under cold starting load?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:32:43 -0800
  ...IFF you measure the voltage at the ECU under starting loads what should you read. IF you measure the voltage at the battery terminals...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer Blows
  Historical mailing list - Dave Fain
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:12:53 -0700
  ...Voltage Stabilizer Blows > > My 84 Camper blows the voltage stabilizer (Really a 10 volt regulator which > provides a constant 10 volts to the water...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:00:32 -0500
  ...Both high and low voltages can cause > >> > premature moto= > >> > r failure, as will voltage imbalance. Here, we'll look at > >> > the effects of lo...