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• Radio causes buzzer to go off
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:27:58 -0500
  ...on the drivers door post and the - to the fuse box mounting screws for the ground. I get power just fine but when I...
• Re: Source for 12V LED interior lights?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:22:18 -0500
  ...It would certainly help > conserve battery power on long boondocking camping trips, wouldn't it? > > Then I got thinking it might be cool to...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 07:19:58 -0700
  ...customer and I am getting > ready to set up his secondary battery system. I don't know why but the > other morning I woke...
• Dead fridge fan: questions
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:10:24 -0700
  ...How does this new 0.20 A fan compare? (I often camp 50 km or more from the nearest civilization, so a dead battery...
• Re: Charging deep cycle batteries with the alternator
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:39:36 -0400
  A cheaper but much clumsier approach to charge a deep cycle battery to 100% while driving or idling: Most of us probably already own...
• Re: Replace H2O Boxer with E Boxer {:~))
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 11:40:02 -0300
  ...In that instance, we had a volunteer industrial motor (30kW if I recall) and a mounting plate was fabricated to affix it to the...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 21:24:25 -0500
  ...It seems to be missing something to catch on the > >> > battery, > >> > but it will hold the battery down. > >> > 2. Battery physically smaller than the...
• Fwd: Greek Single Cab + alternator help...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:18:15 -0700
  ...A new battery is dead flat, and the alternator light stays on with engine running, tach sits at 0 until rpms over ~2000, but...
• Re: Box behind/below driver seat.
  Historical mailing list - Keith & Lynn C.
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:51:02 -0700
  The only way to get into my aux battery compartment is to remove the driver's seat. I set my aux battery in there...
• Second battery install instructions
  Historical mailing list - Ron & Marianne Mighton
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:44:03 -0500
  ...So this is a good time to do a trial fit of the auxiliary battery and figure out if you want are OK mounting...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon GL (non running), jump seats, large table/mount, headrests f...
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:20:42 EST
  ...Just need a good cleaning. $150 each or $275 for > the set > > Large beige table with two sets of mounting brackets > $100 > > Headrest insert...
• Re: Electrical Mods
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:18:12 PDT
  ...I have been toying with the idea of mounting a second (55 amp) alternator where the A/C compressor was and driving it with...
• Re: Van Audio Q
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 08:02:07 -0600
  i mounted my power amp on the back of the passenger side battery box. after debating about the speakers and some experimentation i went...
• Re: [Syncro] Installing jumpseats
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 01:25:31 EST
  ...the mounting rails. Remove the front section of carpet padding/insulation to get direct access to the floor in near the battery boxes. Here...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:06:31 -0700
  ...car out of the picture .. >> Gets it down to just battery, starter, battery and ground cables, >> thus eliminating and bypassing numerous possible weak areas...
• Re: carver p4 follow-up
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 21:18:18 EDT
  ...any problems with it? Is an anxillary battery required or is the power draw low enough to use main battery without fear. Is there...
• Re: Vanagon Hams
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:22:57 -0700
  ...Also makes a short journey to the battery and antenna lead. I don't use the seat swivel, so that's not a problem...
• Re: Westy Fire Extinguisher: Size? Type?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:04:59 -0700
  Mounted right inside the sliding door on the battery box pillar floor I carry a 10 pounder BC. Mounted with a bungee rather than...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:37:47 -0700
  ...and tracking software to automate this process might require another aux. battery? I guess part of my thought was a possible increase in solar...
• Re. gauges
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 13:35:22 +0200
  ...The last place being insted of the plastic cover in front of the gearstick, there is room for a mounting box there. How could...
• Re: Seating Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:32:27 EDT
  ...the mounting rails. Remove the front section of carpet padding/insulation to get direct access to the floor in near the battery boxes. Here...
• Re: optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:21:22 -0500
  ...the mounting area, and only superficially cleaned the cable end clamps. I redid it myself at home. Now, this accounts for two battery purchases...
• Re: Charging deep cycle batteries with the alternator
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:43:08 -0700
  ...Most of us probably already own a regular 120V battery charger, and many already have an inverter. > > To charge first separate starting and deep...
• Re: adding a jump seat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:02:59 -0500
  ...If you don't do this first, you won't be able to get the mounting bar at the right height. You don't...
• 1990 Vanagon GL (non running), jump seats, large table/mount, headrests for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:48:41 EST
  ...Just need a good cleaning. $150 each or $275 for the set Large beige table with two sets of mounting brackets $100 Headrest insert...
• Re: alternators
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Jul 94 18:59:29 CDT
  ...for mounting on the vehicle body. .................. Vehicle electrical system The voltage level in the vehicle electrical system, and thus in the battery charge, are...
• Re: Installing Volvo Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:16:36 -0800
  ...with bun warmers. > Anyone have some suggestions on best practices for mounting the > salvaged > sliders onto the Volvo seat supports, and any potential problems...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:03:26 -0700
  ...It seems to be missing something to catch on the > >> > battery, > >> > but it will hold the battery down. > >> > 2. Battery physically smaller than the...
• Re: shur power 1315 wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:28:05 -0800
  ...It is so simple, I don't know >> how >> I >> >>messed it up. >> >>I hooked up main battery + to one terminal, Aux batter + to...
• Brief Report on Norcold after a Week of Camping
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:42:51 -0700
  ...On a 110 AH battery I'd expect to go at least four or five days before the battery was to low to operate...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:39:08 -0700
  ...Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy > > I have been restoring a very nice 91 Westy for a customer and I am getting > ready to...
• Re: dashboard fan?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 1995 21:13:47 -0700
  ...I'd recommend getting something of good quality, and mounting it in the center of the dash, or maybe even better, two fans, one...
• Re: Elec.Gurus! DC ground question (fridge fans off shore power)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:55:43 -0700
  ...That is fed directly (through a 40 amp breaker) from the aux battery. Right now I have a ground buss set up and mounted...
• Re: Vitrifrigo
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:21:51 -0600
  Jake wrote: > Can you report on your Vitrifrigo? I just finished mounting > mine in the Westy cabinet. Haven't installed the aux batteries yet...
• Re: Gas vs diesel Heaters
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:02:32 -0700
  ...I'm looking for ideas on replacement parts, controls, and mounting one of these in a Syncro. I've got my aux. battery in...
• Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:23:50 -0700
  ...leave the battery connected, and jumper one of the pressure switches, so the brake light should be on. I unscrewed the mounting for the...
• Re: Stereo Upgrade Project
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:35:42 -0500
  ...In the >> interest of >> planning ahead, I would eventually like to have an aux battery to run >> laptop >> and incidental stuff. I would also...
• Re: Battery LEDs = Useful life?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 03:56:40 +0000
  ...mounting a yellow top optima to a westy/swivel seat vanagon. Nothing that I have stated should be done with a lead acid battery...
• Re: Brief Report on Norcold after a Week of Camping
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:39:57 -0700
  ...I'll also come up with a better, > permanently mounted volt meter/battery monitor system. I just attached a > DVM to the battery with...
• Re: Trying to re-fix my starter
  Historical mailing list - Nitaino
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:51:21 -0400
  ...At that point, the current should almost all be going through the battery direct connection. The relay I used was the same as the...
• Audi Rims...
  Historical mailing list - Odyssey Stickers
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:17:19 +0000
  ...The tires will rub on the battery boxes during a hard turn and >bump, a situation that will soon be cured. Mine is a...
• Re: A/C info on 85 front mount
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 13:25:55 -0400
  ...I ran a #6 wire from the battery, up (inside) the passenger side B pillar to feed the fans. Might of used a relay...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 03 May 1996 09:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...finding a live circut and >wireing to that one! How about mounting an extra switch on the dash, maybe with an itty bitty LED...
• Re: jumpseat cylinder housings
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:52:43 -0800
  ...The jumpseat > equipped vans have a welded in reinforcement in the battery box area with a > captive nut behind it. You can easily compensate...
• Re: Lighter plug in dash a big joke...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:06:09 -0500
  ...On top of that the mounting scheme with the plastic ring to hold it in place is pretty worthless, especially after a couple tabs...
• Billy's in the hospital
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:04:17 -0600
  ...Finally, I pulled the battery ground strap and cleaned it up. I also cleaned and reattached the ground for the Hall sender to the...
• cb installation (try # 2)
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  16 Jun 96 23:12:11 EDT
  ...This took care of my mounting problem. Hooked up the bracket, then attached the radio. Next came the electrical connections. I disconnected the battery...
• Re: Alternator Charging Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:52:42 -0400
  ...3) Have battery recharged (trickle) and test to hold load - all OK according to the shop 4) Check voltage across battery at 2-3...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:20:08 -0700
  ...successfully done in the Vanagon and the mounting of the voltage regulator would be at the battery so it could sense the voltage where...
• Re: Truck Fridge / Pilot light indicator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:33:50 -0400
  ...You can see the mounting holes for the LED on my picture of the front of the board at http://pws.prserv.net/synergy...
• Engine installed...
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:46:26 PDT
  ...Well after hooking up the battery I again walked confidently to the driver's door, opened it, watched the dome light come on :-) -- inserted...
• Re: Goofy CB + Coolant LED Stuff! (sorta friday content)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:50:02 -0700
  ...The antenna has to be mounting outside to work properly and do away with the spurious RF. I'm not going to get into...
• Fridge fan GREAT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Angelini
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:52:35 -0700
  ...To mount it I just gently pried open the rightmost two cooling fins and squeezed in the fan so no mounting hardware was required...
• Re: Birthdays and Busses
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 4 Jul 2018 11:53:57 -0400
  ...Bring 12V power to that location using a hefty wire that comes directly from the positive terminal of your battery. Use a 30A in...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:01:26 -0800
  ...The mounting holes did not line up. I've spoken with Karl about it. To his credit, he did offer to replace the adapter...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon GL LOCATED IN FREMONT, CA,jump seats,large table/mount for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:00:46 EST
  ...Just need a good cleaning. $150 each or $275 for the set Large beige table with two sets of mounting brackets $100 Headrest insert...
• Re: 85GL 1.9 Busted alternator mounting bracket stud ..2nd time in 2 years
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:12:30 -0700
  ...85GL 1.9 Busted alternator mounting bracket stud ..2nd time in 2 years Do you have a second battery or some other huge draw...
• Re: DIY HomeLink for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:29:47 -0500
  ...Prior to > mounting, I found a very tiny momentary switch; drilled a small hole at a > strategic location on the lower plastic cover and...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 09:09:55 -0600
  ...Problem is that the better the battery the cost per watt goes even higher until technology improves and/or production costs come down. The...
• Re: Alternators and batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:33:49 -0400
  ...When under way, it is the alternator that provides the power, not the battery. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...