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• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:52:27 -0800
  Dear no power there is likely one problem with many possible solutions - alternator gave up diodes died voltage regulator gave up wires have come...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:07:26 -0500
  ...bushings, diodes, brushes . The windings are inspected and tested. Is not just cleaned and replated. Three year warrantee is good for me. A Bosch...
• Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:09:22 -0700
  I am by no mean an electrical guru, but, might diodes work in this situation? My understanding is they are one way streets for...
• Nice Feature With Surepower 1315 Seperator
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:29:16 -0700
  ...in a more efficient manner than the battery isolators that use diodes to achive the same effect. They are also much easier to install...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:30:06 -0500
  ...This is > only a reference point for the regulator to look downstream of the diodes so > that the batteries will get the 13.8...
• Re: two red lights aren't on at start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:26:37 -0500
  ...I think?) they hooked those into the circuit as well, using diodes to isolate them. And oh yes, they use it to drive the...
• Re: Second battery, the story on relays.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:31:21 -0500
  ...a dead starting battery more than once due to failed isolator diodes, I've learned the hard way that sometimes simpler is best. Link...
• Re: STATISTICS VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 14 Sep 94 10:42:10 PDT
  ...And 4 $1.00 > Radio Shack power diodes should do the rest.... > > I guess I'll have to get on their case and send...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:33:02 -0800
  ...I think they are zener diodes, 16 volt. These short the output to ground when the threshold voltage is reached. Only good for very...
• Re: Ethics / Radar Gun
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 May 1995 15:03:10 -0300
  ...Make yourself a MASER radar cannon, burn the receiver diodes out of the police radar units and do us all a favor. If you...
• Re: Alternator Light
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:24:37 -0700
  ...bad diodes > > d. nothing that a piece of black tape over > the alternator light > can't fix. > > I like d. but... > > Same thing happened...
• No ... It really was a bird nest!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 1994 14:12:01 -0400
  ...On later models these were replaced with a computerised tangle of wires and diodes. Comment - Poor Bird, desn't sound very comfy for raising...
• problems installing second battery
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:20:27 -0500
  ...an RV shop we bought an isolator (the type with two diodes inside to direct current) that is used by RV folks to connect...
• Re: Camper Indicator Panel LED's !!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Williams
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:36:55 -0700
  ...breakdown voltage in a zener diode.) LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are gallium-arsenide based diodes. They have a forward biased voltage drop of about...
• Re: Frydae - EMP Proofing A Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:50:55 -0700
  ...convert from alternator with diodes in it to a good ole generator. that should giverunning lights with no solid state devices involved. also ..for...
• Re: Dimly Glowing Alternator Light...Suggestions? Help??
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:08:57 -0700
  ...If one of the diodes is out, you have one third less output. I replaced one of these in a GM car and it...
• Re: Solar panel wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:26:42 -0600
  ...ohm-meter on a panel this morning, and the > >>> responses regarding diodes seem to be dead on. The resistance one direction > >>> was about 19...
• Re: STATISTICS VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Brian Lazara
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 11:04:37 -0700
  ...And 4 $1.00 > > Radio Shack power diodes should do the rest.... > > > > I guess I'll have to get on their case and send...
• Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:39:06 -0700
  ...Yes, I have had to buy two deep cycle RV batteries during that period..maybe I coulda done better with a bunch of diodes...
• RE: More battery stuff.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 Feb 95 08:34:00 MST
  ...two 6 volt strings of diodes rather than one 12 volt string. This is a bit higher tech. However, if the refrigerator is of...
• Re: Doors Closed, LED Dome Light Glows On. Solved?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:44:36 -0800
  ...LED to faintly glow > on (in fact I only saw ~ 4 diodes light up) > > More pics here: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/MiscVanagonWestyPics#5979983704673393858...
• Re: ECU and lean idle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:16:14 -0400
  ...Also the FI drivers, and I seem to remember some big diodes as well. Anything with either a lot of thermal cycling or a...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s,Relays,Saftey,and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:05:58 -0700
  ...Now the alternator can compensate for the 0.8 volt voltage drop across the diodes. 3) How old is the isolator? I don't...
• Re: Mystery part - what is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Donahe
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:21:16 -0700
  ...It's basically 2 large diodes, connected anode to anode. Typically one terminal goes to the charging system (output of alternator), one terminal goes...
• article: Alternator Charging Systems (long)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 14 Jun 95 10:30:51 CDT
  ...Schottky-type diodes have less voltage drop than conventional diodes. This voltage sensing problem can usually be corrected by reconnecting the voltage regulator sense...
• Re: DIFFERENT LED TAIL LIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 22:24:22 +0000
  ...is why I like LED because the service life on the diodes is almost forever. > > Jeff > 90 GL > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne...
• Re: Odyssey batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:00:06 -0400
  ...A couple of big diodes with big heat sinks (or some fancier but more efficient electronics) would bring that down to 13+ for lighting...
• Re: Solar charger NOT to buy
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:14:50 -0800
  ...I'll get a > refund, buy a solar panel, some diodes, fittings and make my own. > > I've e-mailed Projecta about it, but...
• Radio Rap...friday
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:56:46 -0800
  ...I use a simple solar panel with a lighter plug...no diodes...to keep my aux battery charged. This system works just fine for...
• Re: [WetWesties] Solar panel wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:05:02 -0700
  ...ohm-meter on a panel this morning, and the >> responses regarding diodes seem to be dead on. The resistance one direction >> was about 19...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:26:58 -0500
  ...Another advantage is the lack of voltage drop caused by the diodes in an isolator. Thirdly, a failure of the system is unlikely to...
• Re: gutless - My Experience from 1982 New
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:41:06 EST
  ...Few diodes, high current, smoked diode with high engine compartment temperatures. Solution was replacement with Porsche alternator backplane with all the diodes the case...
• Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
  Historical mailing list - G. Jetson
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:44:10 -0800
  ...The use of a relay for this > purpose, > as opposed to an isolator, eliminates the intrinsic voltage drop caused by > the diodes in an...
• Re: dometic 182b question
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:29:56 -0500
  ...Also this is used for soldering diodes and transisters so they > wont burn out.. Doesnt work to well. Even worse than mastic.If the...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s, Relays, Saftey,and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:38:56 -0700
  ...Isolators do have a voltage-drop across the diodes as you mentioned. However, the Sure Power isolator made for the Bosch alternators utilize a...
• Using Isolator with Adjustable Voltage Regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Tue, 18 May 2004 10:31:47 -0700
  ...07, but the surepower manual says it should be 14.8 to 15.5 >to account for the voltage drop across the isolator diodes. > > > >
• Re: dometic 182b question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:04:33 -0800
  ...Also this is used for soldering diodes and transisters so > they wont burn out.. Doesnt work to well. Even worse than mastic.If > the...
• Re: Isolator vs Seperator (mechanical relay) was Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:17:29 -0500
  ...It needs to produce another 1.1 volt or more to overcome the the voltage loss of the diodes. So the alternator will also...
• Re: Yet another turn signal L.E.D. data point...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:35:10 -0500
  ...is a reverse path backwards > to ground, they can light up. Diodes won't do this, they only flow > one direction. A bad ground...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:25:39 -0700
  ...NAPA too. > >This is what is replaced in this alternator. > >bushings, diodes, brushes . > >The windings are inspected and tested. > > Is not just cleaned and...
• Re: charging woes/charging joy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 00:19:12 -0600
  ...so you just never get new parts other than bearings, regulators or diodes. A local rebuilder operates the same way but will take the...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:43:07 -0800
  ...I think they are zener diodes, 16 volt. These short the > output to ground when the threshold voltage is reached. Only good for > very...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:23:48 -0400
  ...Some diodes, called zener or reverse-avalanche diodes are designed to operate under breakdown conditions. LEDs typically have a rather low breakdown voltage so...
• Battery isolator trouble
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Mon, 17 May 2004 21:18:45 -0700
  ...15.5 to account for the voltage drop across the isolator diodes. Recently my alternator light has been coming on. At times it just...
• Re: Dash Lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:06:30 -0800
  ...I think Go Westy have a version with side firing diodes that probably do a better job. The stock incandescents do a better job...
• Re: Which Voltmeter to use?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:30:27 -0400
  ...Usually it's 1.5, which is fine for regular diodes. Not a biggie... Continuity beeper -- these vary widely as to what the consider...
• Re: Dimly Glowing Alternator Light...Suggestions? Help??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:19:34 -0500
  ...If one of the diodes is out, you have one third less > output. I replaced one of these in a GM car and it...
• Re: Alternator parts sources
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:47:14 -0800
  ...as to the electrics, brushes or of course available, diodes too (i think). re winding may not be. alistair '86 syncro 7 passenger '82...
• Re: two red lights aren't on at start
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 19:54:30 -0800
  ...I think?) they hooked those into the circuit as well, using > diodes to isolate them. And oh yes, they use it to drive the...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s,Relays,Saftey,and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:31:42 -0700
  ...volt > voltage drop across the diodes. > 3) How old is the isolator? I don't know if the diodes > in the isolators become less...
• Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
  Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:24:25 -0800
  ...The use of a >relay for this >> purpose, >> as opposed to an isolator, eliminates the intrinsic >voltage drop >caused by >> the diodes in an...
• Re: Dimmer relays
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Thu, 4 May 1995 13:45:26 -0400
  ...Look for any evidence of burning wires or cracked diodes. Both have happened to my dimmer relays. Also, they hang upside down in the...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:57:39 -0400
  ...Alternator Deal. > > > I see this and call NAPA too. > This is what is replaced in this alternator. > bushings, diodes, brushes . > The windings are inspected...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:32:44 -0700
  ...and on anything with diodes in it .. as a rule playing with loose electricity is to be avoided. that's why I said you...
• Re: Auto Shifter slide repair and bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:17:22 -0400
  ...Diodes are solid state devices that only allow DC current to flow one way through them and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) also emit light...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:34:39 -0600
  ...westy, or just a simple internal failure that usually happens to >> diodes >> as a short first, your other LED will be instantly destroyed too...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:49:38 -0400
  ...NAPA too. > >This is what is replaced in this alternator. > >bushings, diodes, brushes . > >The windings are inspected and tested. > > Is not just cleaned and...
• Re: Fridge relay technical question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 01:19:57 -0500
  ...If that doesn't cure it, suspect one or more bad diodes in the Alt. D+ circuit, or a corroded connection giving high resistance...
• Re: Troubling warning lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:47:12 -0700
  ...And they will check the diodes too. For some reason I prefer that to buying a remanufactured unit. But that’s just me. Alistair...
• Re: Camper Light power and ground
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:51:34 +0000
  Thanks Tom.  I am somewhat familiar with diodes and resistor limiting.  This is more in line with what I thought. Dave b.the Boston...