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Another O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
Sun, 19 May 2002 16:32:11 -0500
Folks, I just learned today i have 0 voltage in to my O2 sensor. My buddy's '87 shows 12 volts... as Bentley says...
Re: voltage over battery: 12.5-13.1
Historical mailing list - phil cain
Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:50:39 -0800
Hi, Just something to think about, my voltage is 14.4 Volts at the battery with engine speed at 2000 RPM. Phil __________________________________ Do you...
Re: FW: add A/C
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:26:38 EDT
...The A/C wants 30 amps at 120 volts, but the alternator's putting out 90 amps at only 12 volts. You can trade...
Re: How many Volts at the injectors
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 12 May 2012 17:23:09 -0700
...How many Volts at the injectors > > I energize my injectors with 12 volts when I am operating them manual with > electricity. > I don't...
Re: New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:54:45 -0500
I have 12 volts at the starter. The lower voltage I mentioned was measured at the solenoid on the starter. This voltage passes through...
Re: Failing Fuel Pump?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 19 Jul 94 00:38:41 CDT
...system check with volt/ohmmeter voltmeter to terminal components checks specifications 1 and 13 * wiring from starter * voltage at terminal cranking * starting injection/ 50...
Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
Mon, 3 Apr 1995 14:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
...I have been told that on some cars, that because the voltage drops to 6 or 8 volts when the starter is cranking, the...
Re: Door electrics problem
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:13:17 EST
In a message dated 2/19/05 7:40:16 PM, felder@KNOLOGY.NET writes: << It's like there's a voltage drop to...
Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:34:30 -0500
...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: Multimeters
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:33:06 -0500
...I realize that the voltage I >measure is not the voltage the appliance sees due to load and loss >variables, but it must be...
Voltage Drop to Fuse Panel
Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:59:04 EST
...This was brought to my attention when I installed VDO gauges and the voltmeter dropped from 13+ volts to around 11V when the heater...
Re: temp gauge not working right...
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:04:57 -0400
The regulator supplies both gauges with ten volts +/- half a volt, so your regulator is just in spec on the high side (this will...
Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
Historical mailing list - Mike B
Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:34:02 -0500
Now that you've re-charged the battery, check the voltage drop while turning the key to crank the starter. BTW, those battery boosters...
Re: AFM test readings
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:41:09 -0400
...If you hook the ends up to to ground and plus five volts, though, and measure voltage from ground to the wiper pin, you...
digijet tool need help
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:48:06 -0500
---------------------- I need to know what voltage the digijet ecu 83.5-85 supplies to the idle and full throttle switches. The switches return ground...
Re: Alternator repair: replacing voltage regulator and brushes assembly
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 21:48:43 -0700
...Hector > Steve just came by with his voltage regulator and my alternator now charges > at 14.03 volts rather than the 13 volts that...
Re: Problem with Stancor 120-901 relay??
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:21:54 -0700
...As for the voltages involved, keep in mind that it is the relay coil voltage that they are talking about and depending on how...
Re: '84 Westy Electrics - Stupid Questions
Historical mailing list - David Garth
Sun, 25 Jun 1995 06:35:45 -0700 (PDT)
In all the stock Westy's I've seen, there is no connection between the 12 volt and 120 volt system. i.e. your...
voltage in water tank?
Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:20:06 -0400
...The meter does work fine and turning it on makes the voltage of the water go up to +1.5volts. This is an '84...
Re: 87 Vanagon: 3rd choice for gauge
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 19:37:24 -0400
...It is poosible for a run down battery to take a charge at only 11 or 12 volts. A properly wired voltmeter will actually...
O2 sensor output voltage test
Historical mailing list - Jeff Hammerstrom
Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:05:03 -0700
What is the correct voltage range for this thing. I've read it should vary and also that it should have steady output. Mine...
Re: Low voltage
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:00:14 -0700
Where are you measuring the low voltage at? The voltage regulator only trys to maintain full voltage at the alternator, where it connects. It...
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...
Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Tue, 7 May 2002 09:21:42 -0400
Thanks guys, i think that my voltmeter doesn't show the reading in Volt below .5 volt, instead it goes in MV when under...
F.Y.I. - regulating chargin
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
24 May 1996 09:57:25 -0700
...If I recall, the charging rate of a battery is determined by (the difference in voltage between the battery under charge and the applied...
O2 sensor clarications
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 13:38:21 -0700
...It changes to be sure, but the great majority of the time the voltage is around .7 volts with the hundredths of a volt...
Re: Low voltage
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:54:37 -0700
...Sensing the voltage much farther downstream opens up the possibility that the ECU can see a much higher voltage than intended and for sustained...
Re: Van Dies while in motion
Historical mailing list - Anthony Boscolo
Sun, 22 Dec 2013 08:55:07 -0800
...Thus, a 10% reduction from nameplate voltage > > (100% to 90%, 230 = > > volts to 207 volts) would reduce the starting torque, > > pull-up torque, and...
Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:29:39 -0800
...Over-voltage operation is not generally recommended. With a reduced voltage the evaporation is lower and there may be too much halogen, which can...
Re: Voltage Drop to Fuse Panel
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 00:06:29 -0800
My Syncro has the same habbit - there is two causes of this - first, there is a small voltage drop everytime you turn something on...
Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:05:59 -0700
>Incidentally, this helps illustrate why the trend is always toward higher >system voltages: the power losses in the wiring are equal to I^2...
Re: Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 westy
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:02:39 -0700
SyncroHead@aol.com wrote in reference to the solid state coach battery blocks: "They have an inherent voltage drop across their internal diodes that...
Usb outlet and voltmeter
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
Sun, 17 Apr 2016 17:09:35 -0700
Not as nice as Abel's voltmeter install, but it works and it was fun to do. Made custom grill to accommodate the install...
re. O2 sensor output voltage
Historical mailing list
Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:35:16 -0700
...So you want to see about 1/2 volt, not zero volts. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong about the exact numbers...
Re: Dometic fridge question
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:33:09 -0700
The place to start is with careful voltage measurements. The fridge can be set inside the van and operated with the wiring hooked up...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:06:29 -0800
...Anyone know if this 35V one will work > in place of the 15 or 25 volt models? > Extra voltage "capacity" on the capacitor is...
Re: Was 2nd battery relay system; now Voltmeter
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:54:20 -0500
My 3 gauge setup consists of oil pressure, Volts, and water temperature (Equus electrical gauges). I have the Voltage gauge running to a spdt...
Re: 87 Vanagon hesitation continues
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:14:49 -0500
...With O2 sensor hooked up the volt meter is >showing 0 to "negative" 0.05 volts for about 3 to 4 seconds during >acceleration...
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: Odometer fixed..and "how dumb am I? (gas guage)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:39:51 -0500
At 08:45 AM 1/30/2009, Mike Collum wrote: >regulates the gauge voltage to 10 volts. What the alternator or battery >is putting...
Re: voltage stabilizer
Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
Wed, 2 May 2001 22:52:45 -0600
No, the voltage regulator is not just a transistor. There's a bit more to it than that. Basically what it does is take...
Re: Relaying Headlights
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sat, 2 Mar 2002 02:00:11 +0100
...The alternator output is limited to whatever the voltage reg is set at (13.8-14.4) not 12 volts. If you only read...
Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:53:17 -0500
...The voltage at the battery (under load) reads 12.4 volts but at the terminal it reads 11.5 volts, only 3 feet of...
Re: alternator
Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
Fri, 8 Nov 1996 17:37:21 -0500
...Will a new (or rebuilt) alternator come with a new voltage regulator on it? On Nov 8, 1:19pm, Gregory Mitch Daughtry wrote: > voltage...
Re: O2 Sensor voltage
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:44:41 -0700
...When troubleshooting the Fuel Injection system, an averaging Voltmeter is supposed to be used to see what the average O2 voltage is. When this...
Re: Alternator output
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:45:18 -0400
Yes, alternators generate current, (flow), but the voltage, (pressure), is regulated. The alternator should be able to maintain the voltage until the current capability...
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: no start
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:01:19 -0500
...It was only 6.5 volts available!! The voltage at the battery posts was only 7.5 volts (indicating a reasonable 1 volt drop...
Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:50:46 -0800
...All VWs have the alternators running ~13.8 volts. > This voltage is chosen as it gives a good compromise for battery charging as > it...
Re: NVC - Delta Mark Ten
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:18:53 -0500
...Many of the older cars and most foreign cars had 6 volt systems. Ford, for example, didn't go to 12 volts until the...
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: was: Overhead Westy light - aux battery wiring
Historical mailing list - jon
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:19:06 -0700
Agreed, 12 volts is nowhere near enough to keep AGM (or otherwise) happy. Looks like running larger guage wire is the only solution. The...
Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:59:06 -0500
...it makes no difference whether we say the voltage is 12 V on one side of the resistor and 0 volts on the other...
Lowest voltage to stop using fridge
Historical mailing list - B Feddish
Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:04:05 -0400
The Vitrifrigo instructions say that the fridge cutoff voltage is 9.5V but that seems a bit low to allow the battery to run...
air cooled alternator not charging
Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:54:04 EDT
...I get battery voltage to the alternator (bat) on the plug but no output. I am thinking that there should also be voltage at...
Re: Frig on 12v
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:12:38 -0700
...The longer the wire is, the more voltage is lost by the time it reaches the end where you need it. A volt meter...
Re: New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:29:37 -0500
...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: charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:28:17 -0400
At 09:34 PM 4/20/2010, Alistair Bell wrote: >As for rate of charge, correct me if I am mistaken but if voltage...
Re: looking for online calculator for electricity
Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:36:51 -0500
...Power = voltage * current -or- Watts = volts * amps Since voltage is always 12 on a vanagon: Watts = 12 * Amps Amps = Watts / 12 600 Watts = 12...
Re: Battery light staying on till you rev engine
Historical mailing list
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 00:26:44 -0500 (EST)
...It has to do with the regulator on the alternator not being able to pump out over 12 volts until the voltage spike tickles...