Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 7+: 60 results shown for Resistor.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:10:19 -0500
  ...Fan Resistor - Radiator Fan > > 3. Fan Resistor - Rear Seat Heater Fan > > 4. Fan Resistor - Dash Heater Fan > > 5. Power Windows > > 6. Power Door Locks...
• Re: rewiring '87 foil for an '85 single oil pressure system?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:37:32 -0800
  Turns out there are three 470 ohm resistors on my old foil. I had to extend the leads on one, but works perfectly! Thanks...
• Re: erratic heater blower
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:34:24 -0400
  ...For the heater, the two low speeds run to two taps on a 60-watt resistor located inside the blower housing. If they're...
• AC blower motor resistor? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:46:38 -0400
  ...I have replaced a blower motor resistor for exactly the same purpose on my wife's 05 Jeep. Is this the same for a...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:48:50 -0700
  ...I > looked inside and there was a resistor. > > Why is that resistor there? > > Just curious, > > Neil. > > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > http...
• Re: Fwd: Greek Single Cab + alternator help...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:04:00 -0700
  ...The diode is the one right next to the 150 ohm resistor. > > Mark > > Shawn Wright wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have two big 120ohm resistors, and...
• Re: Radiator fan- '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 31 May 2016 22:49:49 -0400
  ...Not working, take the meter to the resistor. Power on one side, not the other 2 wires, bad resistor. Replace. Power both sides go...
• Re: Third brake lights (tack-free)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:32:49 EDT
  ...But you > *absolutely* need to have a current-limiting series resistor, because these > things basically act like switches, on or off. If you don...
• Re: fan blowing fuse
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Tue, 9 May 2000 13:42:01 -0400
  ...Now now, it's not *that* bad. <g> Radio Shack sells 1-ohm 10-watt resistors at 2/99c -- p/n 271-131. Give...
• Re: [vanagon] need tech info for tach cluster circuit board
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:24:02 -0400
  ...Hi Sean -- I'm accustomed to standard US commercial resistor codes (1st sig, 2nd sig, multiplier, tolerance) and this scheme doesn't fit -- 150...
• Re: 2 Speed Cooling Fan?
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 17:06:22 -0400
  ...This is indicative of the bad resistor behind the headlight. I replaced mine (Bus Depot) and no problem since. The old resistor had cracked...
• Re: VW Fuel Injection Information (was SS header)
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:46:31 -0400
  ...How about strapping a couple of double A's to the exhaust with a variable resistor to the Control Unit? Looks like you need...
• Re: heater blower
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:32:03 -0400
  At 23:24 9/18/2000, Howard Fleming wrote: >You may (should?) be able to find the ballast resistor at a electronics >supply house...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:50:21 -0400
  ...I believe that that big green resistor only exists in the late 80s vanagons, possibly 86-88... If you can't find it in...
• Re: Radiator Fan Speed HIGH only
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:19:51 -0300
  What does the radiator resistor look like?? I was just at the junk yard and I took out the left head light (of a...
• Re: Speedometer/Odometer connections
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:14:20 -0700
  ...There is a empty place for another resistor on the 86+ foil and putting that resistor in converts it to an 85 foil as...
• Re: Inoperative front blower issue.
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:19:54 -0500
  It could be the main fuse, the blower switch, the blower motor or the speed resistor pack. There actually is a hidden (soldered-in...
• Re: Single Speed on Front Heater Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:56:55 -0500
  There is a resistor involved in the circuit with several wires connected to it coming from the switch. The high setting usually bypasses the...
• Re: fan blowing fuse
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Tue, 9 May 2000 13:23:12 -0400
  ...A one-ohm resistor would limit the current to about 12 amps max; a two-ohm resistor would bring it into the 10-amp...
• Re: LED turn signals blinking fast
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:26:05 -0400
  ...you have to add a > 470 ohm resistor, or use a standard bulb at one end and an LED at the > other." > > > > My question...
• Re: LED replacement for westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 05:45:02 -0400
  ...On my panel I added a 5M pot to the feedback resistor so I could crank up the gain, because the green flame LED...
• Re: radiator cooling fan series resistance
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 4 Jul 2005 20:05:58 -0400
  ...http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251971284H The ballast resistor drops the voltage sent to the fan to give it a lower speed. These...
• Re: ECU fixed! was: spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:26:57 -0600
  ...I could see some heat damaged solder joints > where a big resistor was soldered into the main board. With my ohm meter > I determined...
• Re: rough running
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:00:39 -0500
  ...If all that stuff is OK, I don't _know_, but it _sounds_ like maybe there's a bad spot in the variable resistor...
• Re: I am stumped
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:26:12 -0400
  ...Some coils had resistors built in. As a experement go to flaps and get a "ballist resistor" for a older Chrysler products car. They...
• Re: Vanagon Radiator Fan Resistor Available at Van-Again
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:54:44 -0600
  On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Ken Wilford wrote: > The resistor has been discontinued by VW a couple of years ago. I...
• Re: Resistor for LED turn signal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Aug 2019 02:14:58 -0400
  ...What is the easiest way of doing > that?? > > I thought about adding a resistor, inline between a male and female > spade, > > and then patching...
• Re: Resistor for LED turn signal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:15:40 -0400
  ...What is the easiest way of doing that?? > I thought about adding a resistor, inline between a male and female spade, > and then patching...
• Re: Radiator fan debacle (86 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:40:37 -0700
  ...It's a BIG resistor. And resistors, by their >> very nature produce heat. > > Sure they do. But the amount they produce is quantifiable and...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:08:15 -0500
  ...if 1 MV is applied > across an ideal ohms law resistor with a value of, say, 500,000 ohm (100 > ohm), characteristic of a...
• FW: Rad fan speeds
  Historical mailing list - Woten, Rodney
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:35:20 -0500
  ...I'm pretty sure my fan > resistor's bad. In fact, I have a new one on the way already. Given > that the resistor...
• Blue highbeam indicator success
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:32:20 -0400
  I picked up a blue LED from Neutron electronics and some wire and a 40pak of resistors from Radio shack today. Using David Beierl...
• Re: Tail light stuffing
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:21:32 -0400
  At 08:35 AM 9/24/03 -0700, you wrote: >When the tail lights are on, current flows through 2 >resistors in series, so...
• Re: Radiator fan debacle (86 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:46:19 -0400
  ...It's a BIG resistor. And resistors, by their >>very nature produce heat. > > Sure they do. But the amount they produce is quantifiable and...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 17:08:37 -0400
  ...Those are resistors, and the lines are where the trimming laser burned away parts of the resistor to increase its resistance to the correct...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 00:17:10 -0500
  ...on the >> other hand, if current in a resistor is studied with increasing detail, >> the picture gets more and more complicated, with all kinds...
• Re: need coil wire 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:27:15 -0600
  ...Many new wire sets of 80-83 wire sets come with a resistor wire (still need the resistor type rotor arm). I've also...
• Re: 2.1 W A/C Radiator Fan Resistor? THANKS !!!
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:39:56 +0000
  ...I've found on the archives, that I may need a Resistor on the Radiator Fan? > Anyone done this replacement? > And, do I have...
• Re: Temp high, no fan ...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:59:07 -0800
  do your van have A/C? it could be the resistor behind the driver side headlight went bad...
• AFM pathology (no legal or medical content)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:52:44 -0700
  ...A laser trimmed resistor stick with eleven taps over to a parallel thick film resistor. Presumably the resistor stick is trimmed to give a...
• Re: NVC: measuring impedance of a speaker?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 01:20:10 -0500
  ...With a non-inductive resistor Z (impedance) should be the same as R at any reasonable frequency, so multiply that by the ratio. Since...
• Re: Resistor PN # 022 906 079
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 18:44:01 -0600
  ...The Official VW Suggest Retail Price List book lists > this part > as a resistor. > > The connector attached to it has 5 terminals. There seem...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:38:52 -0500
  ...Yes, they both use the series resistor. I missed the Vanagon as still being air cooled. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:00:41 -0400
  ...13V less 2.6V is 10.4V dropped across the resistor. Since the current you desire is 50mA (.05 Amps) and R=V/I...
• Re: fan speed
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:04:50 -0400
  ...Fan speed resistor, is, I beleive, the proper term. -- Regards, David Bogle Brooklyn '87 Syncro Westfalia
• Re: 82 westy, custom modifying circut to run cooler (?)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:20:33 -0700
  ...They're plenty weak as it is...........so on that score, sure .........you might try adding a simple resistor in series, just one ........ to...
• Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 18:08:25 -0700
  ...Adding a resistor to "normalize" the reading has pitfalls. > I'm curious why you presume that the sender that in your words died was...
• Re: Radiator Fan Speed HIGH only
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 01:44:29 +0200
  EMZ wrote: > > Will not find it unless you have AC?? What do you mean? I have the > > resistor behind the headlight, and I definitely...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:19:20 -0700
  Just get a used stock fan and its 4 speed resistor/wiring from 86+ air conditioning. I pull them from junked vans for this...
• Re: [WetWesties] hot-not-start
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:38:29 -0400
  ...I had similar troubles on my '81 with a Hot Spark, until I added a ballast resistor. No problem now.
• Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:22:50 -0700
  ...It's the same as a resistor, and >> if the capacitor is being charged through another resistor until it >> reaches the shutoff trigger voltage...
• Re: LEDs in 12V systems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:01:08 -0500
  ...This may produce very high currents if no limiting resistor is used. The current would not be infinite as the equations imply, because the...
• Re: Glow Plug Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  18 Jul 1995 10:05:07 -0700
  ...If you use a LED with seperate current limiting resistor, put the resistor between the "+" leg of the LED and the wire you have...
• Diagnosing Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:10:36 -0800
  ...It is a gray resistor-looking component it looks like it says 56R 10% Is this simply a 56-ohm resistor? Note: I took...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:51:21 -0400
  Well, if I search their site I with the word Widerstand (which is what google tells me is the German word for resistor) I...
• Re: rewiring '87 foil for an '85 single oil pressure system?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:25:48 -0800
  Yes, you jumper the foil plug with a 470 ohm resistor. That is what the factory left out or put in to enable the...
• Re: ECU fixed! was: spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:01:53 -0700
  ...Thursday, April 15, 2010, 3:37 PM Yes, for the resistor legs I used a solder sucker to clean out the old solder and...
• Re: reducing westy water faucet velocity
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:36:09 -0400
  I haven't done it, but I don't see why you couldn't wire a resistor into the power supply for the pump...
• more dashlight led musings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:54:45 -0800
  ...Doh, its obvious of course, but that means calculations of resistor value for led should be based on 12.65-14 V and not...
• Re: AC blower motor resistor? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:49:49 -0400
  Friend of mine recently had #2 fan position not working. Turned out to be the dashboard switch. Warren C.