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• 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: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:21:50 -0700
  ...The problem is that the crummy little internal regulator is lazy and tends towards low voltage. Also it measures the voltage *at the alternator...
• Re: Time to replace headlight?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Dec 2012 02:36:04 -0500
  ...But you need to measure the voltage across the lamp terminals when they're lit, and if it's not within a say half...
• Re Adjust Battery LED Pot
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  28 Nov 1994 15:05:22 U
  ...the green LED functions at 12.5 volts and above; >the yellow below 12.5 volts and the red between 12.5 volts and...
• Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 01:47:12 EDT
  In a message dated 98-08-02 22:57:52 EDT, young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU writes: << monitoring the voltage output of the sensor...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:58:07 -0400
  At 08:43 PM 8/29/2008 -0400, pickle vanagon wrote: >Usually during engine braking it shows 0 volts for me. Once the sensor...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 7 May 2002 09:34:55 -0400
  ...You should see a fluctating voltage between .4 and .7 volts. It never stays steady - always fluctuating above and below .5 volts. If there...
• Oxygen sensor questions...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:21:55 -0800
  ...This was pretty consistent; lotsa time at low/zero volts, short spike to higher voltage, quick return to lower voltage. Average voltage indicated by...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:59:19 -0400
  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: Low Alternator Voltage
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:58:18 MDT
  ...The alternator regulator is more like a voltage sensitive current controller (controlling the alternator output current, not voltage. The battery regulates that), while a...
• Re: alternator output voltage?
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:06:17 -0400
  ...alternator output voltage? > what should the voltage coming off the alterator be? Is is legitimate to > measure this at the alternator or should i...
• 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: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:38:00 -0700
  ...Disconnect the inverter and the voltage at the battery reads 12.x volts again. I don't think it's a bad battery. Since...
• Re: alternators, voltages, rebuild, idiocracy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:22:33 -0600
  ...Start to raise the voltage - the light will come on > faintly and slowly get brighter. As it reaches around 14 volts, the > light should...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---RESOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:43 -0500
  ...Dan On Apr 24, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Mark Drillock wrote: > The temp gauge circuit uses the output of the 10 volt dash...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:07:12 -0400
  ...From 23 Aug 2004 > after they get warm the actual voltage drop is closer to 1.1 volt. Well, I just installed the Hellroaring...
• Re: Volkswagen America says it's changing its name to 'Voltswagen' - CNN
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:16:13 -0700
  ...Volkswagen America says it's changing its name to 'Voltswagen' - CNN > > > > > https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/business/volkswagen-voltswagen-update/index.html >
• Fuel injector operating voltage
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:39:59 -0800
  Is there a source online or one among us who knows the operating voltage of the fuel injectors & cold start valve on my stock...
• 1982 westy voltage drop fix
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:14:20 -0500
  I have been having problems since purchasing my westy with getting enough voltage up to the battery. Tonight after checking all the power wires...
• O2 sensor function
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:51:22 +0000
  ...The O2 sensor is a Galvanic voltage generator producing a low voltage(~0.2V)when lean and a high voltage(~0.8V) when rich...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 09:53:43 -0600
  > At 06:44 PM 2/3/2001, Mark Keller wrote: > >.8 volt or higher, weak vane > >spring setting, malfunctioning fuel pressure regulator too high...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:40:34 -0800
  The voltage drop across the diode is on the order of 0.7vdc. If the alternator is measuring at the alternator rather than the...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:55:43 -0800
  It's aDC circuit - if the harness is still connected, the harness will still have its effect on the cicuit voltage. Only if you...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:39:35 -0800
  ...My 87 loses a volt or so (down to about 12 volts even) though the headlight on/off switch and the column switches. That...
• VDO gauges for sale...(was Re: Installing Dash Volt-Meter?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 23:42:09 EST
  ...Should I try to find one of these and put it it? > > Thanks for any suggestions, > i have some VDO gauges for sale...volt...
• How to modify Bosch regulator for remote sensing.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:15:24 -0400
  This illustrates how to modify a Bosch regulator so that you can take the sensing voltage direct from the battery instead of from inside...
• Re: Original Battery Wire Gauge
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:09:01 -0800
  ...but even with 4/0 AWG the voltage the results are: > 1. voltage drop 1.159 > 2. voltage at load end of circuit is...
• Re: air cooled alternator not charging
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:00:29 -0800
  ...I > am thinking that > there should also be voltage at the (field) side of the plug but there is > none. would i get > Voltage...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:19:49 -0400
  ...I did not >think to measure the voltage after connecting >the fan load. The reading is now 14 Volts. I can >live with that...
• Re: How to modify Bosch regulator for remote sensing.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:57:19 -0700
  One question I have is how high can the regulator be fooled into driving the output voltage of the alternator at the alternator? If...
• Re: Headlight / turn signal problems
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:57:32 -0400
  Kevin, I would check the voltage on all three terminals of the bulb (with chassis as reference). The brown wire should ideally be zero...
• Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:00:06 -0700
  ...12/24 Volt LCD Voltage Meter - Camping >> World_ > > >(http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm/Outdoor-and-RV-Accessories/19983/skunum=19983:src...
• Re: Lowest voltage to stop using fridge
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:28:32 -0600
  ...The fridge will turn itself off at about 11.7 volts IIRC.I'm pretty sure that Richard Jones discovered this before putting in...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:00:30 MDT
  ...The alternator regulator is more like a voltage sensitive current controller (controlling the alternator output current, not voltage. The battery regulates that), while a...
• Re: lights dim since 6 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:11:16 -0700
  ...lights dim since 6 volt conversion > At 13:48 4/1/2000, Jeffrey R wrote: > >After completing most of the conversion to change my...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 23:10:12 -0500
  ...a) Bad sender connection (if open circuit, voltage will be approaching five volts) b) Sender much too high value (not very likely unless moisture...
• Westy fridge 12 volt cooling, was: Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 04:28:55 -0700
  They can cool just fine on 12 volts even if many no longer do. This can usually be remedied. If full voltage and strong...
• Re: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:44:26 EDT
  ...A gell cell battery will read 12.8 volts when fully charged. >> . . . true, once the surface charge has been depleted. George
• alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:43:11 -0800
  My bosch alternator, a rebuild just a few years old, is giving me 13.10 +/- volts at the passenger side (starter) battery terminals. I...
• Re: Electrical checks
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:37:13 -0700
  ...How much voltage depends on the meter settings & meter design. If you're curious, you can measure this voltage with a 2nd meter. However...
• Re: alternators
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Jul 94 18:59:29 CDT
  ...The charging voltage is lower due to the high voltage drop. If all loads are connected on the alternator side, the voltage drop is...
• Re: 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500
  Battery voltage! Controlled by contact on starter solenoid and the "thermal time switch". Very simple circuit but polarity of the two wires on the...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 08:39:57 -0500
  ...With a voltmeter connected to the OXS, you can read this rich state as a voltage near 1 volt. Alternatively, if you connect the...
• Batteries assembly
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:57:29 -0000
  ...My TV works on 12 volts, Sat. TV receiver is 12 volts one, the rest of equipment is 120/220 volts. What is the...
• Re: 6 volts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:04:59 -0700
  ...They are meant to run on 6 >> volts. Any way I can hook them up to run from my Aux battery [I mean >> parallel...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:12:19 -0700
  I think that's marginal resting voltage. I had a 'whole go-around with getting good starter performance on my 85 Adventurwagon, manual trans...
• 87 Vanagon hesitation chapter (3)
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:32:53 -0400
  ...During deceleration above 1250 rpm (fuel gets cut off to the injectors) my volt meter is showing me "negative" 0.05 volts with AC...
• Re: Conversion to 240 Volt from 110 Volt external Elect hookup
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 May 2004 13:13:19 -0700
  ...It is my understanding that the 240 volts AC wiring method is different in the UK than it is in the US for 240...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 21:10:47 -0800
  ...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: Voltage/mixture sensor, testing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:14:54 -0700
  ...Just a 0 - 1 volt voltmeter. I use them when I do propane conversions to set up the mixture. Other than that, I don...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:40:04 -0800
  ...You're right, there must be SOME > concrete relationship between manifold pressure and AFM output voltage, but > no one seems to know what it...
• Re: voltage in water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:56:42 -0700
  ...The combination of a very high impedance voltmeter (such as a good digital voltmeter) and hard water might very well result in enough current...
• Re: Charging voltage is 12.5v : Is this enough?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 May 2009 19:03:04 -0700
  ...With the engine running (charging) the meter show 12.5 > volts at the battery both at idle and at 2K RPMs. I read many...
• Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc. Now have voltage data on wire from oil pressure switch to instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 May 2017 11:18:52 -0400
  ...Ignition switch on 11.83 volts > But no blinking OIL light? Abnormal. > > Engine turned on 0.01 volts oil pressure light flashing > Given the...
• Re: stupid electrical question
  Historical mailing list - Office 2004 Test Drive User
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:58:33 -0600
  ...When I > test it I'm supposed to get 12 volts for a wipe, then 0 volts for an > interval, then 12 volts again...
• the 6->12 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sat, 07 Oct 1995 14:27:51 -0600
  I've noticed a few questions about 6 to 12 volt conversions recently. Here's my experience, plus some stuff from a 1989 VW...
• Re: Oxygen sensor questions...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:47:07 -0500
  ...This was pretty consistent; lotsa time at > low/zero volts, short spike to higher voltage, quick return to lower > voltage. Average voltage indicated by...
• 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...
• Fuel injection trouble
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:24:56 -0400
  ...I had some help and found the injectors were getting voltage but it's incredibly low. It peaks at 4 volts and within two...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:18:01 -0700
  ...I had a fat volt less charging voltage at the battery than at the alternator with engine running and alt. charging. In almost a...