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• Re: Injectors not firing ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:16:58 +0000
  ...Are the injectors getting the 12 volt supply? If you are getting good spark, all the wiring is good, and 12 volts is at...
• 12 V interior fans
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:53:15 -0400
  ...I went out today to Pep-Boys and Kragens and they did not carry 12 Volt interior fans. Does anyone know where to buy...
• Re: What voltage do injectors need to fire?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 17:23:16 -0700
  ...I know you can harm the injectors by putting 12 volts to them. Use a 12V test light to see if a signal is...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 09:38:06 -0400
  12 volt fridge operation? The short answer is just don't bother with it- propane is your friend. I'm speaking from 17 years...
• Re: fridge fan
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:07:08 -0400
  ...Also put the 12 volt trans to operate it on 110 volt with a three position switch. After using it on several ocasions i...
• Re: Westy Fridge - Aux Battery vs Propane
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:32:20 -0600
  ...1) I realize you are suppose to operate the fridge on 12 volts, >while enroute, but could you safely use propane? >2) approximately how...
• Re: 12 V interior fans
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:29:59 -0600
  ...turn your old bus into a laser light show! Runs on 12 volts, has a 3rd wire for adding a pot adjuster for speed...
• Re: Dometic fridge wiring question (diagram supplied)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:23:24 -0700
  ...To keep the fridge 12 volts on the main battery also means keeping the kitchen on the main battery. That means the led panel...
• rear wiper won't work
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:14:41 -0400
  ...When I test it I'm supposed to get 12 volts for a wipe, then 0 volts for a few seconds, then 12 volts...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 10:02:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...82 vanagon. > I went to Kmart and bought a $7.00 12-volt fan. I then removed the grill > on the cabinet beside our...
• Fridge; 110 V won't work ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 27 May 2006 23:21:12 -0700
  ...The 12 Volt is there too. The book is not telling anything either. Any knowledge? Zoltan
• Re: 12-volt LCD monitors for DVD?
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:32:54 -0800
  I've got an old 15" computeer LCD that I got for free. My plan was to hook it up to my portable DVD...
• Re: [WetWesties] Solar Package Link Needed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 May 2015 18:58:35 -0700
  ...This one? http://www.solarblvd.com/Solar-Panels- <http://www.solarblvd.com/Solar-Panels-&-Systems-12-Volt-Solar-Kits/c1_272/p2747/12-Volt...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 07:59:53 -0500
  ...If > you can't find 12 volts on one of these then you are doing something > wrong and not finding 12 volts on the...
• 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:02:47 -0800
  ...Since this wire is #12, and NC engine off, it would be prime for a 12 Volt outlet tucked up on RH side of...
• Re: [WetWesties] Mechanical Lesson Learned On the Road (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:44:17 -0800
  ...starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > Roger, many have suggested this book "Managing 12 Volts" as a great book > for those that are trying to get...
• Re: westy auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 14:49:26 -0800 (PST)
  Michael Heron writes: > > along a similar vein: > > i would also like to put an additional 12 volt deep cycle battery in my > buses (65...
• Re: nightime visability
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Aug 94 12:46:01 ADT
  ...mounted on the front end of a older Westy, with a 12 volt worklight inside. Shone like the devil, visible a long way off...
• Relocating ECU
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:38:32 +0800
  ...Would it be advisable to relocate the ECU inside the passenger compartment below the rear seat and then installing 12 volt computer fans to...
• Re: Auxiliary Gas Heater Power
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:33:05 EST
  ...many hours before it draws down the Optima? >> of course its 12 volts.... and the gas heater can already be used when the engine...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:20:59 -0800
  ...The bulbs were standard 12 volt double filaments. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday...
• Re: windshield washer fluid pump...........conundrum
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:42:14 -0800
  ...new pump, full tank of fluid, 12 volt test lamp glows at the end of the wires when the switch is triggered. I finally...
• Re: 12-volt LCD monitors for DVD?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 17:57:30 +0000
  ...Our > > > little portable DVD player has a similarly little screen > and we were > > > wondering if there are standalone 12-volt LCD monitors -- not > > > televisions...
• windshield washer fluid pump...........conundrum
  Historical mailing list - Bassim Dowidar
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:56:33 -0800
  ...pulled plug off pump - voltmetered the ends with my brother triggering the pump from inside = 12 volts 5. connected pump while attached to container...
• Fuel Transfer Pump recomendations
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:38:52 +0000
  ...in my 90 Westy and I'm not happy with the 12 volt Fuel Transfer Pump that came with the kit. I think the...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt ac more seriously-Note
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 May 2011 15:07:55 -0400
  At 02:11 PM 5/15/2011, Jeff Schwaia wrote: >Don't know about the Thermo King, but the Red Dot that I linked...
• fridge LED power source
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sun, 16 May 2004 15:52:48 -0600
  ...both.) But on 12 V it must be fed directly with 12 volts, but I can't figure it out from the wiring diagrams...
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:19:06 -0500
  ...To deliver 900 watts at 12 volt you need (900/12=75) 75 amps of current. Add another 15% for inefficiencies and you can...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:50 -0500
  ---- Jim Ogul <jimogul70@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > On Craigslist here there is a Dometic chest type cooler that runs on AC, 12 > volt and propane...
• a few more bus bits to go
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:18:09 -0500
  ...sale sand blasted, rims are in primer 1968 -> type III clock 12 volt 1962 type III clock 6 volt radio block off plate oval...
• Dometic on 12 volts?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:38:46 -0600
  Vanagoneers, How long should I expect an Optima 12v deep cycle battery to last with the fridge on it? Also when I wired up...
• Re: Westy Fridge - Aux Battery vs Propane
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 20:02:07 -0700
  ...1) I realize you are suppose to operate the fridge on 12 volts, while > enroute, but could you safely use propane? > 2) approximately how...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:27:22 -0700
  ...here is a 12 volt re-chargeable Lithium-ion, Group 24 100 A/H battery: http://www.valence.com/assets/pdf/ucharge_rt_data...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 20:00:59 -0400
  ...For the most part I use the 12 volt during long drives where I plan to make multiple stops for fuel. Not a good...
• Re: LED electrical questions (Building a Sylvania "Dot-Its" unit)
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:53:37 -0700
  ...I know, as many will point out, that the batteries do last a long while, but I like to have everything wired to 12...
• Electric Cool Box - Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:29:45 +0100
  I have recently bought a 12 volt battery operated cool box (about the size of a 15" PC monitor) for my campervan . The idea...
• Re: Camp stove input requested
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:54:54 +0000
  ...3-seater rear bench folding to >Removable 110/12 Volt Ice Box >Second 12 volt battery >Folding side table, integrated >Cupholders for passengers in...
• Re: Must be winter's coming /f
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Oct 1996 22:04:54 -0700 (PDT)
  ...heaters, and the annual discussion about the impossibility of > any kind of useful 12 volt heater, it must be getting close to winter!! > I...
• Re: Electrical Wire Gauge Conversion Tables URL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 03:51:20 -0500
  At 11:11 PM 12/13/2001, Mike Moery wrote: >Does anyone know of an amperage capacity table for 12 volt dc systems? http...
• in search of
  Historical mailing list - Jessup Coffin
  Thu, 29 May 2003 08:10:46 -0400
  ...Anyone have some good suggestions for twelve volt portable ranges and small 12 volt freezers? Suggestions for great sites to visit across the country...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:28:05 -0800
  ...COM >> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 4:05 PM >> Subject: Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent) >> >> Yes. :) >> >> There will >> also be a...
• Re: recommended vw/vanagon mechanic in NE portland or.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:27:43 -0800
  ...Before measuring for 12 volts on your van check that you can measure 9 volts on your little 9 volt battery. This will give...
• Fwd: Re: Front Heater shutoff options
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sat, 26 May 2012 11:35:07 -0700
  ...Does this mean it's 12 volt and could be directly wired into the van without an adapter?
• Re: (f) How many Type II'ers . . .
  Historical mailing list - IC helpdesk
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 14:15:50 -0400
  ...6 or 12 volt?? volta-a-drop?? hehehehehe
• Re: Source for 12V LED interior lights?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:50:33 -0400
  Here is a Canadian source for some 12 volt marine lighting, I like the looks of the first one in the list that also...
• Fridge Relay
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 09:09:46 -0400
  ...If you want the option to run the fridge off 12 volts when the van is parked (like at a gas station on a...
• Re: Seeking warmth in my Westy
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:03:19 -0700
  ...If 1440 / 12 volts =120 amp hours > is true, > and I think it is then the average battery should do it. > Actually having a...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:51:36 -0500
  ...3:53 PM, Scott Daniel wrote: > > > Basically you want to get 12 volts to the 'trigger terminal' on the > > starter solenoid. > > That terminal has...
• Re: electrical experts: voltage drop and the fridge theory.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:53:17 -0500
  ...The only difference with the 12 volt is that there is no thermostat control. The major drawback of the 12 volt is that when...
• Re: Dometic Refrigerator -- 1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:32:32 -0400
  ...The frige works on A/C and 12 volt but she is unable to get it to function on propane. Anyone have any suggestions...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:59:38 -0800
  Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:53:35 -0800 Neil ably typed: A backup light might've prevented this: https://sites.google.com/site...
• Re: What do you cook when camping?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:11:54 -0400
  ...I was pondering the 12 volt pizza oven for reheating lasagna, but haven't decided I need to go that route yet.
• AC stopped working
  Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:27:35 PDT
  ...Get a valuable tool - 12 Volt probe tester at the local part store. One with an alligator clip on one end and a sharp...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 07:47:23 -0700
  ...It should be 12 volts, key of and stay 12 volts when key is on and above 10 while cranking. If neither relay clicks...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Sep 2008 to 4 Sep 2008 - Special issue (#2008-966)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:27:17 -0700
  ...6 watt bulb on 12 volts draws a 1/2 amp, 12 > watt lamp on 12 volts draws 1 amp. 24 watt lamp on...
• Re: LED electrical questions (Building a Sylvania "Dot-Its" unit)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:41:08 -0700
  ...I know, as many will point out, >>> that the batteries do last a long while, but I like to have everything wired >>> to 12...
• Re: Bentley & Flywheels
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:55:36 -0500
  ...12 volt flywheel, >> you have a 12 volt starter to fit it, but are the diameters the same, or >> will a 12 volt flywheel...
• Re: Shower from sink set up
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:56:33 -0400
  ...Shower from sink set up > > My plan is to by a second westy water (sink) reservoir submersible > 12 volt pump and a length of...
• Portable Dometic 120VAC/12VDC/Propane Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:13:31 -0800
  ...Versatile 3-way refrigerators gives you 33 liters of food storage capacity and runs on propane, 120-volt AC or 12-volt DC power...
• Re: 12 Volt Halogens (was RE: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome))
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 06:14:32 -0800 (PST)
  12v Halogens are available from: 1. JC Whitney (a halogen dome light, bulb for back up lights usable elsewhere) and other FLAPS. 2. Home...