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• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:04:49 -0700
  ...For starters, after they get warm the actual voltage drop is closer to 1.1 volt. At 90 amps, the isolater is dissapating almost...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Mar 2016 11:01:37 -0500
  ...With no load the voltage may not be regulated to the set point. Your cheap meter may just be seeing and displaying peak voltages...
• Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:11:53 -0400
  ...In idle the volt meter bounces back and forth between 0 and 0.6 volt. During acceleration under load (A/C compressor on) the...
• Re: lights dim since 6 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 15:37:36 -0500
  At 13:48 4/1/2000, Jeffrey R wrote: >After completing most of the conversion to change my 83.5 Westfalia from 12 >volt...
• Re: Need Someone to test a Battery Saver
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:33:09 -0500
  ...I set the switch off to 11 and the switch on to 13.5 volts, not far below the charging voltage of just about...
• Re: higher power low beams
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 22:14:30 -0500
  ...The new wiring harness for the SA lights showed a voltage drop of .11 volts vs. a voltage drop of .42 - .75 volts for...
• Re: Is there a such thing as a POD mountable DIGITAL voltmeter?
  Historical mailing list - The Blackhams
  Sun, 14 May 2000 23:23:49 -0600
  Wouldn't you need to mount another O2 sensor (or at least unplug it from the ECU) to adequately measure this minute voltage adequately...
• Re: fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 23:58:40 -0600
  ...5.5 volts dc(varying up and down a bit, less > than 1 volt), spray the top of the o2 sensor and got water...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:05:38 -0800
  ...it makes no > difference whether we say the voltage is 12 V on one side of the resistor and > 0 volts on the other...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:08:28 -0500
  ...double the voltage and the current doubles; halve the voltage and the current drops to half; reverse the voltage and the current changes sign...
• Re: Battery isolator vs combiner??
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 19:40:55 -0700
  ...Here are the voltage measurements I get on my '90 westy with the 90 amp alternator. Engine compartment: voltage at alternator: 14.84 voltage...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage, homemade voltmeter
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:31:11 -0700
  ...charging voltage, standby battery reserve > etc.. -------------------------- reply -------------------- It's a simple voltmeter. I use, and everybody else also, the National Semiconductor (or equivalent) LM...
• Re: Fridge=Beer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:09:45 -0800
  The other option is to repair the 12 volts fridge wiring so it works well on 12 volts like it did when new. I...
• 85 Westy Brakelight Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:25:07 -0600
  ...With no load, there would be no current, hence no voltage drop across the switch, and I would read 12 volts. It's not...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:11:27 -0700
  ...If you see normal charging voltage of 13.6 volts on the aux battery with the engine running and the inverter connected, but it...
• Re: aux. battery wiring and ACR issues
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:10:44 -0800
  ...As it gets colder > voltage tends to go up. Orin reality voltage goes down as temperature > increases. If using the van for long trips...
• aux battery doesn't charge
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:32:40 -0800
  ...The engine battery is getting 14+ volts but it doesn't seem as though the aux battery is getting any voltage. Is there a...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:00:24 -0700
  ...What do you think the voltage drop profile will look like in your circuit? Maybe a bit of a dimming then off? Leds don...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 4 Mar 2016 16:45:31 -0500
  ...Was the fan connected to the power supply when you measured its voltage? The open circuit voltage of a power supply is usually considerably...
• Re: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:31:48 -0500
  ...14 to .18 volts. my fan comes on at >.12 >> volts. when I first start my vehicle in the morning I read 1.25...
• Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:14:21 -0800
  ...DMM shows 11.8 Volts (not a huge Voltage drop). I expected a larger Voltage drop when cranking starter. Last night, the small booster...
• Fixed: Re: 1.5 Volt only at clock
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:02:20 -0700
  ...My analogue clock is supplied by B+ (no voltage regulator involved) so voltage at clock should be the same or close to voltage at...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:08:14 -0400
  I tried to provide an extremely simplified explanation of why there is a measurable voltage on the O2 sensor lead for those that do...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 13:45:23 -0600
  ...If there is enough > interest I will look into making another lot. > These are custom, single purpose voltmeters so I could make them > read...
• High beam not working
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:09:31 -0500
  ...Checking the voltage with the high beam switch on, I get just under twelve volts at brown and white on the socket. With the...
• Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:20:52 -0500
  ...Also it measures >the voltage *at the alternator* instead of at the battery >so when the electrical load is high, the voltage drop >across...
• Re: product report
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:03:33 -0400
  ...but my initial experiance (didn't read manual) was it displayed volts as 14.5 in 2 digit (dot) 1 digit >>> <vw4x4@fyi.net...
• Re: 86 digifant running rich
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 08:16:32 -0500
  Hi Michael, Check the voltage of the O2 sensor it should be bouncing above and below 0.5 volt. If it reads higher than...
• FW: results of tests for Das Boot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:59:34 -0600
  ...I read 10.5 to 11 volts at this point. The coil voltage is about 6 volts with the ignition on. Grounding the center...
• Re: Normal Voltage readings for 2nd battery?
  Historical mailing list - john gebhardt
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:58:29 -0800
  ...Use of accessories will drop voltage - so that with both heater fans, headlights, stereo, etc - it may be 12.9 or 13.0V. When...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:29:39 -0600
  ...If you see normal charging voltage of 13.6 volts on the aux battery with the engine running and the inverter connected, but it...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Tue, 7 May 2002 06:57:49 -0500
  ...I get the van too normal operating temperature (OS is plug); I >unplug the OS and test voltage to this one (ground the negative...
• Re: more coolant blinker probs.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:14:40 -0400
  ...If it gets below ?11.5? volts or so the gauge regulator will fall out of regulation and reduce the voltage to the gauges...
• Re: POST: Steering Column Volt Meter
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 15:35:45 -0400
  ...On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com> wrote: > Steering Column Volt Meter which will display levels of...
• Van Life by Voltaic Systems
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 16:37:03 +0000
  I recently sprang for the Voltaic Systems solar laptop charger/battery combo.  Now I'm on their email list and recently discovered they have...
• Re: CIS-E fuel injection help needed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:44:52 -0400
  ...the more crosses across the .45 volt mark the better. .45 volts is the voltage that the oxygen sensor would put out if your...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 03:27:47 -0500
  ...Open loop voltage is very stable True. >and should be in the .5 volt range. Anything consistenly above .8 or >below .3 volts needs...
• Improved Voltage Regulator (more volts) For Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Dec 1995 11:41:15 -0500
  ...Transpo does make another regulator that >the set voltage is 14.5 volts. They also make a regulator that will fit Wow. Excellent. >your...
• Re: Laptop Power Consumption?
  Historical mailing list - Billy
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:27:34 -0800
  ...the power requirment is listed as 16 > Volts / 2.6 amps > > On the bottom of the 12 Volt to 16 Volt Laptop Power Converter...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:02:55 -0400
  ...With nothing connected there is a voltage between the lead >and ground most likely the bias voltage or forward drop of the >base-emitter...
• Re: Alternators
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 10:59:37 -0700
  ...in winter, headlights on, heater fan on, re fogger on, wipers on, the voltage can drop ( as measured on fuse panel) to the high...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:21:58 -0700
  ...consider this in a 12 volt DC circuit. Ideally ....the circuit itself consumes no voltage.. let's say the conductors are large or 'perfect...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:00:32 -0500
  ...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: Charging system...
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:29:10 -0500
  ...You should see around 13 volts. Then turn off the engine, and crank it with the voltmeter across the battery. The voltage should drop...
• Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:23:15 -0500
  I was wiring up my new VDO volt gauge and accidentally shorted the (+) feed to my oil pressure gauge(popping a fuse) I finished...
• Re: '71 Hard Start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:26:21 -0300
  ...Putting a voltmeter across the battery terminals and reading the volts when someone starts then revs up Ramona will show if all is well...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:38:19 -0400
  ...Locate the point where ten volts changes to zero volts and you have found the problem. > thanks again You're welcome. Yrs, d
• Volts Wagon on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 01:41:27 -0800
  There is something funny on Ebay- Volts Wagon curtains. Could it be the electric Vanagon? I've heard about heated seats, but heated curtains...
• Installing Dash Volt-Meter?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 19:18:04 -0500
  I'd really like to install a dash volt-meter in my '84. Has anybody done anything like this? Any opinions on what kind...
• Re: dim lights when revved
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sun, 30 Oct 94 23:31:59 CST
  ...or maybe an over- voltage? maybe the setup is putting out too much voltage for the little voltage regulator on the printed circuit foil...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:56:33 -0700
  Hi Larry, For those calculations I used 12.6 volts only as a way to derive a rough measure of ampere-hours from the...
• Re: '86 still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:22:16 -0600
  ...It shows an >> erratic output ranging from 0.3 volts to 1.8 volts. The readings don't >> change when the mixture is enriched...
• Re: lights dim since 6 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 19:19:06 -0800
  ...lights dim since 6 volt conversion > My transmission went cross country and the only thing wired was ME! > > Karl Wolz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:02:13 -0400
  ...The voltage is a compromise. Note the usual gassing voltage of ~2.37 v/pc, (14.2v). Charging a battery at this voltage through...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:46:59 -0400
  ...Virtue of this is you get a fairly constant voltage. Otherwise, a resistor...you want to drop say 10.5 volts at two amps...
• Re: Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:53:32 -0500
  At 12:15 AM 12/22/2011, John Lauterbach wrote: >Any suggestions on next steps? Unplug it again, stick a digital voltmeter* on 2...
• Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 1 May 2011 12:24:16 -0700
  ...Pulling the arm, I got 12 Volt reading but the motor won't run. Took it out, tried it with a battery's power...
• Re: Low Alternator Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:00:44 PDT
  ...This is said to cure the >low-voltage output of the BOSCH alternator. > >I've noticed a few posts on the low voltage of...
• Re: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:49:19 -0700
  Actually, a normal lead-acid car battery should read 12.65 volts OCV (open circuit voltage) when fully charged. A gell cell battery will...
• Conversion to 240 Volt from 110 Volt external Elect hookup
  Historical mailing list - Dodgy Bugga
  Sun, 16 May 2004 19:44:47 +0100
  ...over to UK three pin plugs so I can run 240 Volt equipment as opposed to 110Volts or if it would take a lot...