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• 12 volt refre question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 09:32:22 -0400
  ...If i volt meter the wires from the battery its 12 but when i plug the fridge in, the volts drop (like the heater...
• Re: Multi Meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 8 Dec 2013 13:35:16 -0600
  That's why my dad, a great electrical engineer, when anyone asked which type of meter they should buy, was "Both. And learn how...
• Re: Custom VDO/Sunpro or other brand Guages for Oil Temp, Water Temp, Volt Meter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 21 May 2009 16:27:54 -0400
  ...temp gauge like you suggest > with the dual batteries and the volt meter. I'd be having an oil > pressure gauge in there as...
• Re: Engine install question
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:06:34 -0700
  ...He says it should put out 14.5 or so on a volt meter and mine is putting out 13.3 or so. Any...
• Re: Voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Vince So
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:41:22 -0700
  ...installing a VDO Cockpit voltmeter > > somewhere in the cabin area.... Any suggestions? > > I have a tiny little digital battery meter made by Whistler that...
• Testing for Battery Shorts
  Historical mailing list - Bill Prats
  Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:48:42 -0700
  ...The voltage should not go below 12.5 volts. If it is lower, sorry but the battery has gone soft. Reconnect the battery. 2...
• Re: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:40:25 -0400
  ...I have a cheap RS analog meter as my Digitool meter output. I am going to use my Fluke as a check tomorrow. Yes...
• Re: Alternators
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:38:44 -0700
  ...Anyway, same meters and same methodology used throughout. Engine on Battery 14.4 Alternator 14.53 I’d like less voltage drop but I...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:04:41 -0700
  ...In my electronics work, I use digital meters to measure voltages and currents which are not moving rapidly, but there are times when a...
• Re: buzzing fuel pump - addtional info
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 05:58:27 -0600
  Hi David, Put a volt meter across the fuel pump terminals and measure the voltage. You should have 12 -14 volts. Be sure you...
• Re: How to check if the Alternator is damaged or broken
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:18:35 -0500
  ...use a meter to measure the voltage across the battery with the engine running. at idle, especially running accersories and lights, the output volatge...
• Re: Fridge wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:24:46 -0700
  You should set the meter to low ohms scale and see a reading in the low single digits on the 12 volt heater element...
• Vanagon ECU Settings
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 13:15:45 +0000
  ...The only real test is to do what you and I did, run Darrel's Digi-tool, or a volt meter while driving the...
• Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:14:46 -0700
  ...So I got out my handy dandy Radio Shack digital meter today and began poking around. I find lots of Volts. Dunno what it...
• Re: Voltage/mixture sensor, testing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:14:54 -0700
  ...Attach a digital voltmeter to the sensor. Hold the flame of the torch on the sensor and watch the meter. What you are looking...
• Re: no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:26:38 -0400
  ...in on position, negative terminal of meter attached to engine ground: 1. coil (+) should be at battery voltage (a bit more than 12 V...
• FW: Euro-Drive: 90 Volkswagen Vanagon, Poor-idle/Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:00:46 -0400
  ...Hot, Under load, Idle ____________________________________________________________ Set up all the gear fuel gauge, volt meter to O2, Fluke to distibutor watch wave pattern, do voltage drops...
• Re: product report
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:23:40 -0400
  ...There looks to be a very small bar graph as the volt meter, ONLY.. No actual numbers. To me this is useless. Eric Daniel...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome??? Curve is volts, not ohms.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:16:55 -0400
  ...from an ohm meter. But if you put 5, 9, 10, or 12v across the whole pot. and use a voltmeter, you should see...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:34:26 -0400
  ...running? It should be close to a half volt with a digital or sensitive analog meter. If it's zero, the lead is shorted...
• Re: Wiring for sink, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:52:04 -0700
  Assuming your volt meter or test light was connected to a good ground point and that the fuse holder contacts are clean, (with a...
• Battery Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:06:13 -0700
  ...put my ohm meter on it and a ground and have nearly a direct connection. When I put my DC voltmeter between the battery...
• Re: Battery light on...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:22:35 -0400
  ...Get a volt-ohm meter and put it on your battery. It should read around 13.2 volts. Then start the car (if it...
• Re: Window washer troubleshooting 1987 GL 2-wheel drive Westy
  Historical mailing list - Preston Grimes
  Wed, 17 May 2006 06:29:34 -0700
  ...I was expecing 12 volts. I > suspect I read the meter incorrectly, but there was definitely current. >
• Re: ammeter question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:35:52 -0700
  ...An amp meter is actually measuring the voltage drop across a shunt of known resistance but a very small resistance. On 3/19/07...
• Re: Surepower 1315 and charging issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 5 May 2009 21:50:59 -0700
  ...So I went down to the >> garage to grab my battery charger and volt meter. The charger was >> connected directly to the aux battery...
• Re: How do you tell how much juice a battery has/?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:03:55 -0800
  ...BTW, I'm using a Voltminder also and find it a great value for the dollar. Especially after having created my own similar meter...
• Warning confirmed Re: gfci outlet buzzes with inverter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:19:54 -0400
  ...I used three instruments to measure -- a 10,000 ohms per volt analog meter, a 10 megohm true-RMS digital, and an electrician's...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:28:13 -0400
  ...meter leads are connected to each of the two wires going to the heater rod. By measuring volts there, you have confirmed that voltage...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:26:32 -0400
  ...Apply a voltage and the ECU will lean the engine out. So if disconnect the O2 sensor from the ECU and put a meter...
• Re: VDO Guages not working
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 12:07:25 -0400
  ...You can test to make sure the sender is working by hooking it up to a volt meter and then holding the sender ring...
• Re: Which Digital Multi-meter?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:02:46 -0800
  ...very quickly like system voltage. If you want to see how much your O2 sensor is fluctuation an analog meter is much superior. I...
• Re: Multi Meter
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Dec 2013 08:10:34 -0500
  ...It seems to update its voltage reading quite rapidly which I found helpful in checking an O2 sensor recently. In general, for automotive use...
• Re: Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:45:42 -0400
  At 08:42 PM 9/9/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >I have a Ken Lewis O2 meter and during the initial open-loop...
• Re: Poor running when O2 disconnected
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:40:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...Put an appropriate wrench in the idle air mixture adjusting screw and an volt meter on the disconnected O2 sensor. Screw the wrench all...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:49:01 -0700
  ...You can use an alalog > meter if you do not have a digital one. Just make sure to set it to > AC volt and...
• Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:36:23 -0700
  ...I put the meter on the battery cable at the batt cable/alternator junction at the starter, 13-14v. My thinking is 14 volts...
• Windshield washer blockage
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:21:27 -0800
  ...I get voltage to the motor when the washer is activated, I have continuity thru the motor when I checked it with the meter...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:43:34 -0400
  ...O2 sensor >disconnected from ECU input and meter input. Meter input and ECU input >still connected together, meter sat steady at midscale. Unless, as...
• Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:55:28 -0800
  ...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: wasserboxer tune-up report, part 1
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 10:39:26 -0600 (MDT)
  ...next step to lower the open loop sensor voltage will be to > increase air flow meter spring tension a notch. i am currently > "Techron...
• Bad in town Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:17:51 -0700
  ...So if you want to experiment put a volt meter on the O2 sensor black lead and time how long the system is in...
• Re: auxillary battery losing charge in 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:27:03 -0400
  Several List members responded with good suggestions to my question but one suggested I get a meter and measure the actual voltage on my...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:39:10 -0700
  ...Injector > firing signal > > do you know how to check continuity with a volt-ohm meter ? > essential to checking wiring harness continuity. > the less expensive...
• Re: Radio Install
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:14:48 -0700
  ...To do > >this you will need a volt-ohm meter (multi-meter). Pull that plastic > >cover off the underside of the steering column (assuming...
• Re: No injector spray pattern
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:28:46 -0500
  ...The injectors are pulsed, so even if they get full > voltage when pulsed on, the meter will average the voltage down. You > would need...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:40:46 -0700
  ...Anyway, same meters and same methodology used throughout. > > Engine on > > Battery 14.4 > Alternator 14.53 > > I’d like less voltage drop but I...
• Re: Weekend project started on Friday
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Sat, 6 Jun 2015 07:00:33 -0700
  ...I am next going to drill a similar hole right beside that, and install the volt-meter. I have some �on-off-on� toggle...
• 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
  ...good charge while driving the > previous day. > > Measuring voltage at the dash with a meter of unknown accuracy is not > very helpful unless there...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:17:29 -0700
  ...pins since I can keep 1 or 2 clipped on my volt meter leads so I always have them when I want them. The...
• Re: Is there a such thing as a POD mountable DIGITAL voltmeter?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 15 May 2000 08:09:18 -0400
  ...This was Basic Electronics 101 - what you are looking for is a range switch to convert the gage to read 0 - 15 volts or...
• 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
  ...By the way, CB (Claudes buggies)) sells a dash mounted air/fuel mixture gauge (Volt Meter). Let me know what you find out. Have...
• Re: Solar controller question..semi off topic.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:47:50 -0700
  ...Plus it's more reassuring to see the higher voltage on the meter all day :) Note that I am probably not pumping as much...
• Re: Fw: Auxillary battery not charging
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 07:48:55 -0700
  ...put a volt meter to your actuator wires to make sure you have the right ones... should only be hot when the engine is...
• Re: Sunday afternoon VDO gauge project
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 May 2000 01:47:23 EDT
  ...I installed a VDO Volt Meter and a VDO temprature gauge. The only problem is the viewing angle - I can't read VOLT or...
• Re: LCD Digital Voltmeter display
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:10:11 -0900
  ...your favorite 12 V accessory Has anyone ever found a good source for a cheap LCD Digital Voltmeter display to monitor the battery voltage...
• FW: Air Meter Capacitor sawp??? Need info....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:25:19 -0400
  ...with the air flow meter but a local VW service person use a oscilloscope to monitor the output voltage from the resistor wiper that...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:19:33 -0800
  Where exactly are you putting each of the meter probes? Does it drop to zero volts when the pedal is released? The brake switches...
• Re: sensor not hot enough
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:16:44 -0500
  ...Before that time, the O2 sensor produces voltage, but it's erratic. I installed one of Ken Lewis' O2 sensor volt meters on my...
• Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:29:16 EST
  ...12/24 Volt LCD Voltage Meter - Camping World_ (http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm/Outdoor-and-RV-Accessories/19983/skunum=19983:src...