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• Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:31:12 -0500
  ...This tells you that voltage is at least making it to that connector. It does add connections and voltage drop, which might not be...
• Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:52:41 -0700
  ...The charge rate is determined by voltage. Since the >alternator is regulated at a fixed voltage and does not compensate for >battery state of...
• Battery voltage levels, Westy LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 29 Nov 2015 09:35:01 -0800
  ...Can anyone tell me the voltage levels represented by the asserted/de-asserted conditions of the Green, Amber, and Red LEDs (on the stove...
• Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:35:45 +0000
  > > The voltage stabilizers on all three of my '84 models only use the outer > pins. The middle pin is in the air (no female...
• alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:43:11 -0800
  ...I am thinking "new Voltage regulator"...right? When I add rpms or load (turn on headlights) nothing much changes with the voltage. anyone care...
• Re: Electrical problem--Parking lights, side markers and rear markers not working on '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:50:45 -0400
  ...Side marker not receiving voltage. Front parking light receiving voltage. Socket and bulb replaced on front right parking/directional light. Directional worked but still...
• Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:44:59 -0800
  ...I guess you have plugged it to the voltage measurement socket and that's why you got good reading for voltage but always zero...
• Re: No voltage at injectors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:09:10 -0500
  ...No voltage at injectors Hi to all, When it comes to electricals I get dumbfounded. This is a ‘85 Westy with the 1.9...
• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 May 2016 05:04:07 -0400
  ...If the high voltage were not allowed to arc to ground I'd expect the primary voltage to go much higher, which would directly...
• Re: no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:26:38 -0400
  ...coil (+) should be at battery voltage (a bit more than 12 V) with points open; maybe 6 - 10 V with points closed. 2. coil...
• Re: Headlight oddity
  Historical mailing list
  05 Mar 96 16:35:00 EST
  ...When I first start the engine, the alternator light stays on, and voltage at the battery is rght around 11.5 to 12 volts...
• Re: Aux battery tyro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:15:11 -0800
  The voltage dropping Isolator is not a Separator. Different products entirely, though the same company makes both. The 1315 Separator connects full voltage through...
• Re: VDO Gauge Guru - temp vs voltage???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 08:22:16 -0700
  ...My 84 > Westfalia would be +- 0.1V 14.4V while driving down the highway and the > voltage would not change more than 0.2V...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:23:02 -0500
  ...I wonder if the jump to 55% duty cycle is really to compensate for lower available voltage while starting, or to aid starting itself...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - JAIME E FORERO
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:56:08 +0000
  ...Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 12:47 PM If the voltage, measured AT THE BATTERY with a digital volt meter, is less than 10.4...
• RE: MSW plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:59:27 -0700
  ...The purpose of the resistance in a plug wire or plug is to slow the spark voltage rise time. A fast rise in voltage...
• 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...
• More AC woes...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:13:28 -0700
  ...I have a 75 watt PV panel on the roof that was kicking in 4-5 amps all day and still the voltage was...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---RESOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:43 -0500
  ...You > don't have a problem here. > > As the resistance of the temp sensor drops the current flow through it > increases, lowering the voltage...
• Re: Is there any way... Voltage Drop!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 09:02:43 -0400
  Ken, Measure the voltage drop between the alternator and battery. You'd be surprised at the loss there. Especially if the radiator fan is...
• Re: Battery
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:49:09 -0400
  ...Turn your headlights on for 2 minutes to burn this off and to get your true voltage.Maybe you have a diode out in...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:09:07 -0700
  ...Inside the cluster, in part, > > this ground connects to voltage stabilizer, hi beam indicator light > > and, the coolant gauge. Most likely to the blinking...
• Re: Diagnostics needed 2.1
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:11:12 -0500
  ...Voltage one side is ground; voltage on other side should be close to the same as T-I sender if engine is at ambient...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:01:21 -0700
  ...re "Voltage from O2-cable coming from engine is +0.46 volts. " 'voltage from cable from engine' .. what does that mean ? there is no...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 3 Mar 2016 21:53:31 -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: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:55:36 -0700
  ...Ideally the voltage drop across the consumer ( headlight ) is the same as the total voltage for the circuit ..say 12.5 volts. and that...
• Re: Voltage between engine and body
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:56:51 -0800
  ...In addition, oscilloscope measurement reveals that the alternator 3-phase ripple noise voltage is superimposed on the DC voltage, giving peak voltage difference of...
• Re: Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 14 May 2011 18:07:46 -0700
  ...After some probing I found that the D+ terminal on the alternator connects to the internal tab on the voltage regulator. I have two...
• Re: No voltage at injectors
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:39:34 -0800
  Hey Zoltan, Just do a searchon the vanagon mailing list archives http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html for "no voltage at injectors" and...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:53:42 -0400
  ...The ECU was designed to expect the voltage to go very close to 0 when the switch closes. There's probably a simple bipolar...
• Re: Sometimes it does not ...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:34:57 -0400
  ...If light still blinks, check voltage between skinny ground pin and higher voltage of the two other pins on the temp gauge. If that...
• No voltage at injectors
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:02:15 -0800
  ...Checked the voltage at the injectors and found none. What do I have to do to make it happen? Is there a check-list...
• Re: Need help with hard start after stop
  Historical mailing list - jesse and monica johnson
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:02:05 -0700
  ...No voltage at the injectors. I am going to check power at terminal 15 at the coil tonight with key on. If I do...
• Re: alternators
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 09 Jul 94 23:14:32 EDT
  the reason your alternator voltage drops so low with all those accessories on is that the wire from the alternator to the fuse box...
• Voltage Drop question...
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:40:47 -0500
  Can anyone tell me what the MAXIMUM allowable voltage draw is between the battery and the starter in an '85 Vanagon and has anyone...
• Blowing Voltage Regulator For Guages
  Historical mailing list - Paul Kirsch
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 09:21:54 EST
  A friend's 83 water cooled Vanagon has trouble with the dash guage voltage regulator. Intermittantly when starting, the regulator blows and guages are...
• aux battery doesn't charge
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:32:40 -0800
  ...I finally checked and I'm not getting charge voltage at the battery when the engine is running. The engine battery is getting 14...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:57:11 -0500
  ...Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster? > > Hi all. > > Does the voltage stabilizer work in conjunction with the engine > coolant temp gauge? > > i.e...
• Re: Battery isolator vs combiner??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 08:00:16 -0700
  ...14.84 > voltage at battery 1 terminal: 14.14 > voltage at battery 2 terminal: 14.14 > > Front of the vanagon: > voltage at aux. battery...
• Re: Making an alternator a smarter charger? [LVC]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:25:42 -0700
  Dennis, I hadn't considered the effect of 14 - 14.8 absorption voltage on the headlights and other driving devices in the Vanagon. That...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 04:28:28 +0000
  ...I will probably try the > voltage test you described after new starter but before new cable. Seems > reasonable. > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016, 10...
• Re: Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 May 2011 21:23:56 -0400
  ...However my >continuity tester shows open circuit using either regulators, so >there's maybe something less obvious going on, like a min voltage >needed...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:28:56 -0700
  ...The vehicle wiring voltage varies depending on alternator > output, what loads are turned on, etc. The "voltage stabilizer" provides the > temp gauge and fuel...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:16:37 -0700
  When the inverter is connected and no load, the voltage drops immediately down to 8volts - no sagging. Disconnect the inverter and the voltage at...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 4 Mar 2016 13:43:15 -1000
  ...The section that puts out voltage to the 12 V. Muffin fan stop-ed working so I found a small step down adapter that...
• Update, My vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 19:07:22 -0700
  ...I have taken various voltage readings and find the voltage is less than 5 volts more like 2 volts or less. I was wondering...
• compression/vacuum/fuel pressure/O2 voltage
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:46:08 -0400
  ...15" at 950 rpm, some fluctuation (GOOD/BAD??) 20" at 2,000 rpm, smooth I monitored O2 sensor voltage (with lead disconnected): 0.05V...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:10:06 -0400
  ...Unfortunately, life goes down with the *fifteenth power* of the voltage, gulp. That's why photoflood bulbs have a working life of one hour...
• Re: O2 sensor output voltage test
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:25:11 -0700
  ...O2 sensor output voltage test > What is the correct voltage range for this thing. I've read it should vary > and also that it...
• Re: gauge info for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Feb 1995 10:57:51 -0800 (PST)
  I would check the little voltage regulator chip (the proper name for this little black chip escapes me now), that is screwed onto the...
• Re: Normal voltage of a battery at rest?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:32 -0400
  You've got enough voltage there to light your bus up- but still, it's time for you to look into getting yourself a...
• Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:39:19 +0000
  ...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: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:25:53 -0500
  ...Repeat one hundred times: "Voltage comes from having oxygen on one side and not on the other, hence a rich mixture that burned up...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:09:47 -0600
  ...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: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:35:46 -0500
  ...If voltage their the starter solenoid is most likely problem. If no voltage, do check at the ignition switch. No voltage there bad switch...
• Re: Charging system...
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:01:26 -0500
  ...Where is alternator output voltage measured? Where is the > voltage regulator? I always thought it was part of the alternator. Does this > sound like...
• voltage reading at temp gauge sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:39:31 -0400
  ...So i figured I would start testing the voltage reading at the sensor / housing. Is there any information for what voltage [ any?] i should...
• Re: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:31:14 -0700
  ...All the > regulator does for a living is keep the voltage at the output of the > alternator set to a pre-determined voltage. > > 13V...
• Re: Tail Lights & Good Samaritans
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Thyer
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:38:50 -0700
  Michael, Voltage regulator but also check the wiring harness espcially where it passes into the engine hatch. Look for bare or warn insulation and...
• voltage reading at the gauge temp sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:40:31 -0400
  ...So i figured I would start testing the voltage reading at the sensor / housing. Is there any information for what voltage [ any?] i should...