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• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:23:11 -0700
  ...The voltage regulator controls > alternator output by varying the magnetic field (current) of the rotor as it > spins in the stator. Since you are...
• RE: Rebuilt alternator for my 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Apr 97 13:38:15 UT
  ...Can you get alternator regulators at different voltages to overcome this drop? malcolm
• Fwd: do all ACRs work like this?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:56:32 -0400
  ...That type require voltage sensing for the voltage regulator at the battery because each diode drops around 3/4 of a volt. Yrs, d
• Re: HS2000 propex
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:21:24 -0400
  ...The fan speed is regulated by an internal voltage regulator so that changes in input voltage don't effect fan speed. The HS2000 fan...
• Re: alternator lifespan
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:49:58 -0600
  ...one on long trips. > > as well as a spare 'brush package/voltage regulator' unit too. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "azsun99" <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET> > > To: <vanagon...
• Re: Instrument cluster -no oil, lcd or temp guage
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:51:22 -0800
  ...the lcd clock have in common > all have decided to stop > Voltage regulator? Does the fuel gauge still work? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger...
• Re: temp guage read-out
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:39:24 -0400
  ...Lots of variables it seems. >I intend to check the voltage regulator in the dash and am having my -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA...
• Re: Worn Alternator Brushes
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 22 May 2002 17:24:25 -0700
  ...Two screws hold in the alternator voltage regulator and brushes module. I just recently replaced mine. I had to use a channel lock pliers...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:41:37 -0400
  ...It's a 3 amp adjustable regulator. It needs a couple external >resistors to set the output voltage. I would also use a small...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:28:54 -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: Relaying Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:07:13 -0500
  ...If the voltage there isn't enough, improve your wiring between alternator and battery, use external sensing on the regulator, or both. david -- David...
• Re: Fuel gauge system test
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:13:41 -0400
  ...of calibration. > 3) the voltage stabilizer is in working >order. Yes, with the (very unlikely) proviso that the regulator may be failing under load...
• Re: Alternator & O2 lights
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  8 Dec 1995 20:34:11 -0800
  ...rpm until it can generate enought voltage to energize it's own field windings, and then the regulator can kick in and do it...
• Re: Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:15 -0700
  ...running AT the > alternator? �I suppose that the regulator could be fried and the voltage > could be that high from the alternator. �And even...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:04:06 -0500
  ...The bad news is that Vanagon's have (dumb) alternator regulators that regulate the alternator output voltage as measured at the alternator terminal. Since...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:06:48 -0700
  ...in adjustable regulators are easy >> to get. It's getting back down that's the problem, 'cause if you keep >> the voltage up there...
• Re: Parts wanted Alternator brush set (cost saver)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:20:39 -0400
  ...They can also get after market regulators that are cheaper than Bosch and usually they work better, (more consistent, higher voltage output). The soldered...
• Re: Battery Voltage under cold starting load?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:57:54 -0800
  ...Minimum Battery Voltage No test data on starting but some empirical data on minimum to run. Some years back my WBX '90 Westy died...
• Re: Fuel level gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:13:31 -0400
  ...If not, then you need to check the connections, ground for the sensor, and the voltage from the gauge voltage regulator. If all the...
• Re: Alternator replacement????
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:35:03 -0500
  ...The easiest way to fix this is to install a new voltage regulator into the alternator. The regulator has brushes built in. $30 bux...
• Re: Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 westy
  Historical mailing list
  12 Jun 96 18:14:00 -0500
  ...The procedure entailed putting the voltage regulator after the relay, or what ever you use, rather than before. That way the alternator would "see...
• Re: Time to replace headlight?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:36:31 -0500
  ...Battery and voltage regulator are new. Headlights not replaced in way more than a decade, if ever. Should I start by ordering new bulbs...
• Re: Coolant Temp Indication
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  15 Nov 1995 08:17:08 -0800
  RE>>Coolant Temp Indication 11/15/95 Rabbits are "modern" enough that the voltage regulator under discussion is probably a "3 terminal" device integrated...
• Re: Storing Van outside over winter???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 02:00:48 -0500
  $25 to $50 gets you an electronic charge regulator (solar) or AC powered battery maintainer that will not overcharge your batteries. I have two...
• Re: Something is draining my battery...
  Historical mailing list - George Vermillion
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:45:21 EDT
  I had a similar problem in my 85 vanagon, the voltage regulator had failed and was powering the switched circuits while the ignition switch...
• Re: LCD Digital Voltmeter display
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:10:11 -0900
  ...You could hook up a battery, but I decided to go with a voltage regulator, which is a fairly small little device. The nice...
• Re: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 09:21:55 -0400
  The Subaru alternators naturally have low output voltages at idle. No alternator produces full output at idle. Rev the engine up to about 1...
• Fuel Injection Adjustment/ High CO at idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:50:21 -0800
  ...pressure regulator could cause the fuel pressure to be higher that the pre-programmed values. Having said that, The Fuel injection voltage signal from...
• More AC woes...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:13:28 -0700
  ...amps all day and still the voltage was getting sucked out of the batteries. Sounds like the regulator is not putting out enough juice...
• Re: Uh-oh. Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:06:10 -0700
  ...You can easily test the pressure regulator by putting a fuel line clamp on the discharge of the regulator and monitor the pressure with...
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:33:20 -0600
  ...Makes me wonder if in doing that you burned up the voltage regulator? Are you measuring output of the alt at the alt red...
• Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:44:25 -0400
  ...Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work" >> >> Because you changed the alternator voltage regulator..... >> >> Could the alternator voltage regulator be blocking positive flow...
• Re: temp light blinking.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:23:23 -0400
  ...the alternator Seems pretty likely that the battery voltage was going down and the panel regulator couldn't keep regulating at ten volts (it...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:40:34 -0800
  ...Check the voltage at the alternator over a small range of RPM to determine what the regulator clamp voltage is. Then check at the...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:52:20 -0500
  ...The voltage while driving is being governed by the voltage regulator and doesn't represent the state of charge of the battery. A fully...
• Re: Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:25:49 -0700
  ...When the van is first started and at idle, the alternator doesn't output enough voltage for the regulator to start doing anything useful...
• Re: [Re: Alternator regulator voltage tolerances #]
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:53:09 -0400
  ...Alternator regulator voltage tolerances #] > > >>Here's something that I might be able to help with. . . Whenever I'm >>faced with an up-hill situation...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:35:16 -0500
  ...new battery, fuel pump and lines, dist cap/rotor and wires, voltage regulator; tires in great shape, brand new spare. MUST SELL IN NEXT...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:14:10 -0700
  On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > There is an adjustable voltage regulator available for...
• Re: Any Guesses ~~ Now For Sure Your Turn Please ~ Update
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 18:29:37 -0400
  If the fuel gauge also reads low then it's undoubtedly the instrument panel voltage regulator. Yrs, d On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at...
• 87 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:53:11 -0400
  ...does this sound like my alternater is going? or perhaps my voltage regulator? because it eventually kicks in...i keep going with the hope...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:37:15 -0700
  ...10 volts from the regulator goes to one end >> of the heating coil, the other is connected to the sensor (fuel, temp). >> The sensors...
• Re: 2 LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:09:36 -0400
  ...A properly designed regulator would adapt if one of the LEDs shorted out. Here's a simple current source based on a cheap LM317...
• FI Aux Air Regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:35:12 -0800
  ...While I was checking the pieces I noticed that the Aux Air Regulator when very cold is bearly open. What I have read is...
• Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 01:27:05 EST
  ...Been using the adjustable voltage regulator to dial in the best charging voltage at the starting and deep cycle batteries for somewhere between 5...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 16:14:03 -0800
  ...have pointed out that the VW > alternators/regulators don't cope well with the additional voltage drop > that the diode-type isolators (the ones...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:12:08 -0500
  ...Fortunately I had my old voltage regulator which probably has 70,000 miles on it and its brushes were much longer so I swapped...
• Re: 86 Camper Engine Elect Problem..Help
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:37:56 -0500
  ...Other posibilities could be the voltage regulator and/or the alternator. -Gregg
• adjustable volt reg. was Re: List for Volvo owners? NOW ON TOPIC!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:14:25 EDT
  ...This link also shows an "adjustable voltage regulator for Vanagon" for sale "allowing 14.5 volts at the battery." for $26. Is this a...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:27:23 -0700
  ...Especially useful for reading the voltage drop across > long distances; such as between the positive battery post and the > alternator > output or the negative...
• FW: Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:10:22 -0500
  ...voltage regulator). Do you suppose the voltage regulator is connected only to battery 1???? ---------- From: MIME :warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM[SMTP:MIME :warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM...
• Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:58:12 -0400
  ...http://www.amplepower.com/products/sarv3/index.html > There are actually intelligent voltage > regulators for marine > alternators that perform these functions but they > are...
• Re: Part number for alternator brushes for 90 Amp alternators?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 2 Oct 2018 10:07:13 -0700
  ...the replaceable regulator assembly. It is under $20 for a new one. I like the ones with a slightly higher voltage set point than...
• Re: Battery current limiting device??
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Tue, 21 May 1996 14:14:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the aux battery? > >This would be a switching "buck" or "stepdown" voltage regulator with two >stage current limit. 30 amp initial current limit, backing...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:33:21 -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: Alternator died
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:45:01 -0500
  ...Alternator died > Hi all, > > Yesterday the 2 external voltage regulators arrived and I installed the > first one in my 90 and it worked great...
• Re: Front Heater wiring *REVISITED*
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:14:21 -0500
  ...It acts as a large filter capacitor and to a considerable extent a voltage regulator (in combination with the charger's current-limited configuration...
• better alternator
  Historical mailing list - patty and danny
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 12:14:49 -0800
  I need to replace my alternator and voltage regulator on my '81 Westy and I'm wondering where I could maybe find one a...
• I love it when a plan comes together
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:02:49 -0700
  ...Finally got the voltage regulator in (thanks Ken) and got it installed last night. Since I remembered to mark the relationship of the alt...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:28:37 +0000
  ...I am >> thinking >> "new Voltage regulator"...right? When I add rpms or load (turn on >> headlights) nothing much changes with the voltage. anyone care...