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• Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:34:38 -0400
  ...You suggest removing the > fuse. Why should the fuse be removed? Permanently? I do not understand. > Please explain. Thank you. Removing the fuse breaks...
• Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 27 May 2007 13:14:22 -0700
  ...The large yellow/black connects to one side of fuse 4 AND branches over to fuse 3, powering BOTH fuses and why the wire...
• Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:04:51 -0400
  ...You don't even >need to pull the fuse block down. Put it back, checking that you did not >loosen any of the connections...
• Re: Hooking up interior lights to Aux. Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:39:59 -0400
  ...I removed fuses 8 and 9 (and left them out) then put the piggyback type of connectors on the "Far" side of the fuse...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:35:02 -0700
  ...Blown fuse | |84 wolfy Westy | |Last fall I blew fuse #8 (interior lights, cig lighter, and stop lights), |now when I try to replace...
• Re: Power window fuse location
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:56:27 -0700
  If after you've checked the fuses you haven't found a problem, you'll probably want to check the wiring in the door...
• Installing a 1000W converter
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:59:26 -0400
  ...In the instructions they say to put a 150ADC fuse between the converter an the battery. I find this fuse to be very big...
• Re: Wiper question
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:28:40 -0700
  Check fuse #17. The wipers have 2 fuses, one for park only I think. Main wiper fuse is #11, a 15 amp. Mark Ed...
• Re: Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:42:49 -0700
  ...The fuses 20,21(low beam) are OK, the casing > of the fuses 9,10(high beam) were melted but the fuses are not...
• Re: aux battery to fuse panel mod.
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:03:13 -0700
  ...lighter from my > auxiliary battery by running a (fused) wire up and into the bottom contact > of the #3 fuse spot (fuse removed) on...
• Fuse to Radio Memory keeps blowing
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:29:12 +0000
  ...volume a little bit, the fuse to Radio Station Memory blows.  Consistently.  Now....I only have 1 Amp fuses to both the radio Power...
• Re: Fuse panel remount advice
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:41:23 -0400
  ...Dear Michael, a) 1.9l and 2.1l fuse panels are very different. Which one are you talking about? b) I've never had...
• Re: Help! Electrical issue I need to solve in <3 hours!
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:59:03 -0400
  >> No fuses blew, I pulled every fuse and still have the issue. With the key in the ignition and all fuses out, turning the...
• Re: 87 Vanagon fuse problem
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 02:29:26 +0100
  ...Kimmons" wrote: > > the thing works perfect, except the wipers still don't work. > It blew the fuse some where along the line... > Too late...
• Re: Dash lights kaput
  Historical mailing list - Son Of A Vanagon
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:12:27 -0800
  ...The interior-light fuse is healthy, the headlights and all other lights work. The day after the initial failure I pulled the fuse panel...
• Melted ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:47:46 -0700
  ...The fuses 20,21(low beam) are OK, the casing of the fuses 9,10(high beam) were melted but the fuses are not...
• Re: headlight relays
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:22:17 -0700
  ...They merely connect to the back of the fuse holder on the end that the fuse itself gets power from sharing that power source...
• Re: Circuit For Light Over The Drivers Door
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:17:40 -0800
  I'm sure it is on fuse #3 circuit, unless it has been rewired? alistair On 2012-11-12, at 3:37 PM, Loren...
• fuse cover
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Fri, 20 May 2005 18:38:41 -0500
  When I purchased the van five years ago it never came with a fuse panel cover(85 westy). I just thought the German engineers...
• Re: Mega-fuse? (between batteries)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:39:32 -0500
  ...I took good care to protect this big hot wire from chafing but it has no fuse yet. So I found a fuse at...
• Re: Blowing cooling fan fuses
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 07:49:43 -0400
  ...I have had fuse blow for no reason. John On Sat, 2014-08-09 at 06:03 -0500, Jim Felder wrote: > For the second...
• Re: headlight relay installation - problems with fuse block
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 May 2004 09:38:08 -0700
  There is no fuse for those. There should be 5 standard .250" males right in line with 2 larger males. All of these 7...
• Re: No 13 fuse
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 12 May 2015 00:25:49 -0400
  Zoltan, here's a photo from an '85 GL with the panel light fuse identified. It won't show on the list but you...
• Help with Frank's headlight relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:47:34 -0700
  ...The confusing part for me is that fuse 4 is only the right had side of the low beams. Fuse 3 handles the left...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:26:59 -0700
  15 amp fuses, both blown and these are the same bulbs that have been in there since I got the Vanagon. I changed both...
• Re: Electrical help please!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 May 2009 23:33:56 -0400
  ...97.64, current track 69 shows fuse S8 -- as you can see it feeds the cigarette lighter, the interior lights, and the brake lights...
• No 13 fuse
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 11 May 2015 01:24:41 -0700
  ...I got Bentley and looked at the 1985’s page 97.63 and found them at 50 with S13 fuse. But I only have...
• Re: GBC 10A Fuse?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:49:12 -0500
  At 06:58 PM 1/11/2010, pdooley wrote: >Did you try Google? >I plugged in "10amp GBC fuse" and came up with quite...
• Re: 91 15A fuse Radio and clock
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:21:58 -0800
  ...Blown Fuse On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com > wrote: > The general answer would be...
• Re: Question about Central Locking System
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2011 22:48:15 -0400
  That fuse holder missing a fuse just above the relay numbered 43 (low coolant light) is it. Let the fun begin. Usually gets removed...
• Re: Power to fridge. 86 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 14:13:49 -0400
  The 16 amp fuse is for the D/C portion of the Fridge. It is feed by a relay under the seat. The relay...
• Re: Instrument cluster.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:51:21 -0500
  ...I have found wiring diagrams that say that >>>>the >>>>fuse for the main power for these doors is 'inline' rather than in >>>>the >>>>fuse...
• Re: Fuse #3 on auxilliary battery
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:42:35 -0700
  This is how I did it http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/aux-battery-connection-to-fuse-panel/ Mark D express some concern...
• Re: Help! Electrical issue I need to solve in <3 hours!
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:30:14 -0700
  Yes, I lowered the fuse block and pulled all connections off, and put them back on. They seem mosly clean. A little oxidation on...
• Re: sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:57:40 -0700
  ...All fuses look good. > > I looked under the driver seat and found a fuse (16) that is good. There is > another wire in there...
• Re: 1984 Westy pops fuses when running fan and windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:07:11 -0500
  ...Are the terminals in the fuse box really tight on the fuse? In other words, do you have to work at it to push...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! (UPDATE!)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 10:51:41 -0700
  Have a look at your fuse panel. Do you see a non stock looking #10 or #12 wire with an inline fuse holder connecting...
• Re: A/C fuse out - but WHERE is it??
  Historical mailing list - SD Kraning
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:18:05 -0400
  ...I have a feeling > it is a fuse somewhere else, but where is the fuse that opperates the > A/C temp switch?. Am I...
• Re: Battery dies due to excessive draw on fuse #3 (accessories)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:55:35 -0700
  There are 3 more lights on the same fuse. The Westy kitchen light, the dash glove box light, and the passenger side sun visor...
• Re: Fuses
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:03:51 -0400
  At 12:49 PM 6/23/2013, Jon Durham wrote: >What size (length) are the Littelfuse and Bussmann fuses that I >could use? for...
• Re: Mega-fuse? (between batteries)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:25:41 -0800
  ...if there is a fuse at that end....right? So I should probably put one of the fuses at each end...then the wire...
• Re: Battery Circuit Breaker
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 19:07:17 -0600
  ...I will > branch off the positive terminal with a fuse rated at about 25% more than > all four lamps draw. Then I will fuse...
• Re: Carat fluorescent fixture causes battery drain...
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:11:26 -0700
  At 4:19 PM -0500 9/12/04, Robert Cardo wrote: >Ari, >If you still have your fuse box cover turn it over and...
• auxillary fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:04:35 -0700
  I think I have mentioned this in years past, but a handy auxillary fuse panel for our vans can be found on 2000 or...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:27:48 -0700
  ...All aux lines i run from battery at rear up to stock fuse box are fused in the little ux fuse box at battery...
• Re: New info (was) Something draining the battery ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:24:42 -0700
  There is NO FUSE for the clock in 82 models. NO FUSE for the radio either. The clock got a fuse starting in 86...
• Re: A/C fuse out - but WHERE is it??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:07:05 -0400
  ...I have a feeling it is a fuse somewhere else, but where is the fuse that opperates the A/C temp switch?. Am I...
• Re: Getting to the interior light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 17 May 2005 13:44:55 -0700
  ...All the interior lights and radio run off fuse 3. >Remove the fuse an run a fused line from the aux battery to the...
• Re: Fuse conundrum
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:42:04 -0600
  ...Anyone have a manual from '85 they could check and > list the amperage of each fuse for me? Bentley will have a list of...
• Fuse box wire
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:47:44 -0600
  Hi All, I pulled my fuse box to add in the gowesty headlight upgrade kit. I noticed a grey and white wire with a...
• AC Power?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:30:25 -0700
  ...The Evap unit I am going to use has a 30A fuse in the +12V wire, built into the unit. Not knowing the fuse...
• Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:21:48 -0500
  ...You can tell when the fuse is blown by putting the meter on ohms (middle position) and then pressing "select" for the audible signal...
• Re: AC & Windows Went Out
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 27 Jul 2020 04:26:36 -0700
  They both share fuse 12. Count from the left to right. Put a new fuse in. Fuse 12 feeds G1 and G3 Mark Raimund...
• Re: Two fuses behind driver seat?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:32:56 -0400
  ...I left the fridge fuse where it was as that is controlled from the original alternator controlled relay. I believe the same fuse is...
• Re: rear defroster
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:37:03 -0700
  > Maybe check fuse S14. Should be a 20 amp. Start counting from the left > or use a flashlight to see the numbers below the...
• Re: Carat fluorescent fixture causes battery drain...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:19:49 -0500
  Ari, If you still have your fuse box cover turn it over and look at the fuse location instructions. If you don't have...
• Re: setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:05:23 -0400
  ...If the fuse is blown, you'll get a reading. If the fuse is good, you'll get 0 volts. You could also get...
• Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 7 Aug 2017 22:38:56 -0700
  ...The wire from battery to fuse block will remain fused but I'll change it to a larger gauge and possibly reconfigure things, again...
• Re: Diesel Westy Dometic Fridge: No 12V functioning: Where's the Fuse?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 18:35:52 -0700
  ...I did find the > fuse behind the driver's seat as per VW Kampenmanual and this fuse > appears good. > Is there another fuse somewhere...
• Re: 1984 Vanagon GL Wiper Fuse Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 17:48:48 -0400
  ...Any ideas on what might be causing this or...? Either you have some sort of short to ground, or the fuse is wrong size...