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• Re: A nagging question
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:52:01 -0800
  ...In the tube days, "B" batteries referred to the high voltage batteries used to supply plate voltage; ie, multi-cell batteries. I have a...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer and headlights connected now....??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:35:31 -0500
  ...temp gauge problems (ready too high....way to high on both). I traced the problem to the voltage stabilizer (the little 3 prong guy...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:42:40 -0700
  ...are the > higher ambient temps the battery endured? I cannot quote a number but, for temps > above ~72F the charge voltage needs to be...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Toomey
  Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:30:36 -0700
  ...With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus high beam LED plus orange tail lights. High beam LED won't turn off. > > Any...
• Re: Yet another EE talks batteries
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:46:44 -0600
  Stanley Pitman wrote: > If you > make the auxiliary charging current too high, there is strong risk of > damage to battery or alternator, as well...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:44:18 -0400
  ...Turn the lights on and find where the voltage stops, or drops a lot. Without looking at the book again I'd be highly...
• Re: was: 3 Questions Now: Speedo, brake, and headlight questions.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 18:33:36 -0600
  ...They are of cheap construction, and often develop high resistance with age. You should start by measuring the voltage at one of the headlights...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:08:15 -0400
  ...Points open or ECU opens, magnetic filed collapses and high winding side of coil generates the high voltage to create a spark. Back in...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:53:55 -0500
  ...float voltage, sufficient to maintain existing charge but not enough to add much charge. >It is most likely that there is a high resistance...
• Re: Voltage surges
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 11:11:36 -0500
  ...to various bits in the > van to find where the voltage swing is highest. Anyone got a working > Simpson 280? > > Before I dig deeper...
• Headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 12:13:55 -0500
  ...I am thinking of installing some 100w H-3 bulbs in the high beams. BTW does anyone have a drivers side high beam lens...
• Re: Normal Voltage readings for 2nd battery?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:46:09 -0500
  ...Mine are higher, but the 2 dash lights dont stay on after starting anymore, either. I think it takes a long time to charge...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:23:02 -0500
  ...more at higher voltages (i.e., is there any connection between the amount of air it lets in and the voltage applied to it...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 17:09:55 -0400
  ...Most of that tolerance is taken up by the voltage allowance. Yrs, d On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 4:55 PM, David Beierl...
• Re: Using Isolator with Adjustable Voltage Regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Fri, 21 May 2004 09:34:05 -0700
  ...The voltage at the alternator should read somewhere about .7 volts higher than yours. I would guess your regulator still makes some contact on...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:57:27 -0500
  ...Higher voltage indicates rich mixture, low voltage is lean. Jay Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 01/13/2003 02...
• Re: Lead Acid Battery Bank and Solar Charging
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:36:33 -0400
  ...When using panels that have a higher voltage relative to the battery, MPPT is mandatory. With the explosion of grid-tie solar, it's...
• Re: [Syncro] Oxygen sensor questions...
  Historical mailing list - P & J Lander
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:00:15 1000
  ...This was pretty consistent; lotsa time at low/zero volts, short spike to higher voltage, quick return to lower voltage. Average voltage indicated by...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:46:06 -0800
  ...What is >> recommended? >> > > The voltage regulator/brush pack that is on your alternator looks like > this: > < > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page...
• Re: Coolant level sensor lite dimly lit
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Sun, 24 May 1998 01:56:27 EDT
  ...It turned out to be the voltage regulator in the alternator. It was allowing too high a voltage and causing the light to glow...
• Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:26:51 -0400
  ...are three contacts on the coil, one of which is the >high-voltage-to-the-distributor, one is two-green-wires (marked "-1"), >and...
• New subject: Improved AC performance
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:03:54 -0500
  ...unit would not have been > necessary. > > I highly recommend adding load reduction relays to provide adequate > voltage to the air conditioning fan. --- Outgoing mail...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Ikard
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 08:20:06 -0700
  ...Do the after market gauges need the voltage stabilizer? I am thinking not but would like to know what you all think. By the...
• Re: Lighting Upgrades - Relayed?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 16:58:41 -0700
  ...In my experience the battery is seeing a much higher voltage than the lights do after the dash wiring. Bypassing the dash wiring with...
• Re: Alternator output
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:50:56 -0500
  ...And a lesser load, like a fully charged battery will result in a higher voltage. The voltage regulator acts like a high limit or...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:03:38 -0400
  ...If the closed loop adjustment is working, the voltage should move back and forth across ~0.45V. They are extremely sensitive, a tiny bit...
• Bad Battery Cable- Check the ground! Response was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:44:38 +0000
  ...If you can measure voltage there you have a drop on the ground cable. It does happen where the factory transmission ground cable looks...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:52:32 -0700
  ...Any high resistance in this > path leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think > it is like > 40 below. Yes...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:28:10 -0400
  ...The way you size a current-limiting resistor for a diode circuit is to subtract the diode forward voltage from the supply voltage, and...
• Re: Capacitor for filter on AFM
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:21:41 -0700
  ...Virtually any 15UF Cap will work as > long as it's working voltage (WVDC) is sufficient. Say 35VDC. The > electrical environment doesn't appear...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:32:00 -0400
  ...LEDs run on current, not voltage. When connected in series, they will always operate at their own individual voltage drop. That is necessary and...
• Re: Thermo switch or resistor?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:33:13 -0400
  ...one wire supplies the medium speed voltage from the resistor. In my case, that one wire had high resistance at the ring terminal crimp...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update 2
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:22:55 -0600
  ...The result is some glaze colors that cannot be acquired any other way, especially reds in high temperature firings. Most times at high temps...
• Re: Relaying Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:37:45 -0800
  ...The battery must be charged at a voltage higher than 12, the upper limit being a compromise between charge rate and over charge. Gel...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:28:08 -0400
  ...There's a voltage drop all along the way, but grounds are good. At Alt, no load 14.15 vdc At Alt, loaded 14...
• Re: What did I destroy now? (Ignition fail)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:52:59 -0500
  ...When the coil output doesn't have a path to ground the voltage rises very high and tries to punch through the coil insulation...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:28:13 -0400
  ...By measuring volts there, you have confirmed that voltage is getting to the heater. But that isn't enough - the heater may be burned...
• 85 Westy Brakelight Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:25:07 -0600
  ...switch that offers a high resistance path when open. With no load, there would be no current, hence no voltage drop across the switch...
• RE: Running HOT!, help, '80
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Jul 97 05:23:51 UT
  Those temps are really normal for that engine if driven at high speeds. Cure, keep engines RPM below 3500 and make sure oil level...
• Re: Alternator warning light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:45:57 EST
  ...These meters almost always have a diode-check setting which uses a higher voltage and will give an open indication in the reverse direction...
• Re: Rough Running 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:14:11 -0700
  ...Nice one about the needle through the insulation to check the voltage. I guess the standard way to test it is with an ohm...
• Re: On the road - charging issue
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 23 May 2023 08:59:54 -0700
  ...There is easy access to the battery voltage through the cigar lighter socket, but you do need a meter. That said, the regulated charging...
• Re: Alternators and batteries
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:27:51 +0000
  ...My understanding is that with the BOSH alternators, you simply need to get one of a higher capacity, but with the correct mounting. (The...
• O2 sensor grounding?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:18:04 -0500
  ...the board, from very low voltage to very high. Replacing the sensor helped but didn't steady the voltage to within limits. All connections...
• Re: 2.1l: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:37:43 -0500
  The best way to check the AFM is to put a 9 v battery across the + and ground terminals and watch the voltage on...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:00:29 -0700
  ...Lower voltages may be > suitable for light-duty applications and higher voltages may be suitable for > heavy duty applications. > 2. For 24 Volt Systems...
• alt light at high RPMS
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:11:12 -0700
  ...alt light at high RPMS my ALT light and OXS light is coming on at high rpms and sometimes lower flickers or solid. voltage...
• Re: Couple o' electrical questions ('87 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:41:33 -0400
  ...There's no voltage across >the LED leads and there's only a supply >voltage to one of the two IC's on the...
• Re: Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:41:39 -0700
  ...voltage tester and >> everything appears to be working OK - the low beam filament gets power >> at the headlight bulb plug and then the high...
• Re: cold solder and other maladies
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 21:38:04 +0500
  ...base make sure the 120V AC is converted to high-current, but very low voltage power before it is applied to the heating element...
• Re: Battery recharge and stereo
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:37:33 -0500
  ...Big fluorescent display? Wouldn't surprise me at all. >Question is how long driving at highway speeds to completely charge a >battery? Group 46...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:30:43 +0200
  ...There is a significant voltage drop due to the small diameter of the wire used, and the amount of resistance encountered along the way...
• Re: New Alternator/Battery...Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:22:58 -0700
  ...If anyone in LA needs a good alternator rebuild shop, I HIGHLY > recommend Valley Alternator in Reseda. > > That voltage is correct for no load...
• Re: highway Dyno
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 07:10:07 -0600
  ...low voltage reading on your duty cycle meter under high fuel demand. This would be logical if your sputtering corresponded to high percentage spikes...
• Re: voltage over battery: 12.5-13.1
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:30:55 -0500
  ...Proper charging voltage is 13.8 volts. Does it go higher when the engine is revved? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:40:46 -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...
• Inverter To Destroy Triac Devices?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:53:28 -0500
  ...Maybe since a laser printer has some >high voltage components, they are a little different. I still doubt they >need a triac. > >After the...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:54:36 -0700
  ...Power dissipated by each LED is the current multiply the voltage drop across. By connecting LEDs in serial you force them to all operate...
• O2 sensor is...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 May 1996 11:15:15 -0700
  ...The voltage produces by the O2 sensor is an electrochemical phenomina. At the high temp of a warmed-up car, the free oxygen (if...
• Re: DS Headlights no work
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 09:41:43 EDT
  Compare voltage readings with the working bulb. That should give you a starting point. Good Luck & Drive Safely Ken Lewis , Kernersville NC <Heart of...