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• dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 17:39:21 -0400
  ...Could it be a bad ground? Where should I put my volt meter, and what should I expect? Thanks! Wes '84 1.9l
• Re: Source for water tank level sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 May 1999 15:03:17 -0400
  > > move the float all the way down to within one inch of the bottom, > > then I get another click and the Ohm meter goes...
• Sunday afternoon VDO gauge project
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 May 2000 19:27:48 -0700
  ...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: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:31:48 -0500
  ...14 to .18 volts. my fan comes on at >.12 >> volts. when I first start my vehicle in the morning I read 1.25...
• Re: Multimeter Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:00:25 -0500
  ...They are all good for what I'm doing (volts, voltage drop, measuring resistance & checking for continuity). However... the cheap HF did NOT have...
• Re: doc wattson or watts up?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:34:12 -0700
  I didn't see the voltage drop you mention, but did note that the unit's current draw is 7mA (which is less than...
• Re: Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:58:23 -0700
  ...But maybe that's just a really sensitive meter I'm viewing. Like a very minor voltage drop in battery makes meter drop to...
• Re: Multimeters
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:39:13 -0500
  At 08:20 PM 11/5/2015, Rob wrote: >What David said. >I put a meter on the AAA & read 1.2v, the print...
• Temp I sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 8 May 2001 20:09:44 -0600
  ...When measuring the Temp I sensor during the rough running, the voltage is only about 0.5 to 0.8 Volts. Once I get...
• Re: Learning Electricity Part Three
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 23:52:53 -0700
  ...Go to a library and look for books talking about using a volt amp ohm meter. It will be fun to read. It is...
• Re: El-cheapo-voltage_metero-project
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:36:09 -0700
  ...Some involve bias voltages triggering transistors, some would use a A/D converter outputting to a octal or hex decoder... Me (a computer engineer...
• OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:27:02 -0700
  ...Buy a cheap voltmeter that ouyputs in numbers not lights. Check the meter against something that you know works. If your voltage is too...
• Re: VDO gauges
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:02:14 -0500
  ...After water pressure the volt meter gauge is a handy gauge and can also give advance warning and possible a breakdown / dead battery out...
• Re: doc wattson or watts up?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:05:19 -0400
  http://www.powerwerx.com/techdata/Watts-UP-V2.pdf Note the voltage drop-power consumption of this device. This device is mostly designed for...
• Re: product report
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:03:33 -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...
• New Alternator/Battery...Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:02:44 -0800
  ...So my question is, I just took her out for a test spin and the VDO volt meter is reading a bit less than...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:43:00 -0400
  Try putting a Voltmeter on the battery and seeing if it agrees with your plug in meter. It might be reading a tad low...
• digitool function purpose
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:04:46 -0500
  ...o2 sensor voltage indicates the ecu is providing the proper mixture, the afm (air flow meter) wiper has a proper stable voltage, the temperature...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:39:34 -0500
  ...To = > properly troubleshot, get meter connected to solenoid trigger wire and = > ground. Have someone turn key to start. If voltage is there (10.5...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...When your low beams are on, take a test light or volt meter and with one of the tester leads grounded to the chassis...
• Re: Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:24:37 -0400
  ...It can supply very little current without its voltage dropping. If the meter used is an old fashioned analog type VOM with a needle...
• Re: Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:49:34 -0700
  ...way from one end to the other with yer handy volt-o-meter to find where the loss is occurring. > OK, so tell me...
• Re: Voltage surges
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 May 2010 12:58:17 -0400
  ...to get an analog meter and connect it to various bits in the >van to find where the voltage swing is highest. Anyone got...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:48:11 -0400
  ...Is this hooked to ECU or not? If not, what is the voltage on the ECU lead while this is going on? -- David Beierl...
• Re: Higher Output Voltage Regulator ?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:04:11 -0700
  > The Bosch alternators for Vanagons are 14 volt nominal. You need to > measure this right at the alternator output stud. If yours is much...
• Re: A different multi meter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:21:47 -0800
  ...It's using an existing power-carrying wire as a current > shunt ("...use the burden voltages already introduced...). The meter > is looking at some...
• Re: cylinder head temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:20:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...available regarding > voltage readings? I'm not sure why you would want to do that. "Slightly cooler reading" = more rich mixture and you can...
• battery questions
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:34:09 -0700
  Get a VOM (Volt Ohm Meter), pull the neg battery cable and connect the meter in series between the cable and the battery neg...
• Re: Was Stutter and Low Batt-Now Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 8 May 2010 07:47:15 -0700
  ...You should see about 14.2-14.4 volts. Now check the voltage at the starting battery. You should see about the same, maybe...
• water tank float prob. solved...( I think)
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 08:15:18 +0000
  ...I checked out the float and determined it to be OK by using a digital volt-ohm meter. I was getting consistent readings throughout...
• Re: Elec. Leak Draining My Battery!
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 10:05:43 -0600 (MDT)
  ...If you can't afford a meter do you have a scrap piece of electrical hardware that you could strip a meter out of...
• Re: product report
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:12:41 -0400
  ...Bought two of the Voltage meter/Thermometers, they had at least 6-8 more in stock. Looks like a nice unit... If you can...
• Re: Vitrifrigo temp data
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 18:13:58 -0400
  ...your meter will do that. An amp-hour >> at ten volts has ten times the energy of an amp-hour at one volt; >> watt...
• Re: Rough running, black smoke, running rich, no idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:30:20 -0500
  ...Now get your digital multi-meter. Key on, engine off, (KOEO), check the center wire for voltage. The sensor goes to an amplifier input...
• Re: Tach schematics/repair hints?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:35:09 -0400
  ...Its a volt meter, and a R/C filter at a given frequency. Kind of like the power supply filter. The high the frequency...
• Electrical Problem on '85 westfalia
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:46:53 -0500
  ...Terminal 1 & 7, the voltage was about 2V less than the battery voltage measured at the back of the alternator. Terminal 4 & 7, 60...
• Re: ammeter question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:24:20 -0700
  ...50 millivolt (.05 volt) drop across the resistor at the desired full-scale pointer reading. So for a 10A meter, the shunt would be...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 May 2002 15:37:50 -0400
  ...are stored >(touching nothing!!!) I guess my meter is not very precise when less than 1 >volt. This is not necessarily a problem. If...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:05:38 -0800
  ...The tachometer requires ~100 volts to work. It gets this high voltage from the coil as the magnetic field collapses, the "peak primary voltage...
• Re: Oxygen Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...and get the CO level right) by using the O2 meter and a voltmeter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549...
• Re: Multimeters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 21 Feb 2021 21:50:11 -0600
  Harbor Freight sells a decent low cost meter, just buy two so that when you don't trust the reading from one you can...
• Re: slightly oily plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:06:53 -0500
  ...check the voltage on the ECU lead, should be steady right around .5 volts. If readings are reasonable, leave the meter hooked up and...
• Re: Subject: 84, rich running, help request...
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:24:52 -0500
  ...I would check the output of the O2 sensor with a voltmeter. The voltage should toggle between zero and one volt. Second: check the...
• Starter Trouble '82 ex-Deisel
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:19:14 -0500
  ...I did the usual checks, connections, battery voltage, ect. I did notice with the volt meter attached to the battery and the key turned...
• Re: brake light issues
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:18:10 -0500
  ...You could > pull your cluster and test them with a VoltOhm Meter. Should make > diagnosis a bit easier. > > > >
• 82 ex-Diesel Starter Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:13:54 -0500
  ...I did the usual checks, connections, battery voltage, ect. I did notice with the volt meter attached to the battery and the key turned...
• Re: Frig on 12v
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:32:49 -0700
  ...This should be checked out with a volt meter. I use the 12 volt setting in my 2 Westys all the time. It works...
• An interesting repair sequence
  Historical mailing list - James Henry
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:36:32 -0500
  ...Anyway, the lesson here is check both end of the electrical process, grounds and the output of the alternator with your volt/ohm meter...
• Re: Hiccups
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 18 May 1998 08:25:13 CDT
  ...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: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:34:35 -0800
  ...Volt meter. 2. Connected one wire of switch to battery, the other to test light, then probe of test light to battery. Test light...
• engine management theory
  Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 19:54:11 PST
  ...Is there any difference swinging around 0.7 volts compared to 0.5 volts or 0.9 volts? The voltage swings in either case...
• 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: Aftermarket Electronic Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Serafin for Malek
  Sat, 6 May 1995 15:57:16 -0500
  ...to heating leads >look at the output with said meter, .45V is stoich, lower volts lean, >higher means rich, two sensors are great for...
• Re: Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:09:27 -0400
  ...Look OK >- voltmeter shows 12v on left side, and that or slightly higher on >the right (why would it be higher??) >- meter I have...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome-What Exactly Is It?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 7 May 2003 21:17:58 -0500
  ...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: What's the correct bulb needed in this '82 Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:08:31 -0400
  ...But my voltmeter says >that the socket is only getting 9.75 ~ 10.0 volts, so I'm still wondering if >the issue is...
• Re: Yup, those are my symptoms! ... here's Joel's info
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 16:48:29 -0500
  ...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: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:39:53 -0400
  ...Should be real close to 0 volts. Measure from center (signal) wire to same reference. Should be .5 to .6 volts. Measure from center...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:01:17 -0700
  ...If you measure voltage you can do it with everything connected. Mark Aaron wrote: > So it sounds like the yellow wire should be open...
• Re: Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:23:26 -0700
  On 6/16/2009 3:16 PM David Beierl wrote: > Check the meter, on the same voltage range you used for the 12v > reading...