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• Re: alternator installation
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:00:22 -0700
  In a Vanagon the dash alt light led current itself does not provide the excitation but there is a 150 ohm resistor in parallel...
• Re: amps in/amps out ??
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:47:46 -0700
  ...Current In vs Current Out Basic to all circuits is that current is the same at all points in the circuit. As mentioned you...
• Re: alternator installation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:14:47 -0500
  ...The alternator rotor is no longer receiving excite > current from the regulator and it continues to draw the small amount > of current through your...
• Re: more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:47:51 -0800
  > Andy et al, > > Some charge current notes: > > 1) Alternators naturally current limit at their rated current. Only if the 'internal' regulator is designed to...
• Re: LVC: Learning Electricity & Testers
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:45:40 -0700
  ...Current (amp) is the electric current flowing inside a wire. To measure it you need to cut the wire and connect a current meter...
• A/C system over heating and proper evaporator fans current draw
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:39:24 +0300
  ...When I measured the total A/C current consumption a while back with a current clamp, I measured over 40 amps. So before I...
• Re: third brake light and curious
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 23:19:20 -0400
  ...http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/NeptunoMD/El%20Guapo%20Vanagon/?action=view&current=blubrik001.jpg http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/NeptunoMD/El%20Guapo...
• Starter Solenoid Specifications
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:49:04 -0700
  ...for the electrical information such as control inrush and hold current currents as well as intermittent and continuous switched currents. Thanks, Mike - Phoenix AZ
• Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:17:18 -0800
  ...In order to measure current, a small resistance is typically placed in series with the current flow and the voltage that the current develops...
• Re: more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:58:26 -0700
  Andy et al, Some charge current notes: 1) Alternators naturally current limit at their rated current. 2) If 13.8 volts is applied (room...
• Re: Solar Panel "Battery Saver"
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 May 2001 17:45:12 -0500
  ...Don't connect both meter leads to the battery terminals when it is set for current! Make the meter part of the current path...
• Re: doc wattson or watts up?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:29:30 -0400
  7.2 Maximum Current Capabilities Current flowing through Watt's Up and its supplied wires generates heat due to the resistances of the wires...
• Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:14:59 -0500
  ...Don't try to measure a current which is too large (e.g. a starter draws way more current than your meter will measure...
• Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 11:42:43 -0500
  The Dometic frig in my 85 Vanagon runs great with gas or AC current but will not cool much with battery current. Why? -- �The...
• A-Arms
  Historical mailing list - eric luebbers
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:50:38 -0700
  ...Any Advice or wisdom? �Thanks Eric 91 Syncro � http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/a91syncro/?action=view&current=vana-armsandcvjoints023.jpg � http://s157.photobucket...
• Re: doc wattson or watts up?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:09:08 -0700
  so dennis, to cut to the chase, with a 75A current going thru the meter there will be 28 W of heat produced? The...
• Question about Fridge Igniter
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Wed, 18 May 2005 19:39:54 -0400
  Hi all I currently have my fridge apart to try to get it to work on propane I currently have the burner open and...
• Re: LED replacement for westy
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:10:41 -0700
  ...However the factory LEDs are without built-in current limiting resistors. On the PCB there are a current limiting resistor for each LED. Both...
• Re: ammeter question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:24:20 -0700
  No current loss at all. Current going in would be exactly equal to what's coming out. The current goes through a coil and...
• Re: Rear lights questions
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:46:39 -0500
  ...http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/NeptunoMD/El%20Guapo%20Vanagon/?action=view&current=blubrik001.jpg http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/NeptunoMD/El%20Guapo...
• Re: coil fires
  Historical mailing list - RTF_SSS
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:26:08 -0500
  ...With direct current flowing through the primary, there is no collapsing or rising field to induce a corresponding change into the secondary, therefore no...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:05:38 -0800
  ...however there's nearly no > >current, and it's current, not voltage, which will charge a > >battery... or an electrocution! (a 100mA current of...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:08:28 -0500
  ...double the voltage and the current doubles; halve the voltage and the current drops to half; reverse the voltage and the current changes sign...
• The Bus Depot - Vanagon list discount code
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:32:16 -0400
  To obtain the discount, you must be a current list member and enter list1e > in the Referral Code field upon checkout. The discount will...
• Re: [T2] setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:25:11 -0700
  Hi Mike, I'm actually trying to find a small current draw that is slowly draining my battery over a few days. I remember...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:59:06 -0500
  ...however there's nearly no >current, and it's current, not voltage, which will charge a >battery... or an electrocution! (a 100mA current of...
• Re: ammeter question
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:37:16 -0600
  ...that is after he woke me up. ;-) Cheers! David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >No current loss at all. Current going in would be exactly equal to >what's...
• Vanagon archives size
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:03:02 -0700
  > Anyone have an idea on the current size of the archives? The current archives are 91 Meg. Coyote
• nvc, does anybody have a current cafax acct?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:31:36 -0700
  does anybody have a current cafax acct? jm1bc1416v0165048, tia aaron '87 syncro gl
• Re: Vanagon lifting,
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 1 Dec 95 10:22:22 EST
  Derek, the other thing that concerns me about raising the lower mount by attaching something to only the current mount point is this. I...
• Anyone have a current subscription to CARFAX?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:31:29 EDT
  does anyone have a current subscription to carfax? i need a vin run... thanks chris
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:12:09 -0700
  ...A load resistor in parallel with the LED bulb (by which I mean the lamps themselves and their current-limiting resistors, all in the...
• Re: [WetWesties] Current draw for Dometic 182a
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:16:49 -0700
  RE: Current Draw on Dometic Jim, from discussions in the past my recollection is 8 amps.
• Re: Solar Panel "Battery Saver"
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 26 May 2001 12:38:31 -0500
  ...As listees have suggested, a diode that can handle the forward current of the PV cell, will prevent the reverse current path, and the...
• more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:40:36 -0800
  ...I have been monitoring charge currents and everything works fine with no need for the charge controller. I don't experience any charge currents...
• Re: ammeter question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:35:52 -0700
  No current loss, current flow is always the same at all points within a circuit. Voltage drop yes but should be very, very small...
• Re: Solar charger NOT to buy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:00:29 -0800
  ...however >there's nearly no >current, and it's current, not voltage, which will >charge a >battery... or an electrocution! (a 100mA current of...
• Hobie Cat Vanagon and cracked cyl pictures
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:32:58 -0700
  ...http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j1/feelicks5446/?action=view&current=CIMG2237.jpg http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j1/feelicks5446/?action=view&current=CIMG2236.jpg...
• anyone got a current subscription to carfax?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 15:28:37 EDT
  anyone got a current subscription to carfax? please p-mail me , i need to check a VIN..thanks chris
• F.Y.I. - regulating chargin
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  24 May 1996 09:57:25 -0700
  5/24/96 9:21 AM F.Y.I. - regulating charging current (long) There have been a few recent messages about excessive current when...
• How to use LED's (a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:00:39 +0200
  ...This is however only the case if you have proper current regulation. Then you will still have the correct current when one of the...
• Re: Third brake light possibility found
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:44:42 -0400
  ...http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/NeptunoMD/El%20Guapo%20Vanagon/?action=view&current=blubrik001.jpg http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/NeptunoMD/El%20Guapo...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:27:43 -0500
  ...however there's nearly no >> >current, and it's current, not voltage, which will charge a >> >battery... or an electrocution! (a 100mA current of...
• Re: cracked poptop
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:16:02 -0700
  ...Florian http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc258/fspeier/?action=view&current=DSC_5179.jpg http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc258/fspeier/?action=view&current...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Paint Schemes
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:26:32 -0600
  ...202004/?action=view&current=54.jpg > <http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/misterpolak/VW%20events/High%20Country%202004/?action=view&current=54.jpg> > > Or...
• Electrical stuff
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:41:47 -0800
  ...When voltage drops, current rises automatically in proportion. This is due to the current-consuming devices demand on the circuit. Not really. The battery...
• Re: cyl head temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Wed, 12 Oct 1994 13:31:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Moving electrons = electric current. The greater the heat, the greater the current. If you hook a milliamneter to the output wires and calibrate it...
• Re: Horn upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 May 2011 19:15:29 -0700
  ...so the only current flowing in the horn contact ring is the current to energize the relay .. which is very little. and let the...
• Re:Deep cycle batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 13:46:58 PST
  ...The solution ,as I see it, would be to add a current regulator from the alternator to the deep cycle battery. I would imagine...
• starter solenoid current remeasured
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:54:07 -0600
  A couple of weeks ago I stated that I had measured the starter solenoid current and got a rather surprising result of 37 A...
• Current Draw?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 26 May 2007 17:25:10 -0700
  What should I expect to see in current draw on the main (starter) battery with nothing running BUT the ignition switch turned to on...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  7/28/96 3:41 PM
  ...Therefore to be accurate you must subtract the voltage drop across the LED at the desired current draw from either of the supply voltage...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 09:49:55 -0700
  ...Vanagon runs great with gas or AC current but > will not cool much with battery current. Why? > -- > �The greatness of a nation and its...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 3 Aug 2013 12:39:06 -0700
  ...However, a given charger can provide only so much current. A small charger may not be able to provide enough current to bring a...
• Re: Vitrifrigo/Truck Fridge power usage
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:27:56 -0700
  ...If low current setting + longer runtime = high current setting + shorter runtime . . . in other words, if there is no overall effect on longterm power consumption...
• Re: Jetta swap: Check Engine Light Install Electrical Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:25:06 -0400
  ...wired into the circuit so that it blocks current flow. If you inject current into the little diode, the big one starts to leak...
• Re: Coil Fires, 7.5KOhms
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:14:05 -0700
  ...Run current through the primary until the core is "saturated" then abruptly stop the current flow in the primary. The field induced by the...
• measuring current?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 30 Jan 97 23:08:49 EST
  ...I've been wondering this for a while, but how do I measure current with my multimeter? I've got your basic digital multimeter...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:09:46 -0700
  ...This etch had melted through >at one spot, so no power went to the switch. > >This etch line appears to carry current for the...
• Re: [T2] setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:34:00 -0700
  ...http://scienceshareware.com/how-to-measure-DC-current-with-a-dmm.htm Hope that helps! Neil. On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:25...