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Re: A different multi meter
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 21:51:18 -0500
...It's using an existing power-carrying wire as a current shunt ("...use the burden voltages already introduced...). The meter is looking at some...
Q&D High-current ammeter
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:31:24 -0400
Here's a link that shows you how to make and use an ammeter shunt. http://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/shunt.html It...
Re: Removing the rear heater
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:24:13 -0400
...There is no reason to shunt the heater. Cap off the hoses or better yet, remove the tees and replace with straight fittings. Shunting...
Re: back heat removal, comparative experiences among my vans
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:58:05 EDT
...I assigned this to the coolant being shunted away from the radiator through the rear heater core when its valve was opened for winter...
Re: ammeter question
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:24:20 -0700
...This does take power, which is caused by passing that current through a shunt resistor of a few milliohms, causing an eentsy weentsie voltage...
Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
Historical mailing list - Karl
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:32:08 -0700
...Otherwise, without the shunt inline, the ground would go directly to that stud near it. On 6/10/2021 7:15 AM, Steve Williams...
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...
Promariner Chargers: Opinions?
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:44:21 -0700
...When I installed the aux battery, I added an ammeter shunt in the main feed. I'm curious to monitor the load/charge current...
1.9 l bad ground
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:31:39 -0400
...recent adventures in'84 electrical bonding: > >shunt around 800 ohm resistance also made operational flashing led for >both low coolant level (tested by momemtarily...
Re: heater leak?
Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:42:21 -0500
Why would you need a shunt to bypass the heater core? Just plugging the lines to the heater core should do the trick, since...
Re: Digitool diagnostics
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:47:16 -0500
...The only advantage this would Ken, the "shunt connector" would simply be a male-female pair of the exact connector that the ECU already...
recent adventures in '84 electrical bonding:ps
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sun, 13 Jul 2003 03:51:51 -0400
as a ps to post: recent adventures in'84 electrical bonding: shunt around 800 ohm resistance also made operational flashing led for both low...
Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:03:38 -0700
...Thanks for explaining! I have a ammeter shunt on my house battery. Months ago I got into a discussion with a longtime aviation electronics...
Re: Rear heater core during summer
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:41:07 -0700
...Or, to put it another way, if the rear valve is open without the rear fan on, it acts as a non-cooling shunt...
Re: Q&D High-current ammeter
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:13:38 -0700
...Q&D High-current ammeter > Here's a link that shows you how to make and use an ammeter > shunt. http://www.motorcycleproject.com...
Re: auxillary fuse panel
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:24:52 -0700
...No more "bad ground" problems! http://www.bandc.biz/groundblock24-tab.aspx Finally, I bought an aircraft volt/ammeter and a shunt for each...
Re: Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:47:07 -0700
...I didn't order the shunt and have never used the amp meter feature. But they are avaialble out there. Just be a little...
Re: ammeter question
Historical mailing list - David Etter
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:37:16 -0600
...This does take power, which is >caused by passing that current through a shunt resistor of a few >milliohms, causing an eentsy weentsie voltage...
Expansion tank bypass tube cracked
Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:20:03 -0500
...This coupling shunts most of the coolent away from the expansion tank. Small holes in the coupling allow coolent to enter and leave the...
Re: Removing the rear heater
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:56:30 -0400
...In other words, > shunt the rear heater circuit. > > A hose coupling for this purpose in the correct size might be available from > an auto...
Re: Battery Monitor
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:10:47 -0500
...On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > Add in an ammeter shunt on the
Re: Digitool diagnostics
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:12:16 EST
The problem that you have here is if you had some kind of shunt to allow you to test a van with the digitool...
Re: Rear heater core during summer
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:18:58 EDT
...in the indicated operating temperature during the winter months which I eventually confirmed to be caused by the shunt through the heater core. George
Re: Promariner Chargers: Opinions?
Historical mailing list - W Monk
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:37:48 -0400
...battery. > > When I installed the aux battery, I added an ammeter shunt in the > main feed. I'm curious to monitor the load/charge...
Re: Digitool diagnostics
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:51:36 -0800
...The only advantage this would > > Ken, the "shunt connector" would simply be a male-female pair of the exact > connector that the ECU already...
Re: LED lights
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:04:21 -0400
...It has an internal current shunt so it can sense the load current and adjust the flashing rate. Yrs, d On Tue, Jul 18...
ammeter
Historical mailing list
Sat, 25 Feb 95 00:04:20 EST
...again, internally, a high-amperage ammeter is a sensitive low-current ammeter in parallel with a high-power rated but low-resistance 'shunt': --------AMMETER...
Re: Tweak yer heater output!
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:46:16 -0700
Entity George Goff spoke thus: > I reason that the mass of coolant shunted to the engine through an open rear > heater valve is being...
Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:27:42 -0700
...Wiring in an LED is a bad idea. >> >> Shunting an LED directly into TVS circuit ..... >> > > TVS? Anyway, a) a worn throttle body may very...
Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:34:50 -0400
...Katz wrote: > badly fouled plugs provide a shunt path bypassing the gap, and the voltage > may never rise high enough for a spark to...
Re: FW: Dash removal - how long
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:58:06 -0400
...I *guess* a new >resistor could be shunted in by cutting into the wires so leaving >resistor as-is is no biggie I guess...
Re: cluster troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:07:05 -0400
...It might be getting ready for when they changed to two shunt resistors instead of one larger one for the ALT tickler circuit. Or...
Re: Removing the rear heater
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:31:10 EDT
...In other words, shunt the rear heater circuit. A hose coupling for this purpose in the correct size might be available from an auto...
Re: auxillary fuse panel
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:20:17 -0700
...No more "bad ground" problems! http://www.bandc.biz/groundblock24-tab.aspx Finally, I bought an aircraft volt/ammeter and a shunt for each...
Re: Expansion tank bypass tube cracked
Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:52:59 -0800
...This > coupling shunts most of the coolent away from the expansion tank. Small > holes in the coupling allow coolent to enter and leave the...
Re: 91 Vanagon Blinking Temp Light?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:18:17 EST
...The switch can leak within its electrical terminal receptacle and shunt the conductors. The amount of leaking coolant can be very minor and hidden...
Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:00:23 -0700
...The voltmeter is spliced into the gauge end of the shunt lead to read the voltage from the battery side of the shunt. I...
Re: Troubleshooting Blinking LED
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 3 May 2014 14:43:09 -0400
...If that pin is shunted >to ground or any constant level by less than about 180 kilohms it >will swamp the square wave; and...
Re: LED lights
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:02:43 -0400
...But if you aim to try it, the shunt is the flat or corrugated strip of bare metal you'll see standing clear of...
Re: Starters...
Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
Fri, 23 Jun 1995 10:54:27 -0600 (MDT)
...by the addition of an aux solenoid _before_ the starter to shunt battery current directly to the starter solenoid. Give us more detail so...
Re[2]: '90 Rear Heater Leak Fixed :) -Reply
Historical mailing list - Alan Yamada
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:50:51 -0800
...REAL secure) it doesn't leak now because i took the heater out of the loop...got a shunt in place of the heater...
Trasco oil filter acid tests
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:36:48 -0800
...helps in reducing the acidity level and enabling changes at 10K. Shunt filters do not have that capability, nor they are designed for reuse...
Re: ammeter question
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:35:52 -0700
...An amp meter is actually measuring the voltage drop across a shunt of known resistance but a very small resistance. On 3/19/07...
Re: Opinions wanted.. electrical install
Historical mailing list - Karl
Fri, 3 Aug 2018 23:25:12 -0700
The shunt should be on the negative side of the battery, so doesn't necessary need to be screwed down. It could be supported...
Re: LED lights
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:27:50 -0400
If you're into do it yourself, you can replace the current-measuring shunt inside the VAG flasher with a smaller wire, or grind...
Re: EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine conversion)
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:42:10 -0700
...he had "fix" it) installed a piece of EMT as a shunt in place of the leaking rear heater. By the time it got...
Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:53:42 -0400
On 6/21/2012 8:27 PM, neil n wrote: > Would shunting in an LED in parallel complete the circuit so ECU thinks the...
86 Westy STONE DEAD
Historical mailing list - Bob Woodcock
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:24:43 EST
...I took a look at the battery relay (the one that shunts juice to the spare battery under the passenger seat)- it was fired...
Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:48:36 -0500
...the rear heater would be > dumb? It does the same thing -- shunts the coolant from the delivery hose > through the rear heater to the...
Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:37:29 -0500
...the rear heater >would be dumb? It does the same thing -- shunts the coolant from >the delivery hose through the rear heater to the...
Re: Need a gasket
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:11:20 -0400
...It just shunts any air that might be there back to the expansion tank where it flows out to the overflow tank. Congrats on...
Re: Ground wire from heater blower warm
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:19:49 -0500
...Is there a shunt I can use to measure >higher DC amps? You can buy shunts, but they're not cheap. You can make...
Re: Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:18:57 -0700
...if the >ammeter portion of the meter has its own two dedicated wires for >connecting to the shunt you may want to move it...
Re: Email List Status?
Historical mailing list - Chuck Theobald
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:14:45 -0700
...Maybe a Spring thing? I'm using a yahoo account, maybe mails are getting shunted to your spam folder? Chuck On 4/20/18...
Re: TIICO / What You Don't See Can Hurt You
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 00:20:35 EDT
...Instead of improved oil filtering, in use this filter had the exact opposite effect with most of the oil being shunted around the element...
Re: batteries, power, wiring,...
Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
Fri, 26 May 2000 12:04:43 -0500
...be sure to run the array into a solar charge controller (not a shunt!) that is rated for the max array output.. Chris Smith
Re: Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:48:15 -0700
...What is the current consumption spec for your Engle reefer? <snip> > The wires from the shunt are 20 gauge. They came with the > gauge...
Re: Running Without 02 Sensor - Any Problems?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:54:08 -0400
...the 02 sensor causes the ECU to run in "default" mode, shunting other signal inputs as well. This means that the 02 sensor itself...
Re: How Many Max Amps Does Vanagon Alternator Put Out??
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 20 May 2002 18:41:15 -0400
...Also, you should use a shunt-type ammeter -- otherwise you'll want to be running 4-ga wire up to the ammeter and back...
Re: LED lights
Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:05:35 +0000
...But if you aim to > try it, the shunt is the flat or corrugated strip of bare metal you'll see > standing clear of...