Date:         Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:52:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: More AC woes...
Comments: To: Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
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Sounds like you've got a combination of problems there.
Check out your thermostat, the fan switch on top of your radiator, ground
and power to your radiator fan, head pressure on your high side compressor
output, low pressure switch on your dryer (green thing, two wires).
The rest of the world runs on about 14.5 - 15 volts alternator charge power,
not any reason for you to have less power unless you've got a dead diode in
there.


Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Ovregaard" <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:13 PM
Subject: More AC woes...


> Hi all,
>
> I forgot to mention that not only is the AC shutting down to let the
> engine cool (as the temp gauge needle goes right of center), but the
> electrical drain is so big that the engine had trouble restarting. When
> I got home I put the charger on the two deep cycle batteries and it
> took a while to top them off. The readout was 80%  and 12.1V before the
> charge cycle started. I have a 75 watt PV panel on the roof that was
> kicking in 4-5 amps all day and still the voltage was getting sucked
> out of the batteries. Sounds like the regulator is not putting out
> enough juice, so I checked it and got only 13.7V under load (headlights
> on) and the readout on the charger indicated "0" for alternator output.
> The voltage from the alt. has always been kind of low compared to my
> Subaru (14.1V) and I have heard of other Vanagon owners that they have
> also noticed low voltage.
>
> Anybody got a modification fix or any ideas? Is this a "normal" voltage
> for Vanagon alternators?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
> Keith Ovregaard
> 84 Westy "Brownie" Solar Charged Camper
> 90 Westy Syncro