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Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:59 pm

So i was following the capacitor fix and i couldnt get a 22 all i could get was two 10's. Will this work? Did i put them together correctly? The solder job isnt 10/10 will it be fine?

1982 Vanagon California

Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:41 pm

I just twisted two 10s together and soldered them there

Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:37 am

You've got a case of series vs parallel wiring.

Not 100% sure about resistors but if you wire two 6 volt batteries in a parallel system like you wired your resistors, you still only have 6 volts at the end. Granted, a strong 6 volts but 6 volts nonetheless.

If you wire the same batteries in a series...... - 6 + ****** - 6 + you wind up with 12 volts.

I imagine resistor play by the same rules?

You only have a really strong 10, not 20 as you have them wired in parallel.

Dave

Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:26 am

Yes, two 10 microfarad capacitors wired in parallel as you have shown will be the same as a single 20 microfarad capacitor.

RonC

Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:56 am

A quick search on allaboutcircuits.com shows that capacitors in parallel have an additive effect while those wired in series have a diminished effect. It's the opposite for resistors.

Ed

Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:09 am

djkeev wrote: You've got a case of series vs parallel wiring.

Not 100% sure about resistors but if you wire two 6 volt batteries in a parallel system like you wired your resistors, you still only have 6 volts at the end. Granted, a strong 6 volts but 6 volts nonetheless.

If you wire the same batteries in a series...... - 6 + ****** - 6 + you wind up with 12 volts.

I imagine resistor play by the same rules?

You only have a really strong 10, not 20 as you have them wired in parallel.

Dave

For resistors, they add as the sum of the reciprocals (1/R).

Voltages are as you stated, batteries in parallel have the same output voltage and double the current capacity. Batteries in series have the same current capacity and double the voltage.

RonC

Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:11 am

As I recall, the usual instructions for the capacitor fix on a WBX is to bridge terminals 2 & 4.

It appears to me that the OP has bridged 2 & something else.

The OP has an air-cooled and the AFM has different connections so maybe I am miscounting.

Someone who knows should check his work.

Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:34 pm

I know its 2 and four i believe this to be 2 and four but i dont really know
Thats why i put it here to get my work double checked

Its an air cooled but its also california emissions model so i was hoping it would be the same

Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:38 pm

Did i miswire it?? Should i solder it to where the little plug goes?

Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:00 pm

Is this a fix for the air cooled models? Some guy i met told me to do it so i just assumed all vanagons including the air cooled ones used this fix