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Italjohn Samba Member
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a2wolfsburggli Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2018 Posts: 279 Location: WI
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:17 am Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon |
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Looks like a fix for something that's not really a problem. _________________ Current: '87 Westfalia | '16 Audi Q5 3.0T S-Line w/sport package.
Past: '09 CC 3.6L 4motion "R36 wannabe" | '02 Audi TT "ALMS Edition" | '84 Jetta GLI with Autotech Supercharger | '89 Helios Jetta GLI 16v's (x2) | '95.5 URS6 | and the list goes on.
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:29 am Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon |
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I thought it was a capacitor kit. _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
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Italjohn Samba Member
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crazyvwvanman Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:46 am Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon |
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That is the right idea but it is installed in the engine compartment wiring box where there is a stock black wire from circuit 15 and a stock small blue wire to the alternator field winding connector.
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon |
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crazyvwvanman wrote: |
That is the right idea but it is installed in the engine compartment wiring box where there is a stock black wire from circuit 15 and a stock small blue wire to the alternator field winding connector.
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In that schematic, it appears to show a resistor from the factory already in the cluster , parallel with the excite/ warning bulb circuit.
How does putting another resistor all the way back in the engine compartment wiring help with the charging delay of start up idle speed, where you need to speed up the engine with that blip of throttle to get the Alternator working. _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
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crazyvwvanman Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon |
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Different versions of the instrument cluster blue foil provide different amounts of excitation current. Later versions provide more, 87+ I think.
I'm not endorsing the use of the GW device, just helping explain it.
As GW mentions in their product description there are reasons why some vans are slower than others to turn off the alternator warning light after starting the engine. I'd prefer to fix the real issue if there is one on a given van.
GoWesty aux battery relay kits are sometimes hooked up such that they add a large load to the alternator blue wire circuit so I consider this device to be something to help them with another of their products that I don't think highly of.
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Italjohn Samba Member
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