[T3] System Voltage and FI

topnotch at nycap.rr.com topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Sun Oct 9 16:59:48 PDT 2011


its a Bosch VR, the cover is The B+ output.  Ill check the temp, havent had a chance yet.
my trikle chargers give them about 35ma for the winter.

Keith


---- Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote: 
> On 8 Oct 2011 at 21:59, topnotch at nycap.rr.com wrote:
> 
> > When Jim as told us all how important system voltage is for the D jet
> > BOY is he right!I finally put one of the new electronic units on it as
> > I needed to get down to Hershey that day, NOW I have a full 14V on the
> > highway and the hesitation off the line is gone.  Gone also is the bad
> > idle when the lights are on.  It hasnt run this nice since I put this
> > engine back on, and it looks like the gas milage is back as well,
> > although the trip down to RIchmond was VERY windy on the first leg of
> > the trip thru NY and massive traffic backups that are always a problem
> > around DC ruined what looked to be a very good gas mileage on the
> > second leg of the trip too. 
> 
> Your new VR is one of the Bosch solid state VRs, right? Does it get 
> hot when running?
> 
> > BTW Jim, that battery is about to go into a long winters slumber with
> > a trickle charger on it in a month or so, so hopefully if there is a
> > problem it will recover nicely by spring. 
> 
> Right, that should take care of it. Just make sure that the current 
> isn't too high. For long term storage, the current probably shouldn't 
> be more than 50 mA.
> 
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