[T3] Electrical questions

[Dave Hall]

Looks like your time was well spent, chasing those lost volts. 

Don't expect the B+ measurements to be the same as you get on D+.  The D+
measurement is a bit like how high your hose jet will go while the B+ is
more like how full the bath is!

A fully-charged 6V battery should read 6.6 Volts at the terminals.  

The 6V generator is only rated nominally at 200 Watts, with 300 Watts max
output, so unless you're screaming along, there won't be much left for
charging with full lights, ignition coil, choke heaters and wipers on!   

Our family's first Type 3 was like the egg-crate - same colour and spec but
RHD, and 50 years younger!
 
Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Sean Bartnik
Sent: 24 August 2015 22:33
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Electrical questions

Hi all,
This is a cross-post from the Samba but I wanted to get a read on this from
the great minds here.

Just as a bit of background, not long ago I put in Cibie H4 55W/60W halogen
headlights with relays.  Over the last few months I suspect the battery had
become slightly discharged just from a lot of short-trip city driving.  Last
time I measured anything it was showing about 6.13V which is a bit low.  The
other day I drove to my office parking garage to aim the new headlights.
Left engine idling while aiming them, then took a drive for ~20 min to run
an errand.  Came out of the shop and the Eggcrate wouldn't start.  It was
cranking fine but no sign of ignition.  I did not have a meter with me to
check voltage at coil terminal 15 while cranking but I was guessing that the
idling while aiming the headlights might have put my battery below where it
needed to be.

Luckily I was parked somewhere I could push-start the car myself, which I
did and it fired right up.  Once I made it home I put the battery on the
charger and it did indeed need a charge.

Today I decided to poke around and do some voltage drop testing.  And here's
where we get into the Samba post:
I'd love to get some input on these findings:

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Thanks!
-Sean
'65 Squareback (formerly Keith Park's)

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