Re: Voltmeter

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Lots of VW's came stock with a VDO voltmeter, including my Rabbit GTi (as did
all Rabbit GTi's- actually, they all came with a voltmeter AND an oil temp
guage, and some even came with an oil pressure guage- '83's, I think), and my
'86 Scirocco 8v. It's my impression that later Scirocco 8v's came with a
voltmeter, while early Scirocco II's came with an oil temp guage... Then you
get up to a '92 GTi, and they don't have either! What gives? lame...
    -Josiah
    '83 Scirocco (not for long!)
    '84 GTi (soon to be resurrected, thanks to Brian Honnold)
    '86 Scirocco (broken frame... still)
    '87 QSW (daily driver)
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Ilias Glavinas wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Daniel A. Nowlan wrote:
>
> > Brian Honnold wrote:
> > >
> > > How do ya'll have your voltmeters hooked up?  I just plugged mine into
> > > the same power wire that runs to the oil temp guage and I get some
> > > funky  readings.  Like 13 when cold, 12 when the fan comes on and a
> > > jumpy needle with the turn signals.
> >
> > Well, mine is hooked up stock like this: BLUE AND WHITE striped wire
> > that is hot when the ignition is on and a BROWN wire that's the ground
> > to the back of the gauge.  I normally run about 13.2 volts with the car
>
> Ideally you would like the voltmeter leads to be connected straight to
> the poles of the battery, but that's kind of a pain, and I don't think
> any of us in here would like to draw two extra wires through the firewall
> to have the extra .1 or .2 V of accuracy. Easiest way to give positive V
> to the volmeter is to tap off the +12V of the oil temp gauge.
> Also: when you say "stock", you are perplexing me. I haven't seen any
> VWs besides Cabriolets and Jetta GLIs that came with a stock vdo voltmeter.
>
> Ilias
>
> ps: glad you have temporarily ditched any plans to trade your Scirocco
> :-)
>
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