[Vwdiesel] glow plugs low voltage

[Shawn Wright]

On 13 Feb 2005 at 22:20, Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net> wrote:

> The Beru draws more current as the voltage is raised, more or less linearly,
> while the bosch, once the voltage gets to 6 or so, any increase in voltage is
> met by a decrease in current, keeping the wattage more or less constant above 6
> or 7 volts. As I increase the voltage, the current goes up for a moment, then
> drops back to slightly less than before. This is obviously the ballast trick we
> have recently read about on the bosch web site.

Sounds like you might have an older model Beru, which tops out at 11.5 volts 
mentioned in the PDF I posted earlier?
 
> markets, but it occurs to me there are tons of 5 volt, 20 amp and up
> computer power supplies lying around everywhere. I must have half a dozen.
> Bonus, there's usually a 12 volt section , that if adjustable, could be set to
> 13.6 volts for the most perfect regulated battery float charger you could ever
> ask for.  I would not suggest the power supply from a PC clone, as they are not
> usually adjustable, but supplies from larger computing equipment that are a glut
> even at junkyards, would do the job.

I have at least 20 of these sitting in a box at work, free for the cost of shipping if 
anyone wants to experiment. They are clone variety AT style from early Pentium 
models mostly. 

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Shawn Wright
I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School