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Do all '92-'00 850 and 70-series use +12V as supply voltage?

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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Do all '92-'00 850 and 70-series use +12V as supply voltage?

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1. Do all 1992-2000 Volvo 850, S70, V70, C70, XC70, V70-XC have a +12 volt based electrical system?

2. Is "short to supply" synonymous with "short to +12V"?
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1997 Volvo 854 T5 - 147K miles - 850 testbed in 2012-2017; junked 2017-09

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Post by Ozark Lee »

The car itself is all +12 DC but some of the sensors use a 5 volt reference from the ECU. A short to supply would typically be a sensor code and it would depend on which sensor it is as to what the actual voltage was that it is shorted to.

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Thanks, Lee.
1998 Volvo S70 GLT - 205.5K miles - S70 & M44 testbed in 2016-2019; traded 2019-07-15 (for spare time)
1997 Volvo 854 T5 - 147K miles - 850 testbed in 2012-2017; junked 2017-09

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