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Re: Dash Lights

To: <RBHouston@aol.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Dash Lights
From: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:44:44 -0700
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Reply-to: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
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It might help. The stabilizer is basically a small flasher, it gets 12V then
a spring heats up and bends to lose contact making 0V. Back and forth
quickly enough that it "averages" ~10V. If you put a voltmeter on the output
side you can see this in action.

Larry Miller
http://www.ado13.com
"Nothing Is Foolproof To A Sufficiently Talented Fool"







----- Original Message -----
From: <RBHouston@aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:25 AM
Subject: Dash Lights


> Just had a brain fa*t while reading a post on the guage and voltage
resistor
> for dash guages and got to wondering.
>
> The Radio Shack 7.5 volt bulbs are supposed to be great for illumination
of
> the instruments, but don't last long because we run them at 12 volts.
>
> Is there a way to run the dash lights throught the voltage resistor (or to
> buy a new one and wire it in) so that we get the benefit of bright dash
> lights and still have the bulbs last awhile?
>
> The triumph guys would love to hear if this would work, unless they found
a
> fix after I dropped off the list last year.
>
> Wake up electrical guys..inquiring minds want to know.  Just want the info
> you understand, it's too hot to work on the car here too.
>
> Robert Houston
>


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