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1. [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Ken Gano, home" <triumphs@consolidated.net>; Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:17:03 -0500; This may sound a little off topic, but I assure you it is going into a Triumph :-) I am looking for a good quality, analog compass, with lighting that can be wired into the dash lights circuit. Ideal; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00211.html (7,292 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Ed" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:22:04 -0500; Ed PS: You do the "work"<G><G><G>!! == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00212.html (6,756 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:45:06 -0600; Thought you already had GPS. ??? Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.... == This list supported in part by The Vintage; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00213.html (7,504 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Ed" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:53:49 -0500; <<Thought you already had GPS. ???>> Couldn't, Michael!!!! And you being from where you are SHOULD "understand"!! He can't see past the windshield (er, windscreen?)!!!!! Easiest answer I've had in a; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00215.html (6,909 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com; Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:58:19 EDT; << I am looking for a good quality, analog compass, with lighting that can be wired into the dash lights circuit. >> How about a 70's classic "Airguide " dash mount compass? You know the one that loo; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00216.html (7,126 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:45:44 -0600; Huh? WTF? Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.... == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == ht; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00217.html (7,186 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:29:47 -0700; That's what I use (though my wife thinks it qualifies me as an old fart). Real easy to get these dialed in to be fairly accurate, just use many very small adjustments. I think they used to be made in; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00226.html (7,732 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "David Brister" <david.brister@wanadoo.fr>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:10:37 +0200; If you just put a "floating ball" type or any other magnetic compass into your TR glovebox it will look quite smart but you can expect enormous heading errors in use. There are lots of DC electrical; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00273.html (7,833 bytes)
9. RE: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:16:24 -0700; Really tough to compensate for whether the headlights are on or off ! Randall == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00275.html (7,241 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "David Brister" <david.brister@wanadoo.fr>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:59:32 +0200; Exactly! Strictly speaking you should swing the compass twice, once lights on and again lights off and make two deviation cards. Of course you should also swing the compass every time there is a sig; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00314.html (7,562 bytes)
11. RE: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:15:52 -0700; Well, strictly speaking it's an impossible problem. On a TR2-early TR6, the charging current from the generator also runs through the dash area, so the magnetic field will depend on how hard the gen; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00333.html (8,409 bytes)
12. RE: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: CFisher@borgwarner.com; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:26:13 -0500; Just curiouse on the compass being affected by car chassis, current flows etc. How much potential error are we practicly talking about? Less that 5 degrees? Potentially 45 or 90 degrees? Curt Fisher; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00334.html (8,261 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:49:39 -0700; I use an Airguide bubble compass and it reads the same regardless of engine on/off, headlights, accessories, etc. I've got it dialed in to about 5 degrees of accuracy which works for me -- I'm more i; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00338.html (8,656 bytes)
14. RE: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:47:08 -0700; In theory the error could exceed 90 degrees, if the compass were right next to a wire carrying a significant amount of current. It's been too long, I'm not sure of the numbers now. I used to work wi; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00340.html (8,739 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "David Brister" <david.brister@wanadoo.fr>; Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:05:59 +0200; If one were super pedantic, one would point out that Variation is the difference between True North and Magnetic North which is very exactly determined worldwide by the geological surveying people an; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00341.html (9,240 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Ed" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:15:21 -0500; <<Which direction did that man say the sun rose from?>> Now THERE is a "tense" question!!!! Ed PS: <groan> == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00342.html (7,635 bytes)
17. RE: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:29:46 -0700; Except that the US Geological Survey calls this the magnetic declination, not Variation. http://geomag.usgs.gov/ Right, but the annual change is only known precisely after it happens. Anything else; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00344.html (9,158 bytes)
18. RE: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Mark Hooper" <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:11:02 -0400; What will we do with all the antique compasses when the Earth's magnetic field flips? Can we just put the labels on upside down? Mark ________________________________ Except that the US Geological Su; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00345.html (9,316 bytes)
19. Re: [TR] Quest (score: 1): Author: "Ed" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:19:34 -0500; er, just movr to OZ???? == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00346.html (7,014 bytes)

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