On Wed, 12 Jul 1995, Todd Mullins wrote:
>
> Small correction: The fuel gauge and the temp gauge, at least on the
> later cars, are fed a constant 10V from the (you guessed it) voltage
> stabilizer mounted under the dash.
>
Even smaller correction... the voltage stabilizer is a "chopper", and so
bounces between 12V and nothing. The resulting output is not constant,
but drives a heavily damped or bimetallic meter to the same degree a
constant 10V source would. (Sorta like "RMS" power).
> I don't remember if the original poster's car is recent enough to have
> this doojiggy or not...
>
I think cars back into the 50s did...
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