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Re: Voltage Regulator Replacement for Voltage Stbilizer

To: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Voltage Regulator Replacement for Voltage Stbilizer
From: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:54:14 -0500
  Hi Paul,

I wouldn't bother either but not for the reason you state; temp 
compensation can be effected by using negative temp coefficient parts in 
a solid state design, but what the hey, the original chopper device gets 
the job done OK and it's still available.

   Cheers,

    CR


Paul Hunt wrote:
> I wouldn't bother.  The electro-mechanical item compensates for changes in
> ambient temperature affecting the gauge, a solid-state item doesn't.  People
> moan about the MGB gauge being non-linear, but my Celica is far worse, and
> has the added inaccuracy whereby the first 70 or so miles on a journey uses
> no petrol at all, then when I come to restart the car after being parked for
> a while it has lost a gallon or more!
> 
> PaulH.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
>>Somewhere lost in my computer is a file that tells how to replace the
> 
> voltage
> 
>>stabilizer with a solid state regulator.




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