<VV>6 to 12v?

[Mark J. Murphy]

Been behind in my reading and skipping a lot so I may be way off base here,
but a favorite junkyard part for running 6v dashes in a 12v system
(conversion, etc) is the voltage limiter used in the Mustang II dashes.
Another option is Delco #U1745 (may be an old number) voltage reducer.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Padgett" <pp2 at 6007.us>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:13 PM
Subject: Re:<VV>6 to 12v?


>
> >I should have asked him about the gas gauge...  then again a dropping
> >resistor or a regulator to feed 6 volts to it would be easy...
>
> AC used a wye circuit to compensate for varying voltage for as long as I
> can remember, think most pre-computer dash gauges do so will read
correctly
> across a broad range of voltages (typ 9v-15v). Only problem likely with
> going from 6 to 12v would be overdriving the reference leg but since the
> meters were designed for very low currents it might last for quite a
while.