John, that's somewhat like I thought. Just so used to the modern parts
that actually have constant voltage. Oh for an oscilloscope!
Yes it would be so easy to stick 3 terminal voltage regulator on it. One
that I could fine tune with a pot on the fuel gauge to show a full tank.
Without a known good way to check the voltage stabiliser I may try a
regulator and see how well it works. Maybe I have one in the old parts
bin or I could build one with some power transistors I know are in there
if I had a schematic.
Alan
"John T. Blair" wrote:
>
> At 05:23 PM 1/6/01 -0800, Alan Lemen wrote:
>
> >....
>
> >Voltage on stabiliser side of instruments is all over the place on my
> >DVM. Max is just over 11v and min just over 6v. Since the engine is not
> >running and it's simply the battery I did not expect this. I had hoped
> >to see stable 10v (I am sure I had seen this value somewhere before and
> >it has to be less than the battery voltage).
> >
> >Question is what voltage should it be and should it be stable. It is
> >supposed to be a stabiliser.
>
> Alan,
>
> This is one place the DVM is not a good thing. The voltage stablizer is
> actually a bimetalic switch. As it heats up it open, then cools down and
> closes. So you actually are turning on and off the flow of current. The
> net result is about 10V.
>
> On my Morgan I made and electronic stabalizer - don't really know how well
> it works yet. But when I put in the new Temp. guage, it wanted 10V instead
> of the 12V. So I took a 3 terminal regulator and set it up to output 10V.
>
> One of these days, I'll check it out and get the car really running. It's
> been a show car for the last several years.
>
> John
>
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