> Electronics is polarity sensitive although an electronic
> stabilizer (regulator) can be designed to work with wither
> polarity by including a full wave bridge and retuning the
> circuit to compensate,
Hmm, maybe I'm missing something. Seems to me that a full wave bridge wouldn't
do, because the senders have to return to chassis
ground. The only way I can see to implement this would be basically two
complete regulator circuits with steering diodes so only
one is functional.
Lots easier to just use a circuit that matches the car polarity, which is what
the vendors do. Eg Moss sells 131-555 for negative
ground, and 131-556 for positive.
It's also pretty easy to build one for yourself. I used the can from an old
stabilizer (with bad contacts) similar to what's shown
here
<http://bob_skelly.home.comcast.net/~bob_skelly/voltageStabilizer/voltageStabilizer.html>
But there's no reason you have to use the can, it's just a convenient package
(with terminals).
If you want positive ground instead of negative, use a 7910 instead of the
7810, and switch the polarity of the capacitors.
-- Randall
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