<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Guys,<div> I tried the solid state voltage stabilizers and have found them prone to failure. Luckily I held on to the old reed stabilizers the solid state voltage stabilizers were to have replaced and have had no issues with the reinstalled 50+ year originals. YRMV…<br>Bob</div><div>72 TR6<br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 8, 2022, at 2:30 PM, David Friedlander <forzion7@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Thanks, Pete. I have now connected the stabilizer as you suggested and on an applied input </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">voltage of 12.61 volts, the stabilizer reads 4.25 volts on output. Time for another stabilizer?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Dave</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 1:46 PM Pete Groudas <<a href="mailto:petegroudas@gmail.com">petegroudas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yes, you just need to connect it to a 12v battery or better still, an adjustable powersupply, so you can range the input from 11v to 14.5.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You should read 10v on the output. If you have a 1k resistor, it would help simulate a load.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The moss solidstate ones dont seem to last long. I have had to rebuild 3 of them over theblast 4 years. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 8, 2022, 1:05 PM David Friedlander via NET <<a href="mailto:net@newenglandtriumphs.org" target="_blank">net@newenglandtriumphs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Hey all ~<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Is it possible to test a voltage stabilizer to see if it's in good working order</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">if it is not mounted in a car, just a "loose" stabilizer? This would be either </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">the TRF 1488796 or Moss 133-555 (negative earth).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Dave</div></div>
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