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About a year ago, I installed one of the electronic "gizmos" in the instrument panel of my 1971 D300. It replaced the steel strip inside the fuel gauge, which I deactivated, that reduced the 12V down to about 5v for the gauges. The new electronic device worked fine. About a month ago, I l
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Re: dash gauges
Posted by:
swptln
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Posts: 963
Posts: 963
Date: October 18, 2018 07:47PM
It's actually a voltage regulator, so you might see a fluctuation in voltage, especially if your using a digital multi meter or the fact that it might be on it's way out.
The old original regulators were a mechanical switch, unlike the newer solid state units, which would not show a pulsing or fluctuation in voltage.
Mark D.
1968 W200 Sweptline
1969 D100 Utiline
1971 D100 SE Sweptline
1993 D250 Club Cab Sweptline
1986 W250 Cab & Chassis
1978 D300 Sweptline
E. Brookfield, Massachusetts
The old original regulators were a mechanical switch, unlike the newer solid state units, which would not show a pulsing or fluctuation in voltage.
Mark D.
1968 W200 Sweptline
1969 D100 Utiline
1971 D100 SE Sweptline
1993 D250 Club Cab Sweptline
1986 W250 Cab & Chassis
1978 D300 Sweptline
E. Brookfield, Massachusetts
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