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Re: Voltage Stablizer

To: Martin Pearce <dungey@pearcem95.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Voltage Stablizer
From: James Carruthers <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:50:44 +0100
If anybody is interested I have found a source of solid state 10v IC 
regulators in the UK - they cost about #1 each - initial testing shows 
them to work brilliantly - and they won't go bang so often!



James




Martin Pearce wrote:

>Bit of a strange one this.  I am revisiting the problems I am having in a
>reading on the fuel guage of my Mk1 Spit. (gave up last year!)
>
>I recently purchase another fuel sender unit to test if its that but I was
>reading in my 60s workshop manual that the voltage stabiliser should be
>checked first.  The input at the B terminal should be 12v (ie from the
>battery) and yes it is.  The output terminal T (which runs to the temp and
>fuel guages) should be 10v.  Mine is down at 5v, which is probably the
>issue.  Anyway, I have ordered a new one.
>
>My question is that if the stabilizer is only providing a 5v output, why am
>I getting correct readings on the temp guage but not fuel as they both use
>the same feed?
>
>Cheers
>
>Martin
>'63 Spit4





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