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 Post subject: Re: 7V Regulator
Post Number:#31  PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:23 pm 
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I was putting a piece of aluminum strip on for cooling and then potting them in various containers, no problems heard of.

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Post Number:#32  PostPosted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:04 am 
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There is not a need for the capacitors for voltage balencing. And 99.9% of the time when one of these transistor based regulators fail, they go open and you have no output. But the old Points regulators can fail closed and then 12 Volts do hit the gages.

A LM317 is a nice Chip regulator. By changing the risistors values you can make a 12 volt battery charger for solar panels that output 18V to 30V DC. By bridging them you can get over 10 AMPs of output. I have build a few solar powered battery banked backup units.

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Post Number:#33  PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:54 pm 
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I think I will just spend the money and stay OEM on this part, the gas gaguse showsmfull when I know it isn't and the temp gauge is stuck on H whe I know it is not HOT.


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Post Number:#34  PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:40 am 
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muncher9707 wrote:
I think I will just spend the money and stay OEM on this part, the gas gaguse showsmfull when I know it isn't and the temp gauge is stuck on H whe I know it is not HOT.


I'm not sure you can get new OEM anymore. And used one's would be hit and miss on working. I have gotten some from an ebay seller called roberth9. They work very well and price isn't bad.

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 Post subject: Re: 7V Regulator
Post Number:#35  PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:31 pm 
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Too far gone from stock but it works. I will concentrate on my cooling system instead.


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Post Number:#36  PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:56 am 
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The gas and temp gage do not work properly but I can live with those for now. I knew that when I bought it.


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Post Number:#37  PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:27 pm 
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Thanks to everyone for the great info. I would never have figured out the problem, let alone the solution to the 2 gauges both failing. I went with torgo's solution of the mouser part. Very inexpensive solution, and I can say it works great, with no extra resistors or other stuff to assemble. Very good for those of us with only moderate electrical skills. This was easy for me! Mouser was great to deal with, even to Canada, I recieved my package in a week using the least expensive USPS option, total cost including shipping was about $12. It's soooo nice to have those gauges working again!

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