Re: [Amc-list] instrument voltage reg

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

I've been running the fix as posted on Tom's site for 5-6 years now with never a problem. Can't say that for the old bi-metal "averaging" regulator! That thing wears out because it has moving parts! It's not really a regulator at all, but a switch. It switches 12V on and off as the bi-metal strip heats up from resistance. An analog (dial type) volt meter will swing back and forth, and a digital meter really goes crazy! The average voltage from all the switching ends up around 5V, +/- 5%. The solid state regulator gives a true 5V and the instruments are more accurate. Only a little soldering is required. 

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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:52:58 +0000
From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
	
Joe, 
   Don't forget this stuff is 40 years old!
You buy a nos one, who kows what condition it is going to be in.
Tom's fix will likely live longer than a nos one.

-- 
Frank Swygert
Publisher, "American Motors Cars" 
Magazine (AMC)
For all AMC enthusiasts
http://farna.home.att.net/AMC.html
(free download available!)

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