Re: solid state instrument voltage regulator
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07/13/15 10:45 AM
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That's the half assed way to do it. When I built mine I installed the guts into the old mechanical regulator's housing. Using the housing itself for the heat sink.
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Re: solid state instrument voltage regulator
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07/15/15 11:41 AM
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That was pretty much the same experience I had in doing a power supply in another project I was working on. The plastic three legged regulators were rated at 1 amp and only with a heat sink. The project drew 950 ma and even with a good heat sink, it would start shutting down. I went to a TO5 case regulator with a 3 Amp rating, problem solved. Unfortunately, they stopped making those years ago. As a result, I did not even think about using one in the 'Cuda and went with the RTE. Craig
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie, 73 Cuda Previous mopars: 62 Valiant, 65 Fury III, 68 Fury III, 72 Satellite, 74 Satellite, 89 Acclaim, 98 Caravan, 2003 Durango Only previous Non-Mopar: Schwinn Tornado
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Re: solid state instrument voltage regulator
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07/15/15 12:52 PM
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it just looks like they read lower than they should. My experience was the same, if you do the calculations, 1A is not enough, especially on an E-Body with 4 gauges.
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Re: solid state instrument voltage regulator
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07/15/15 01:04 PM
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I built my own using that article. I got a big heat sink out of my computer parts and used thermal paste glue to stick it on. but I only drive 2 gauges. I have also noticed with the advent of usb chargers, you can get a pretty cheap 2 amp charger now. if you can take one apart, you could rewire that as the vr for the gauges instead. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controll...=details&Q=10 bucks. you can find them cheaper if you look. building one was about 5 bucks. RTE is like 25 or 35, I don't recall. just depends on how handy you are and if you want to save a buck.
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Re: solid state instrument voltage regulator
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07/18/15 12:25 AM
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Being on this subject if the gauges are spikeing and then returning to a low reading on gauge it means the VR is going bad? Also is it true the solid state one from RTE will make gauges read lower? Either the regulator is going bad or there is a bad ground. On my E body, the gauges read the same as they always did. Craig
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie, 73 Cuda Previous mopars: 62 Valiant, 65 Fury III, 68 Fury III, 72 Satellite, 74 Satellite, 89 Acclaim, 98 Caravan, 2003 Durango Only previous Non-Mopar: Schwinn Tornado
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