Re: Water Temp Gauge - Voltage Stabiliser?
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:57 pm
The voltage stabiliser must be fitted the right way up as on the back of an instrument to work properly .
Neil
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bcmc33 wrote:Is there a voltage regulator in an Elan? If so, where?
Can someone please explain why the orientation of the Stabiliser is important.
I fitted a solid state version in my S4 & it hangs where it feels like on loose wires, just to the right of the Radio slot.
It does its Job fine.
oldelanman wrote:John wrote...Can someone please explain why the orientation of the Stabiliser is important.
I fitted a solid state version in my S4 & it hangs where it feels like on loose wires, just to the right of the Radio slot.
It does its Job fine.
John, I see nobody has answered your question so here's my theory......
The original voltage stabiliser is an electro-mechanical device involving a heated bi-metal spring and contact points and it will have been finely adjusted to produce the required output voltage. It is a relatively delicate device and it's operating characteristics may well be affected by external influences like gravity and vibration. If mounted with the bi-metal element vertical the effect of gravity is eliminated and the effect of vibration from road input is minimised. The workshop manual is very specific about the vertical orientation stating that the maximum permissible "out-of-true" of the mounting is 10deg in any direction.
Solid state stabilisers on the other hand are purely electronic devices and having no moving parts are not affected by vibration or gravity so you can put them wherever you like.
Plausible....what do you think ?
Also, slightly off topic, here's another open question.....
I had my capillary type water temp gauge repaired and refurbished recently and it came back with a sticker saying "kettle testing may damage the gauge". Anyone explain why that is ?
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