RE: Alternative on Dash Clock Conversions

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried to get a straight answer on this question out of my 
father-in-law who has a Phd. in Physics but I didn't quite get there.  
What I was able to come up with though was the thought that you could go 
to Radio Shack and get a solid state voltage regulator.  This should be 
very inexpensive.  You could get one that would either knock the voltage 
down from 12v - 1.5v or one that would go from 5v - 1.5v tapping into 
the voltage supply coming out of the instrument voltage regulator.  What 
I did get out of the father-in-law was that you just figure it as a 
straight ratio.  12/1.5 = 8 so you would get a voltage regulator that 
would reduce the voltage by a factor of 8.  Or 5/1.5= 3.33  Does this 
help?

Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html

Jeff Adams wrote:
> 
> The parts at Radio Shack are dirt cheap. When I converted my dash 
> cluster regulator I had $16 in everything, including 3 rolls of wire.
> Dodger7998@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > yes it could be done,,,,,,,guess that I am marching to a different  drum 
> > 
> > thou
> > gh, having a working clock in my 62-65 is of little importance to me,  
> > and 
> > would much rather spend that monies toward something else that would be 
> > more  
> > noticeable to the general public, or towards performance, however if you 
> > 
> > have  
> > unlimited funds to spend on the car ,,,,,,,, go for it 
> >  
> >  
> > In a message dated 1/30/2009 9:08:25 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
> > ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > 
> > 
> > I've  thought about this before, but since we have been able to use a 
> > small  Radio Shack voltage regulator to replace the regualtor in our 
> > gauge  clusters, why can't we just wire a small regulator/resistor into 
> > a 
> > battery  operated clock??? They just run on one 1.5 volt battery. Does 
> > this sound  feasible to anyone?
> > 
> > spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > 
> > > Some  years back it was reported here by a member that he went to a 
> > > craft 
> > >  shop and bought craft-oriented clock guts, the kind that uses one AA 
> > >  battery. He retrofitted that mechanism into his Mopar's clock and it 
> > >  worked. The only maintenance was replacing the AA battery once a year.
> > >  
> > > Gary H. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jeff Adams
> > 64  Polara
> > 
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