tach&dwell meter

["Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can/t you get a 12 V battery and run the hot wire of the meter/tach from it
and just use the coil lead for the trigger?  Might have to hook the - wires
of both batteries together.  Some of you electrical types jump in on this.
I THINK I remember doing this once but don't remember if I had to tie the
grounds together on the battery or not.

Kerryp
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: IML: tach&dwell meter


> If you have one for 12 volts, try it, you might be surprised to find that
it
> will work just fine on 6 volts, but if your car is positive ground,
remember
> to reverse the clip leads so that the red one is on the positive (ground)
> side and the black one is on the points, and then be certain not to
> inadvertently let the any metal on the meter touch the car's body.  I have
a
> plastic cased one which works just fine on either voltage.
>
> Dick Benjamin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Captden30@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:23 PM
> Subject: IML: tach&dwell meter
>
>
> > does anyone in the club know where i can purchase a tach&dwell meter
that
> > will operate off 6 volt. perhaps someone has one they no longer need and
> they
> > would like to sell it? i can be contacted off line at captden30@xxxxxxxx
> thanks,
> >  dennis   53 imperial.
> >
>
>
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