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[Flashback]

One simple question. Have any of yall used a voltage
reducer to work your 6 volt guages only. If so, give
me the results and what brand works. I have spent all
day trying to find components at Radio Shacks. I would
like to buy somthing that works. Any help appreciated.

Tex E. Grier

[Dick Steinkamp]

I used this...

http://www.ronfrancis.com/prodinfo.asp?number=VR-1

...for the water temp and fuel gauges in my '54 Starliner. Worked great!


I would guess someone like Jeff H. might have a less expensive solution that does the same thing.



Dick Steinkamp
Bellingham, WA

[41 Frank]

I use whats called a "Runz" on my fuel gauge. Marketed by Fifth Avenue Antique Auto Parts www.fifthaveinternetgarage.com less than $20.00 works great.They have an ad in TW each month.

[Jeff_H]

Yup, I did make my own. I basically built my own "runtz" from scratch. Its a similar size and mounts to the back of the cluster. Cost me a lot less than $20 because I had all the parts already and my spare time is "free". That said, $20 is not a unreasonable amount for what you get and buying the parts to make one in the low qtys needed would probably be around $5 and much of a sunday afternoon to built it; so not much to be saved.

Those 2 gauges don't pull much current, so the big unit with the heatsink is overkill if its just the gauges. You probably only need 1 of the runtz units for 2 gauges. My notes on the gauges would indicate the pair together draw about 350mA (0.35 Amps) off 6v. Use that to size the reducer.

Jeff in ND

'53 Champion Hardtop