Re: [Chrysler300] voltage reducer

["Park Waldrop" <pwald@xxxx>]

All,

This thing is merely a heavy duty 1 ohm wire-wound resistor. What many
vendors of such simple devices don't say is that it will only reduce by 6v.
if there is a current of 6a. flowing through it. That current is fairly
typical of some 6v radios, but most dash instruments don't draw nearly that
much, thus the resistor wouldn't reduce the supply voltage much, and the
instruments would be fed too much voltage. A decent solution for dash
instruments that are fed through a voltage reducer is one available at NAPA
for about $15 (NAPA/Echlin IR-2). It actually does supply a somewhat
regulated lower voltage output. I'm using one on my '51 Hudson converted to
12v.

Park Waldrop
Atlanta
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