Fw: Power supply

["patrick grant" <gran102@xxxx>]

i visited my brother-in-law over newyears. i consider him a world class
electronics engineer(my opinion). i left him with an old nonoperable
dashboard power supply. since i have never had an operable one i cant answer
his questions. he is fully confident he can produce working power
supplies-not necessarily reproductions -but they will work for an economical
price. can anyone answer his questions? thanks, pat grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Korzep" <skorzep@xxxx>
To: <gran102@xxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 4:43 PM
Subject: Power supply


> Get home without incident? MA called here about 3:00 to see if you left.
>
>
> I was looking at the power supply today and had 2 questions. There
> doesn't seem to be a control for intensity. Do you know how the cars vary
> the instrument lighting? Is there a resistor in series with the 12 volt
> line to the power supply?
>
> I also notice that a lot of the stuff on the net says that the same power
> supply is used for all the vehicles of that era. But the schematic on the
> net doesn't match the power supply you left here. Any ideas?
>
> Another question......seems even the latest chrysler vehicles use the
> electroluminescent technology. Ever heard of anyone using the newer power
> supplies for the older vehicles?