Re: Murphy Strikes again!

["Joe Smalley" <joes@worldfront.com>]

I suppose we need to put instructions on converting the regs from internal
load to external load on the website.

It is simple for an experienced technician but not for someone new to
unsoldering. The biggest risk is damaging the circuit board.

Joe Smalley
Rural Kitsap County WA
Fiesta 48 volts
NEDRA 48 volt street conversion record holder
joes@worldfront.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lussmyer" <Cougar@CasaDelGato.Com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:47 AM
Subject: RE: Murphy Strikes again!


> At 08:33 AM 6/28/2002 -0700, ethorpe@gric.com stated:
> >How have you created your remote display? I'm interested for my
Sparrow...
> >Also, because of heat, is it best to increase the air circulation in the
> >battery boxes or mount the regs outside of the battery boxes?
>
> The remote display is simple, but tedious.  I unsoldered the LED's from
the
> regs and replaced them with 2 pin headers.  I then drilled 13 pairs of
> holes in a piece of aluminum angle and installed all the LED's there
> (actually, I used new LED's so they would have long leads).  I soldered a
> piece of 4 conductor phone cable to each pair of LED's, ran it to the
> appropriate reg, and put a pair of 2 pin plugs on the end.
> Of course I also had to re-adjust all the regs.
>
> It would probably be better to use regs with external loads, and put the
> loads somewhere where a fan can blow on them.  Of course this would mean a
> BUNCH more wires running around.... I used the internal load version, and
> have found that there are a few regs that could use more airflow.  I'm
> thinking of getting a bunch of those tiny CPU fans (old 486 ones are
cheap)
> and installing one on each reg.
>
>
> --
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