flint54 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Need an electrical wizard's advice. My A/F meter dims with the dash lights, but remains an order of magnitude too bright at all settings except "off". I would like to wire in a pot, balance it, and forget it. Can anyone enlighten me how to do this correctly? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Sometimes, depending on the threshold of the illumination LEDs (if that's what it is), it won't dim enough before cutting off. In that case you have to lower the input voltage by using a ballast resistor. Tie a 0-5 ohm pot in series with the illumination input to the gauge and adjust it until the brightness is how you like it. Then take it out of the circuit, measure the resistance of the pot, then solder in (hardwire) a fixed resistor close to the same value. Should be close to a single ohm resistor or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flint54 Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Thanks! I think they're LED's, they look that bright. And, they dim only to about 50% and then cutoff. That's exactly the info I was looking for. Off to Skycraft (our local mil surplus outlet) tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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