Voltage Stabilizer

[MandM]

Hi Guys, I have been searching the forum for info of where to obtain a solid state voltage stabilizer but have come up with a blank does anyone know if the LD or Rob sport one is solid state without me phoning them or will the ones they sell do?, fuel and temp gauge reading low sometimes.

Thanks for your help in advance

I've seen a site about make your own but didn't want that hassle

Martin

[tvrgeek]

I get mine from Moss Motors. It is just a 10V regulator chip soldered in there.
Gauges will read HIGH as the typical old stabilizer quits. If reading low, I would be more suspect of bad connections.

[DJT]

Type Voltage Stabiliser into ebay. Plenty on there.

[022Dave]

I bought mine from RS Components. I've included a photo of its wrapping with the component part number. From memory, the central pin is not used.

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/low-dropout-voltage-regulators/5359010/?sra=pstk

Dave

IMG_0792.HEIC IMG_0793.HEIC

[KOY 23]

Centre pin is an earth as is the mounting tab, use one or the other. Left hand pin is input and right hand is output.

[DJT]

Easily fitted inside an original VS case:

http://www.britishv8.org/articles/mgb-voltage-stabilizer.htm

[MandM]

thanks Guys will have another look

[thebadleys]

Here you go Martin,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solid-sta...SkAAOSwoSleFLb 0

Nigel

[KOY 23]

£6 for soldering 3 short lengths of wire and a bit of heatshrink, not a bad little number.

[dave1959]

Moss Voltage Stab. P/no 131-555 is £18 in original style case

[StagJonno]

£6 for soldering 3 short lengths of wire and a bit of heatshrink, not a bad little number.

Not sure how you expect the guy to feed his family - P&P was included, too.

[dave1959]

That Moss one is heavy for what it is. As you can do this yourself for less than £5

[MandM]

Here you go Martin,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solid-sta...SkAAOSwoSleFLb 0

Nigel

Thanks Nigel

[MandM]

I'm going to check the earth first as my gauges go down not up, I stopped on the way home from the garden centre as my temp gauge went to zero and the fuel gauge went to 3/4 just after filling the tank with my 99p petrol.

[StagJonno]

I'm going to check the earth first as my gauges go down not up, I stopped on the way home from the garden centre as my temp gauge went to zero and the fuel gauge went to 3/4 just after filling the tank with my 99p petrol.

Sounds more like the V stabiliser is sticking a bit (it works using a bi-metallic switch surrounded by a heating element) in switching battery voltage on and off, spending too long of "off". If you lost the earth, there'd be no heating and therefore the gauges would see battery voltage at all times and read high.