anyone used this when rewiring cluster?

[Angie]

hey all. on my build I have gutted and rewired the dash/cluster and now running into a problem with the fuel gauge/sending unit. on the rewire I will need to drop the voltage down to 5V DC from 12.

has anyone used one of these to convert the voltage...

cheers

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-Step-Dow...tage-regulator-CAR-POWER-Supply-/181862358374

 

[adsm08]

I found a solution that is even simpler.

Go back to your original harness, and find the thick black wire that goes from the ignition switch to the gauge portion of the cluster and put it in your new setup. It's a 9-oh resistor and steps the voltage down to the correct level.

 

[Angie]

thanks ads, i will look into that wire, isn't one of them a fuseable link also?

 

[bobbywalter]

theres a resistor wire on some systems and reg voltage regulator on others... and ...well technically a fusible link is a resistor wire....but...

 

[Angie]

Thanks bob, Back to original question, Will these step down converters work ok for a converter?

 

[adsm08]

I don't know why it wouldn't. As long as you have a clean consistent 5V it shouldn't really matter how you do it.