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Voltmeter gauges

Post by richlizard » Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:57 pm

Anyone know where I can get some of these?

I saw them on a dashboard earlier and thought what a good idea.

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Post by richlizard » Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:30 pm

Thanks Rita.

I did look on Ebay first, but couldn't see anything similar to my image.

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Post by richlizard » Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:23 pm

Thanks Bob.

That looks like the exact individual gauge, but I was wondering if anyone had seen the whole unit around. First picture didn't show it too well, but you can see it better here. Looks real neat and tidy.

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Post by Bob » Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:31 pm

You would normaly buy the instruments and surround (its called a binacle) separately.

Idea being peeps will choose different gauges. These used to be available in accessory shops but I haven't looked in a long time.

Ah, this type of thing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Generic-Tripple ... B00N5NJ7F8
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Post by mikeonb4c » Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:14 am

richlizard wrote:Anyone know where I can get some of these?

I saw them on a dashboard earlier and thought what a good idea.

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I went for something discreet in the form of an inexpensive flush fitted LED unit, seated by making a gasket from old mousemat. This one only monitors LB voltage but you could make it switchable between LB and SB (click image to enlarge):

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The big switch below and to the right is a 3 way switch for the 100W spots (on with lights/off/on with main beam only)

The LED voltmeter can be bought on ebay for around £5. For example:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12v-24v-VOLTM ... xyjP1R5Ev7

(though 'm not sure if this one is the right size so you'd need to check).
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Post by richlizard » Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:42 am

That's great, thanks a lot guys.
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Post by nth » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:54 am

I went for this setup, flush fitting so not too intrusive. Monitors both batteries at the same time.
http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/view ... 44&t=70349
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Post by mikeonb4c » Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:11 pm

nth wrote:I went for this setup, flush fitting so not too intrusive. Monitors both batteries at the same time.
http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/view ... 44&t=70349
Yes that's a really nice set up. I just hate doing anything that might not be reversible like cutting into the headlining. But that's just a personal thing.
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