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Subject:Re: Unorthodox Inst. Cluster Electrical Question
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:29:40 -0400

At 01:41 PM 10/21/2009, neil n wrote:
>  And since I want to add a low coolant
>warning system, the WBX temp gauge is needed. AFAIK, Bentley shows the
>WBX temp gauge as having what I assume is internal "solid state
>circuitry" that works with this system.

It's the circuit that decides when to blink the LED, and does the blinking.

>  I thought it would be a
>straight connection from warning module to a new 12V LED but seems
>not.

 From the old-type level-controller should be no problem -- if you
want it to blink you can get an LED that blinks internally.  The
newer short type would need a bit of extra circuitry most likely.  We
can pmail about it.

>Connecting the output voltage from voltage stabilizer and to an
>existing aftermarket gauge connected to the VW temp sensor *kind of*
>made sense, but 10V might not work with the aftermarket gauge. Not
>worth the effort to find out. And since I want to add a low coolant

Aftermarket gauges ought to be set up either to run unregulated or
provide their own internal voltage regulation.  I see no advantage to
trying this hookup.

I don't think you're tied to the WBX gauge if you don't want to
be.  We can pmail about it.

Yrs,
d