

| Subject: | Re: Troubleshooting Blinking LED |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Thu, 1 May 2014 23:55:30 -0400 |
>10 uF 16 V aluminum. Tantalum is better but a fresh aluminum will be fine. If you're nimble you may be able to work from the backside of the circuit board without disassembling the gauge. If you elect to take the board out to work on, you can Dremel the back of one rivet (digging slightly into the case to completely remove the rivet flange) and pivot the faceplate on the other one. When you desolder the mounting posts, be aware that the heater wires are passed through holes in the post and then wrapped around it. You have to unwrap them before you can pull them through. Try not to break them as they are very difficult to tin. Take care of the needle, it's very light folded aluminum and quite delicate. The faceplate will slip back over the remains of the rivet and can be secured with a drop of epoxy on the back if you desire. I used to remove it and substitute a ?2-56? screw and nut, but the other works just as well. You can substitute a brighter LED while you're in there, but it's not a drop-in. The existing one is a five-volt self-blinker, in series with a ?5.2? V zener diode. If you replace it you'll have to replace the zener with an appropriate dropping resistor. RS have a slow-blinking diffused red that can be used, or you can use a non-blinking super-bright (I'm somewhat red-blind, so I hate red LEDs in daylight. I've got one in mine that will stab me in the eye and really get my attention). Yrs, d
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