dklawson
Yoda
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I would like to add a footnote or two to the posts above.
Do not install a voltage stabilizer to the earlier gauge systems with the magnetic gauges... at least don't add a Smiths electro-mechanical stabilizer. The Smiths stabilizers switch their output on and off rapidly. If you connect one to an early magnetic gauge it is effectively turning the gauge on and off rapidly. Instead of making the gauge appear damped, it can make the needle flutter or bounce more.
You could install one of the modern solid state stabilizers to the system such as those sold by Moss. However, the bouncing you observe with most magnetic gauge installations are not due to fluctuations in the car's charging system but vibrations, sudden body movements, and in the case of fuel gauges, sloshing inside the tank.
Do not install a voltage stabilizer to the earlier gauge systems with the magnetic gauges... at least don't add a Smiths electro-mechanical stabilizer. The Smiths stabilizers switch their output on and off rapidly. If you connect one to an early magnetic gauge it is effectively turning the gauge on and off rapidly. Instead of making the gauge appear damped, it can make the needle flutter or bounce more.
You could install one of the modern solid state stabilizers to the system such as those sold by Moss. However, the bouncing you observe with most magnetic gauge installations are not due to fluctuations in the car's charging system but vibrations, sudden body movements, and in the case of fuel gauges, sloshing inside the tank.