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brucepick · 01-15-2011, 09:42 AM

Voltage regulator not yet bought. Probably today. Need the caps too but which ones and where do they go? Polar or non polar??

I plan to ditch the resistor when putting in the regulator. I'm not up to wiring inside the guino assembly. It will all be external to it.

Usually when doing eoc I bump start it but i will use the starter after sitting at a light. Definitely there's a voltage drop with starter use and that could be when it resets due to the 8 ohm resistor.

Sorry I don't follow your last paragraph about the latest guino components. I can solder OK. The 8 ohm resistor is in a 4x2x2 project case with a major vent hole so I think I'll put the VR and heat sink in there instead of the resistor. Or maybe screw to the firewall for a heat sink.

Thx.

01-15-2011, 09:42 AM	#14 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Voltage regulator not yet bought. Probably today. Need the caps too but which ones and where do they go? Polar or non polar?? I plan to ditch the resistor when putting in the regulator. I'm not up to wiring inside the guino assembly. It will all be external to it. Usually when doing eoc I bump start it but i will use the starter after sitting at a light. Definitely there's a voltage drop with starter use and that could be when it resets due to the 8 ohm resistor. Sorry I don't follow your last paragraph about the latest guino components. I can solder OK. The 8 ohm resistor is in a 4x2x2 project case with a major vent hole so I think I'll put the VR and heat sink in there instead of the resistor. Or maybe screw to the firewall for a heat sink. Thx. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.