Diode mod (back of clocks)

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Diode mod (back of clocks)

#1 Post by Nooj » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:30 pm

Where would a guide to that be? Seem to remember it was on AF1? Save me taking my clocks to bits to see how I did it.
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Re: Diode mod (back of clocks)

#2 Post by D-Rider » Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:29 am

Nooj wrote:Where would a guide to that be? Seem to remember it was on AF1? Save me taking my clocks to bits to see how I did it.
I'd done one on here (well it was in a thread in the technical section about indicators and I'd not quite finished everything in it) ...... However, it seems that those awfully nice people at Jet Screenshot have taken it upon themselves to delete all the diagrams I put together - bastards!!

I think I'll be forgetting jet-screenshot from now on!

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#3 Post by Nooj » Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:18 pm

Which wires the diodes go onto, and which way round they need to be. And which diodes to use, 1N4001 rings a bell (no circuitry pun intended).
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#4 Post by D-Rider » Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:50 pm

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The repeater bulb is the one in the dash (you can get the pin number from the workshop manual)

1N4001 diodes should be fine - almost any small signal diode will be OK for this.

This is how the repeater is wired with the standard bulbs - so it's fairly obvious what you need to do:

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#5 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:05 am

so pleased to see you playing with electrics nooj :)


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#6 Post by flatlander » Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:14 am

Whoosh the sound of it going over my head :smt005
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#7 Post by Nooj » Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:32 pm

Excellent work Mr. Drider, just what I was looking for!

Still in the very early R&D stages Mr. Sane, will be a while yet. Have SORNed mine in preparation for experiments. As well as your idea I'm thinking of working up something rather special, maybe in carbon fibre, but it will be expensive, couple of hundred quid at least I'd have thought.
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#8 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:38 am

nice one

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