MoNkEy MaGiC
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ive been thinking of making my own shift light for the revs....
how would i go about making a "shift light" my self, what parts and tools would i need exactly? besides wires, leds and soldeiring?
would i need to modify or do somthin to the rev counter?
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Richie
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would be a bit of a shit i think, doesnt the tacho wire provide AC current?
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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im not sure mate 
their must be a way to do it
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N90ATH
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well all the shift light come with some unit that triggers the light at a certain rev range so guessin it is the ac current. y not just buy onw would still be the same rice and a hell of a lot less messin round
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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hmmm, i guess no ones done it too the standard rev counter then
i dont want a whole new rev counter/tacho to mount up as im good with electronics so want to try this my self, but not too sure how the rev counter works, i have a spear one handy that i can test on, but just need lil advice were to start you see??
am i right, that i may need some sort of device/circuit that measures the rev and can send a current/signal to which i can wire the shift light??
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MJ
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i made one at college for an AS project, well simalar, as the speed went up the voltage went up this causing more leds to light up. very easy to do.
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modded_corsa
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cud u not use small electro magnets......on placed about 4500-5500rpm...and one places on the needle....and wen the go near each other the pass current and allow the shift light to light up...
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just how i would do it.....but probably wouldnt work
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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quote:
Originally posted by mark_jarman1
i made one at college for an AS project, well simalar, as the speed went up the voltage went up this causing more leds to light up. very easy to do.
hmmm interesting 
could you explain some more, how would it be wired up exactly and to were??
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Ian
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Electromagnets is a daft ideal, would fail after a week.
You'd be far better taking the pulse from the coil and running that through a diode to make sure you're only getting DC, then smooth it with fairly big capacitor and transistorise the result. You may have to play about with a variable resistor to calibrate it first of all but you could swap that for a regular one when you've worked out what resistance is required.
Edit - yeah, multiple LEDs very easy also, just run different resistance on each transistor.
[Edited on 20-01-2005 by Ian]
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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hmmm sounds complicated but i will give it a go with the spear rev counter ive got
anyone else
TTT
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j0hn
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off topic: ahhh u from hayes i been to the all u can eat chinese ther lol
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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quote:
Originally posted by j0hn
off topic: ahhh u from hayes i been to the all u can eat chinese ther lol
alright mate,
nah not the one in hayes, were abouts is it? ive heard theirs a few about here near yeading?
i see you go "kingston" uni, im always in kingston! its a really Really nice place init!
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j0hn
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yeh man kingston is quality in the summer loads of birds n that. Duno wer in hayes but its shite lol!
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Waldbrand
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maybe i can give you a circiut layout, for all the DIY-experts. Tell me if you are interested...
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