Seventh_son
- Mar 24, 2018
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Hey gang.
New to the forum here. I have a unexplainable affinity for old electrical gauges. Amperes, DC, AC, the vintage ones are gorgeous. So I have accumulated quite a few of them and I was looking to build something to display them.
I'm looking to be able to make them power up or ocassioally fluctuate or spike. You know, make the needle dance. But ideally I would want this to be a lower voltage setting than they are rated for. They are mostly antique so pumping high voltage in to them makes me nervous.
What I'm looking for is a low voltage board that will push the needle and make it dance or pulse. Being that the gauges are set up for various voltages I figured I would just put a appropriate resistor between the two posts to work around what they are set up for. If this won't work let me know.
Does anyone have experience doing what I'm looking to do ?
New to the forum here. I have a unexplainable affinity for old electrical gauges. Amperes, DC, AC, the vintage ones are gorgeous. So I have accumulated quite a few of them and I was looking to build something to display them.
I'm looking to be able to make them power up or ocassioally fluctuate or spike. You know, make the needle dance. But ideally I would want this to be a lower voltage setting than they are rated for. They are mostly antique so pumping high voltage in to them makes me nervous.
What I'm looking for is a low voltage board that will push the needle and make it dance or pulse. Being that the gauges are set up for various voltages I figured I would just put a appropriate resistor between the two posts to work around what they are set up for. If this won't work let me know.
Does anyone have experience doing what I'm looking to do ?