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source for simple led voltmeter I saw once 200 1993

Hi All,
Once I saw a simple gizmo with red, yellow and green led bulbs that you plug into your system somewhere to get a quick check of your charging health. If your system voltage was close to 14 it would green, around 13 yellow, etc. Has anybody ever seen one of these for sale? If so where? I spent a couple hours last night with no luck looking for something. I want some sort of voltage monitoring system I can fit into the last rocker switch slot on the center console and the thing I remember would fit nicely on a rocker switch blank cover.
Thanks in advance
Robb McC








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    source for simple led voltmeter I saw once 200 1993

    This one is real nice, it also has a nice price... It is aircraft certificated, however, so it is also not likely to fall apart in the near future.

    Dimensions are 1.85 in x 2.42 in, maybe a little bigger than what you had in mind.

    http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/digitalvoltmeter.php
    http://www.visualinstruments.com/

    Might look nice flush-mounted somewhere...

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    You can make your own in one evening .... 200 1993

    I don't think you'll find something commercially made that is small enough to mount on the "blank" cover for the switches. Most often, manufacturers package such devices in bigger casings (to impress customers?), even if the case is 99% empty!
    But if all you want are a set of color-coded LEDs to indicate a voltage scale, you can custom-build one easily, and then mount the LEDs through holes drilled in the cover panel. All you need are some zener diodes, resistors, and several different-colored LEDs (3mm LEDs are more compact than 5mm), and the circuit could fit on a small perf board.

    The key: zener diodes will block current (to otherwise light the LEDs) until voltage across them rises to a certain threshhold (specific for the zener you're using, e.g. 13 volts), and then the current is allowed to go through; if the current is flowing (and the LED is lit), you know that the voltage is at least that much (e.g., 13 volts). You can get an array of zeners for 12, 13 and 14 volts (maybe even 1/2-volt increments, but I don't know for sure).
    The various resistors are just chosen and added to protect the LEDs from too much current.

    Have fun.







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