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Technical => Electrical => Topic started by: DaBigGinger on November 22, 2013, 02:38:00 PM

Title: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: DaBigGinger on November 22, 2013, 02:38:00 PM
I have a PSD air/fuel ratio gauge, but it's almost impossible to read it in the day time as it's too dim. At night time it's fine, though. At the back, there looks like a hole for a light bulb, so I was going to pop one in and see if that helps things out a bit. Does anyone have one of these and do you know what type of bulb/fitting is required to fit the hole. Also, if any of you use one of these, did this sort the brightness issues?

Thanks!
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: hayesey on November 22, 2013, 02:44:12 PM
do you have a picture of it?  I guess you could use any bulb that is 12v and physically fits.
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: DaBigGinger on November 22, 2013, 05:18:05 PM
Hey Paul, I just tried to remove the gauge, but it's stuck in the pod pretty well. I can see the hole for the bulb - it's a circle about 4 or 5mm. I was wondering if there's a particular bulb type to fit in that space :)
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: hayesey on November 25, 2013, 09:16:43 AM
does the gauge not have a manufacturer's name on it or anything?
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: DaBigGinger on November 27, 2013, 11:22:29 PM
It definitely doesn't have one on the front. I'm not sure where PSD sourced them from either. I might have to apply some brute force and remove it from the pod and have a play around with some fittings and see what does the trick.
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: hayesey on November 28, 2013, 11:19:31 AM
do you have a picture of it?
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: DaBigGinger on November 28, 2013, 11:59:45 PM
Sure, I can get one on Sunday :)
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: DaBigGinger on December 01, 2013, 09:28:41 PM
Here it is:

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/dabigginger/IMG_0730.jpg)
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: hayesey on December 02, 2013, 09:24:10 AM
oh right, an electronic one.  I'd be surprised if there was a way of backlighting it.  You'll need to remove the actual gauge from the pod and see what you can see.  Perhaps there'll be a pot to adjust the LED brightness?
Title: Re: PSD air/fuel ratio gauge difficult to see in the day time
Post by: DaBigGinger on December 02, 2013, 05:59:40 PM
No, there's nothing like that :( I've seen some mechanical gauges on the Demon Tweeks site, so I might give one of those a shot :) Thanks anyway!