Re: Re: Weed Wacker update

From: John Michael Foster (foster.john@mailexcite.com)
Date: Wed Dec 24 1997 - 11:46:08 EST


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>John Michael Foster wrote: > >> The hardware store dimmer switch that I hooked up to the throttle body is still

>> holding up and I adjusted it so I don't sound like a giant vacume cleaner at stop

>> lights. > > Be careful with that dimmer. Most of the cheap ones are rheostats which >quite often induce weird noise in your electrical system. I don't know >how you would test this out, short of using an oscilloscope. EMI noise can >do strange things to your computer. > > Ron > Ron, thanks for the advice but the dimmer is isolated from the truck DC system by the power inverter wich is only hooked directly up to tha battery and I also upgraded the dimmer to a 12 amp unit for fear of having it burn out. So far I haven't had any problems. Thanks for the advice, John

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