Revhead
03-08-2004, 06:59 PM
I made some of these for my guages. Just intalled them today and looks they work just fine.
All you need really is a very common electrical component, some wire, soldering iron, solder, heatshrink tubing, and electrical connectors.
First: The part... It's called an L7806. It comes in a TO220 package which just is a reference to what shape it is. It is very small maybe 1/2 inch square. It has 3 pins comming out the bottom and a mounting point on the top. The pins looking at it from the front, going left to right, are input, Ground, Output. The 7806 provides 6v from the output at 1 amp. They cost around $.32 - $.50 depending on retailer.
Making the reducer:
I soldered 3 wires directly to the component. 1 to each pin. you can also use the upper mounting hole for ground. The pins are close together, so you will need to use some heat shrink tubing over the pins to make sure they don't short.
Here's the basic idea of it all.. More info to come.
All you need really is a very common electrical component, some wire, soldering iron, solder, heatshrink tubing, and electrical connectors.
First: The part... It's called an L7806. It comes in a TO220 package which just is a reference to what shape it is. It is very small maybe 1/2 inch square. It has 3 pins comming out the bottom and a mounting point on the top. The pins looking at it from the front, going left to right, are input, Ground, Output. The 7806 provides 6v from the output at 1 amp. They cost around $.32 - $.50 depending on retailer.
Making the reducer:
I soldered 3 wires directly to the component. 1 to each pin. you can also use the upper mounting hole for ground. The pins are close together, so you will need to use some heat shrink tubing over the pins to make sure they don't short.
Here's the basic idea of it all.. More info to come.