Voltage limiter

[71RRHI]

Since I had the dash all apart on my 70 coronet to change the dashpad. I decided to install a RTE voltage limiter. The limiter that was in the dash had a ground wire soldered to it. I looked up the install manual from RTE and they don't mention anything about needing this. I assume somewhere along the way some one did this to provide another goubd to the dash. Has anyone else seen this.

 

[72RoadrunnerGTX]

I have seen all sorts of goofy stuff. If the circuit board is grounded sufficiently there is no need to replicate the added ground lead. You can lose that condenser as well, not needed for the RTE vr.

 

[71RRHI]

I have seen all sorts of goofy stuff. If the circuit board is grounded sufficiently there is no need to replicate the added ground lead. You can lose that condenser as well, not needed for the RTE vr.

Thanks, the RTE instructions said you could remove or leave it. So I'll leave it for now.

 

[gkent]

FWIW - I usually eliminate things that "aren't needed". Then, if there are issues in the future it eliminates something you would needlessly consider to be the problem. And it saves weight !!

 

[retractable]

Will the limiter make as good a connection with the dash if the condenser is not plugged in?

 

[Bird 426]

If there's nothing wrong with your limiter, why replace it? I didn't like my solid state limiter, it caused my fuel gauge to be extremely slow. I had replaced it because it came with the new circuit boards. Then someone over on FABO, I think, mentioned this, so I reinstalled my old factory limiter, fuel gauge works as it should now. This was my experience, yours may act differently.

 

[71RRHI]

If there's nothing wrong with your limiter, why replace it? I didn't like my solid state limiter, it caused my fuel gauge to be extremely slow. I had replaced it because it came with the new circuit boards. Then someone over on FABO, I think, mentioned this, so I reinstalled my old factory limiter, fuel gauge works as it should now. This was my experience, yours may act differently.

I'm just replacing it since the dash is out. The general consensus is the RTE limiter is the one to use.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I'm just replacing it since the dash is out. The general consensus is the RTE limiter is the one to use.

My experience with my commercial truck led me to do extra maintenance when things were already apart.