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    4/14/2018 7:35 PM  #1

    Bullet Bob
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    Solid state CVR's....

    We needed a couple of adjustable solid state instrument regulators for the Falcon project and I was thinking of adding a third to the Heap to allow separate tuning for the oil and temp gauges, plus my friend needed a couple to get the stock instruments in his Willis pickup working.  So I went to Allied Elect. put enough stuff in the Cart to make ten regs.  Total came to $29.00...not bad.  Then I calculated the shipping...keep in mind that all that stuff would easily go in a small padded envelope....and they wanted $18.00 to send it.  NOT THIS TIME!!!

    ​So I went to Amazon Prime just to see if they had any components and they did but what caught my eye is that they had 10 year old Asian girl who was making up very nice little adjustable regulators at six for $11.95...free shipping.  I can't make them for that...can't even get the parts home for that.  They take 3-40VDC and spit out 1.3 - 33 VDC.  Today I set up two for the Bird and they seem to work fine.  If they last that's a pretty good deal.

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    4/15/2018 4:46 AM  #2

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    Mouser and Digi-Key are where I usually buy electronic components.  Don't recall ever getting shafted for shipping. 

    Amazon is getting to where they have everything, and the ability to search their site makes finding it easy.  I just bought a couple bearings from them.  I couldn't search what I needed at any of the online bearing places.  They want to give you a catalog in PDF format and then you have to search it.  Ever see how many pages one of those catalogs is?  Its like looking for a needle in a stack of needles.  I even went to the local bearing place and they couldn't find what I needed, or there was a minimum order, etc.  The stuff on Amazon was so cheap I bought them thinking if they didn't work I was out less than $20. 

     

    4/15/2018 6:02 AM  #3

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    Have a link ?

     

    4/15/2018 7:24 AM  #4

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    Grabber Blu wrote:

    Have a link ?

    Yup, should have included this, sorry.  And, I was wrong on the price...it's really $10.99

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076H3XHXP/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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    4/15/2018 11:24 AM  #5

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    I have found several of those Chinese “too cheap to be true” electonics deals both on Amazon and eBay, and have taken advantage of them. I bought some Hall effect tachometers with LED readouts (for machines in my shop) for $4 each including shipping from China. (Don’t get me started on China’s sweetheart deal with the US Postal service) They all worked fine. What I am finding is that these products that are cheap are test sales to gauge the market for the product. When they actually sell a certain number, they raise the price to where they can make money selling them, which is usually still cheaper than you can make your own.

     

    4/15/2018 11:29 AM  #6

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Mouser and Digi-Key are where I usually buy electronic components.  Don't recall ever getting shafted for shipping. 
     

    I wouldn't call it shafted, but they certainly do not offer very good deals on shipping. Good companies, but they need to re-think shipping prices in this day and age.
     

     

    4/15/2018 12:14 PM  #7

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

     I built a few CVR's from purchased components but before I discovered  made in China deals on Amazon..
     My cost on components for one CVR was more than the six offered ffom China, plus the fact that the China stuff was far more sophiticated than the ones I made.
     Sad to say for North American economy but China is open for business, child employment aside we can't compete with their prices, free shipping, quality control and warrantee of their products.

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    4/15/2018 1:39 PM  #8

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    I was looking for some nylon bolts and nuts for an unrelated project.  eBay had a box of them, about 80 assorted pieces for something like $3.99, INCLUDING shipping, from Hong Kong.  My local supplier had 8 1/4" X 1" nylon bolts with nuts for about $4.00.

    Not too long ago there was an article about Chinese shippers dumping merchandise on unsuspecting buyers to boost their bulk USPS discount.

     

    4/15/2018 3:11 PM  #9

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    I would only disagree with this statement re: China's "quality control", I do not believe they have much, and do not care to ... just saying.

    Rudi wrote:

     I built a few CVR's from purchased components but before I discovered  made in China deals on Amazon..
     My cost on components for one CVR was more than the six offered ffom China, plus the fact that the China stuff was far more sophiticated than the ones I made.
     Sad to say for North American economy but China is open for business, child employment aside we can't compete with their prices, free shipping, quality control and warrantee of their products.

     

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    4/15/2018 6:22 PM  #10

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    BobE wrote:

    I would only disagree with this statement re: China's "quality control", I do not believe they have much, and do not care to ... just saying.

    Rudi wrote:

     I built a few CVR's from purchased components but before I discovered  made in China deals on Amazon..
     My cost on components for one CVR was more than the six offered ffom China, plus the fact that the China stuff was far more sophiticated than the ones I made.
     Sad to say for North American economy but China is open for business, child employment aside we can't compete with their prices, free shipping, quality control and warrantee of their products.

     

    Totally agree, and on things made of metal the metallurgy is often suspect.  The real issue I have with them is ripping off US patents and not being held accountable for it.  Thee have been a lot of cases where they are selling Ford parts with Ford part numbers in Ford boxes that are all 100% bogus.  It was even common for people to buy Ford's IDS software for like $600 (normally more like $3,000).  It was a hacked version so good you couldn't tell until you logged in to update the software and were promptly locked out of your own software by Ford, making your $600 purchase worthless.  No legal recourse. 
     

     

    4/15/2018 6:25 PM  #11

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    Re: Solid state CVR's....

    Rich, I figure I'd rather have the gauge show me Empty  rather than Full if I can't have both...and with the best new repop senders it seems that I can't have both.  Either Full or Empty, take my pick.  So I adjust the voltage on the adjustable CVR to show E when the float is at the bottom.  And I adjust the arm to be at the bottom when there is about two gallons in the tank.  Then at full raise on the arm the best I can get is about 7/8 Full.   Good enough.

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