I was wondering if someone could do me a huge favor and find out what voltage the inverter on the EL dials puts out.

Anyone with a multimeter will be able to do so, you just need to set it to Volts(DC), unplug one of the gauges from the loom, and touch the 2 pins on the input plug to find voltage. Though I expect whoever helps e out would already know that :)

As the inverters that come with it are such poor quality with such a high fail rate, I plan on making a higher quality power supply with dimming capabilities, because we all know how damn bright they are at night!

If all goes well I should be able to either provide info on how to, or supply them to people who want them.

Cheers,
Damon

Ask Magtech (http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58419), he might be willing to as hes selling the dials anyway :)

I hope you do end up making them WOOB because mine are working intermittently. Ill see if i can do it ASAP.

I got the ****s with mine not working properly and ripped them out :rant:

Are we talking about the EL dials with the MPH? That are blue & Red in colour?
My inverter died within 2 months also, it just turns itself off randomly. So i ordered another through ebay, and has now worked for almost 2 years i think. Best part is.. it came with dimmer and switch to change its colour slightly :)

Been trying to find another seller of those inverters just in case this one breaks. So far no luck.

woob mine are installed properly and has not f up so far. and it dims fine.

nexus, you must have something different to the rest of us.. the standard ones from the group buy dont even have the ability to do dimming :)

as for the voltage... anyone? 30 seconds of effort for a big result!

one last attempt at getting someone to measure the voltage...

EL panels are basically a lossy capacitor with a phosphor between the two plates.

115V @ 400-600hz is a good place to start.