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[TehMarchant]

Okay so I have a positive earth RVI tacho that I would like to have converted to RVC, I have been quoted £75 +£12 P&P + VAT Which I think is a little steep. Anyone able to go cheaper or know somewhere that will.

 

I don't want the gauge refurbished only the board changed and calibrated.

 

Cheers.

Edited by TehMarchant, 05 August 2013 - 07:23 PM.

[Tamworthbay]

You used to be able to get the boards for about £30 and you can do it yourself if you are handy with a soldering iron.

[TehMarchant]

You used to be able to get the boards for about £30 and you can do it yourself if you are handy with a soldering iron.

I have found them for £40 but how likely is it that the board will work with my specific tacho? I have a 2423/01 and I think they're kinda rare as I haven't seen much on them.

[Tamworthbay]

You used to be able to get the boards for about £30 and you can do it yourself if you are handy with a soldering iron.

I have found them for £40 but how likely is it that the board will work with my specific tacho? I have a 2423/01 and I think they're kinda rare as I haven't seen much on them.

If the board is £40 then £75 seems a good price to have someone do it for you. I doubt anyone is going to do it for much less unless you get lucky and find someone with an old board in stock.

[TehMarchant]

 

 

You used to be able to get the boards for about £30 and you can do it yourself if you are handy with a soldering iron.

I have found them for £40 but how likely is it that the board will work with my specific tacho? I have a 2423/01 and I think they're kinda rare as I haven't seen much on them.

If the board is £40 then £75 seems a good price to have someone do it for you. I doubt anyone is going to do it for much less unless you get lucky and find someone with an old board in stock.

 

But I really can think of better things I could spend £75 on as it is a lot of money, I have though about doing something like this http://www.dinoplex.org/tachoconversion/  What is the likely hood that if I walked into a electrical store with that list they would be able to find everything on the list?

[Tamworthbay]

A bit of a long shot, but could you get a cheap Tim tachometer or similar and swap the guts over. Only issue might be calibration so you would need one with a similar scale. I converted an old smiths clock like that, but obviously a time clock doesn't need calibrating, one revolution is always 12 hours! Or just buy a cheap tachometer and fit that.......

[TehMarchant]

A bit of a long shot, but could you get a cheap Tim tachometer or similar and swap the guts over. Only issue might be calibration so you would need one with a similar scale. I converted an old smiths clock like that, but obviously a time clock doesn't need calibrating, one revolution is always 12 hours! Or just buy a cheap tachometer and fit that.......

I have seen something about doing that and I think if I could get a gauge at the right price I would give it a go, the only problem is that I don't want to buy a gauge that doesn't work, I don't like buying second hand electrical as I know ho stupid people can be.

 

Good advice and I will give that a go, I never thought about using a cheaper tim gauge I was looking a smiths and they're a little more costly. I will see what I can get and hope that I will able to get the beautiful gauge up and running.