On 06 Jul 2004 20:38:57 GMT, S (Whunicut) wrote:

||I recently was high bidder for a NOS, 6 volt, Hobbs meter. I served my
||apprenticeship at Stewart-Warner so what can I say? Just could not resist
after
||seeing the old familiar face.
||I want to put the meter in the panel of an aircraft I am building, said
||aircraft has a 12 volt system.
||What I dont know about electronics and electricty would fill a library so how
||do I get from 12 volts to 6 volts?
||Seems I remember when we used to convert the old VW beetles to 12 volts, we
||kept the 6 volt starter, changed the lights but kept the windshield washer
||motor 6 volts. How did we do that?
||Anyway, all help will be appreciated.

Auto parts stores used to keep voltage reducers for just that purpose. You
needed one or more depending on draw. This application would just need one.

Still in the catalog and on the shelf. We sold 134 of them last week.
Who'da thought it?

Borg Warner number is VR1.
1.5 ohm resistance for up to 4 amp load.
Basically a wound-wire resister in a ceramic shell

VR2 is the same thing with a mounting bracket
Any parts store should be able to cross it to their brand.
Cost is about $10
Texas Parts Guy