I have one of those meters on my 56 porsche. if you really want to regulate
it to 6V, use a 7805 chip and a capacitor - that will give you very
accurately regulated 5V (which will be fine with the meter) for about 50
cents.

"Whunicut" wrote in message
...
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.

Warren