on all the cars i converted to 12 V i used one of these Ron Francis solid state voltage reducers. on one 1950 car i ran the gauges and the hearer fan on the reducer with no problems. had too many problems with the Ford voltage reducers and assorted other reducers. these Ron Francis units worked flawlessly.....
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