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Author Red-field on rev-counter made of red LED's...controlled by oil-temperature (PICTURES)
CorsaGSI_DK
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6th Jan 04 at 16:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi.

This is my recently finished project:

A "red-field" on the rev-counter made of 8 red LED's. They are controlled by the oil-temperature. When the engine is cold the larger "red-field" on the rev-counter. The oil-temperature is measured with a digital thermometer:



A picture of the 8 red LED's on the rev-counter at day-light. Oil-temperature is below 25 Degrees Celcius (from now on abbreviated DC):



When the engine/oil temperature is increasing...the LED's will turn of one by one. Here the oil-temperature has reached between 45 and 50 DC:



Here the oil-temperature has reached between 60 and 65 DC:



And finally when the oil-temperature is more than 70 DC, all LED's are turned of:



Now the engine is ready for some race! :-)

Any comments are welcome.

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broster
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cant see the pics!, sounds good tho

[Edited on 06-01-2004 by broster]
CorsaGSI_DK
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No pictures?

Hmm...they show up on my screen

The original post (in Danish) can be seen here. Same pictures and same story (for those of you who can read Danish) :-)

http://www.corsasport.dk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1420

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Adam-D
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thats very good that
jonathanbrook
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Brilliant idea! And well implemented too! How long did it take?
broster
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looks sweet mate, i also like the extra two dials youve fitted, can you get more pics? looks factory fit!
Ditch
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mate thats a quality idea, can i ask what engine your running?

Would be an excellent idea for the turbo peeps, kind of an oil temp gauge that tells you when your safe to give it some right foot.

Not exactly a necessity on your average corsa SXI or anything but still a very good idea that has been well thought through
drunkenfool
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have you got a wiring diagram or anything like that? Thats one of the best new ideas ive seen for a while, well done!
CorsaGSI_DK
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Thanks for the comments :-)

It is a x16xe engine in a Opel Corsa GSI fom 97

Att: jonathanbrook & drunkenfool; I have spent _many_ hours to implement everything. It consists of a digital thermometer, a "VU-meter" and a multiplier part. So the wiring diagram is not easy to make.

Att: broster; a better pictures is here. It is from "Project Opel":


[Edited on 06-01-2004 by CorsaGSI_DK]
broster
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cant see your pics, can u post a link for it instead?
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There should be a few pictures in my "garage" http://www.corsasport.dk/forum/album_personal.php?user_id=11&sort_method=pic_time&sort_order=DESC&start=24

The Opel badges have been exchanged with Vauxhall badges (too many Opel's in Denmark ;-) )
westsidecorsa
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lovely stuff
the_legend_of_yrag
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Sweet
Kris TD
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quality, i love it its things like that which i like, stuff noone else has.
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sounds abit like the bmw idea,

but still a great idea
frenchcorsa@work
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great idea!
BeArDy
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how u made that?
a digi temp reader (which i have in a bax somwhere)
7 LSDs
and....................
Lazarus1
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Great idea,both thumbs up
Valleyscorsa
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quote:

7 LSDs


Drugs are always essential when thinking up crazy ideas!!!
CorsaGSI_DK
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quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
how u made that?
a digi temp reader (which i have in a bax somwhere)
7 LSDs
and....................


I used: digital thermometer, VU-meter and a multiplier/converter to convert the signal from the thermometer so that it could be "understood" by the VU-meter. On the converter I can set gain and ofset which means that I can ajust the LED's (minimum and maximum temp. for switch on/off). It is also fitted with a potentiometer so that I can ajust the light intensity of the LED's.
There are 8 LED's. :-)

And I don't smoke pot or LSD
Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaGSI_DK
for those of you who can read Danish) :-)

Yeah thats a few people I think

Excellent mod.
Daimo B
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Looks superb, very jealous
barry_kellett99
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COBRA (with the lights) Was looking for a danish speaker the other day to translate something for him
Red_SXi
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Same as wot BMW M3's do
Red_SXi
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Also.... Are you sure that your LEDS switch off at the correct times? 2.5k at cold still seems a tad too low, i'd of thought more like 3-3.5.

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