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C5Alive General Category => Welcome To The Forum => Topic started by: StokeMF on 30, December, 2013 - 12:15:34

Title: First time C5 owner and my new instrument panel
Post by: StokeMF on 30, December, 2013 - 12:15:34
Hello all.

I bought a tired looking C5 from a friend who found it in the back of a barn he was developing. Here is a short story from my company website about the condition etc - http://fletchermoorland.com/fletcher-moorland-to-resurrect-sinclair-c5/ (http://fletchermoorland.com/fletcher-moorland-to-resurrect-sinclair-c5/)

As I found out quite soon and from this helpful forum, the Ferranti ULA chip was dead. I decided to make a new instrument panel that was pretty basic and hopefully true to the original design and feel of the C5.

pic.twitter.com/aeHXSYPuzz (http://pic.twitter.com/aeHXSYPuzz)

You can see from the photo that I've added (from left to right) a digital ammeter to measure the motor load (Current), a temperature gauge to measure the motor internals (removed the cut-out from the motor armature and added the sensor here) and lastly added a battery charge indicator.

Only had it out on the road a few times but already love the looks that I get.
Title: Re: First time C5 owner and my new instrument panel
Post by: pso-buzz on 30, December, 2013 - 12:37:09
Great story and love the new pod. 

Thanks for sharing.

Simon
Title: Re: First time C5 owner and my new instrument panel
Post by: radiomarty on 30, December, 2013 - 15:21:02
Intresting read thanks for sharing - ps I do believe I have seen your companies service tags on the motors I have installed in my work.
Title: Re: First time C5 owner and my new instrument panel
Post by: c5mick on 30, December, 2013 - 20:08:24
Hello StokeMF
Welcome to the forum, another Stokie. All I need now is to see Ritchie Kelsall commuting to work on a C5,