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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 01:19 AM
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Racing Voltage Stabilizer?

Ran across this doohicky on eBay: Racing Voltage Stabilizer and immediately wondered if it might cure the idle problems some people are having.

Thoughts, anyone? Or better yet, experience with one of these units?
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 05:47 AM
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I don't know if the product is worth a darn but with that kind of installation for the promo photo I wouldn't bother to spend the money to find out!

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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 05:49 AM
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i was looking at it myself but from the pictures it looks really cheap
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 05:38 PM
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So they connect it across the battery (from the photo on ebay). How is it supposed to control anything? It -may- just be a capacitor!

I suspect it is a money generator for the maker .
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 06:25 PM
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Kinda what I thought. Looks too much like those "Add 22 HP for $20!!!" POS things that appear all the time.
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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This product is guaranteed to lighten your wallet - that's about it. It appears to just be a large capacitor (like the ones used by the audio guys with the big amps). The 8 doesn't have any high transient electrical load that might be helped by such a device.
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