6 volt to 12 volt conversion question

d55dave said

Awesome information, thank you so much. That answers a lot of questions for me. Is see 12 volts and brighter lights in the future! You state that I need individual instrument regulators for each guage, can I not just power them all off a single 12 to 6 volt converter or dropping resistor such as the ones sold by Ron Francis, or do they need a better more controlled power supply?

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You can power them all off one as long as it has a capable amount of amperage.
Which won't be much for powering gauges.

I have two voltage drop regulators in my current Dart.
One from 12v to 3.3 for powering all my dash LED's, and one 12v to 5 volt for powering and charging USB and 5v devices like phones, I pads, and tablet devices.

The 3.3 volt regulator is about 1 inch x 2 inch circuit board, and the 5 volt is about 2x2 with it's heatsink.
Point is, regulators don't need to be a huge device.