Tuomas wrote:
> Hello!
>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> This is the way hobbies get out of hand:
>>>
>>> I was delighted to find a gray Blaupunkt Lido (made in 62/63) for the
>>> grey
>>> bus as it has radio cover plate recycled for windshield washer button
>>> and
>>> I didn't want to change that. So a portable radio and this one fits to
>>> style perfectly.
>>>
>>> http://kharon.suomiforum.com/www/wiima/IMG_0404.jpg
>>>
>>> Unfortunately it uses 9V and that's not easy to get in a car which
>>> has 6V
>>> systems. On the other hand it works for a long time with one 9V big
>>> battery.
>
>
> On 21/03/11 12:21, John wrote:
> > Is it running in a 12 volt car?. If so you could make up a
> regulator >for a
> > few dollars.
>
> Yes, I know.
>
> > I,ve got an old one used in Australia, 15 ohm speaker delivering
> about
> > 1 watt!!!.Dont know why they bothered, the Engine must be putting out 50
> > watts.
>
> A 7809 would do the job in a car which has 12V electrics, no problem.
> But raising the voltage from 6-7 to 9 isn't so easy to do.
>
> I tried this radio with 6V and you can hear something but distortion
> gets out of hand and very quiet, too.
>
> Blaupunkt claims that this little radio outputs a whole watt (amplifier
> & speaker element). That's a lot.
>
> http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/blaupun...e_t_22503.html
>


How about a 6V - 12V inverter, and then drop the 12V down to 9V