NO....the purpose of the condenser was to eliminate radio noise due to the mechanical action off the original voltage regulator. FYI...the origional instrument voltage regulator was a percent cycle timer that interrupted the 12 volt power to yield ~ 5.0 Volt to operate the gauges....oil pressure, coolant temperature and fuel level. To do this regulation, the internal thermal element turned on-off to produce the required 5.0 volt output or 5/12 of the time to yield the output for the instruments, which are actuality volt meters calibrated to read temperature or oil pressure or fuel level. This on/off action produced radio noise. When the respective instrument reads full scale it was actually showing 5.0 volts. The individual instruments were thermal devices, deliberately slow in response to dampen needle movement and reduced measured quantity fluctuation. Just my opinion of course.....
No issues in both of my B body cars. I do not have the condenser in circuit. Why add a 60 year old component that is not required and could fail?
Agreed! Leave the condenser out. My RTE works great, '68 Charger.
The condenser most likely would fail open circuit and not impact the operation (5V application). A chance the condenser could become leaky and cause the limiter to shut down is unlikely, but still possible.
