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Dick Axtell

posted on 28/6/18 at 04:40 PM Reply With Quote
Testing Fuel Gauge with Sender - Advice Wtd.

I have a new fuel gauge which I hope will match up with the recently obtained sender. Both are rated at 270 ohms/ 18 ohms. The wiring connections are shown below.

Fuel_Gauge_Wiring
Fuel_Gauge_Wiring


I plan to test gauge and sender off the vehicle, using this wiring set up. Should I also connect a resistance load in parallel with gauge and sender, to prevent possible excessive current loading?

I welcome your constructive advice.





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Smoking Frog

posted on 28/6/18 at 05:01 PM Reply With Quote
In my opinion no, there will be no current between sender and gauge, only a resistance value between sender and earth.
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theconrodkid

posted on 28/6/18 at 06:15 PM Reply With Quote
some gauges run off 9 volts via a stabaliser, just to prevent the gauge going up n down with battery voltage, should be written on the units or in the paperwork if you have any, worth a punt round on-line.





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gremlin1234

posted on 28/6/18 at 07:33 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
some gauges run off 9 volts via a stabaliser, just to prevent the gauge going up n down with battery voltage, should be written on the units or in the paperwork if you have any, worth a punt round on-line.
the old style gauges ran on a nominal 9 or 10V system. but that was a by-metallic strip, switch open and closed. (quite slowly, but a early form of 'pulse width modulation' for voltage control.)
I would recommend a modern 9V (7809) or 10V regulator in the circuit
actually for testing, just use a pp3 9v battery

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wylliezx9r

posted on 29/6/18 at 07:05 AM Reply With Quote
You should wire it up as per the diagram.





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gremlin1234

posted on 29/6/18 at 02:04 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
You should wire it up as per the diagram.
yea,
looking at it again, the gauge appears to have its own voltage regulation, in that it can be used 12/24V

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Dick Axtell

posted on 1/7/18 at 02:58 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by gremlin1234
quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
some gauges run off 9 volts via a stabaliser, just to prevent the gauge going up n down with battery voltage, should be written on the units or in the paperwork if you have any, worth a punt round on-line.
the old style gauges ran on a nominal 9 or 10V system. but that was a by-metallic strip, switch open and closed. (quite slowly, but a early form of 'pulse width modulation' for voltage control.)
I would recommend a modern 9V (7809) or 10V regulator in the circuit
actually for testing, just use a pp3 9v battery


So - wired up gauge as per diagram above, and tested using PP3 batter, as suggested by gremln1234.

And it doesn't seem to work ! The gauge definitely makes a noise, but there is no needle deflection.





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gremlin1234

posted on 1/7/18 at 03:06 PM Reply With Quote
ok, try it on a car battery
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David Jenkins

posted on 1/7/18 at 05:09 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by gremlin1234
quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
some gauges run off 9 volts via a stabaliser, just to prevent the gauge going up n down with battery voltage, should be written on the units or in the paperwork if you have any, worth a punt round on-line.
the old style gauges ran on a nominal 9 or 10V system. but that was a by-metallic strip, switch open and closed. (quite slowly, but a early form of 'pulse width modulation' for voltage control.)
I would recommend a modern 9V (7809) or 10V regulator in the circuit
actually for testing, just use a pp3 9v battery


You'd be better off with one of these - they give a lot of power, are tiny in size and give off hardly any heat.






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