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Acewell fuel sender
couch22k - 3/10/10 at 04:06 PM

One of the jobs i want to do over winter is to fit a fuel sender to my Acewell. Its going into a MK tank and its a 3250 Dash.

I have no clue what sender to get and just wondered if anyone else has a Acewell and what sender you have used.

Thanks

Steven

[Edited on 3/10/10 by couch22k]

40inches - 3/10/10 at 05:32 PM

I used the Acewell sender, strangely enough
Contact russbost.

Thinking about it - 3/10/10 at 05:32 PM

One of these.

http://www.etbinstruments.com/Sensors_ancil/Image_Page/v999.htm

couch22k - 3/10/10 at 05:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
I used the Acewell sender, strangely enough
Contact russbost.


Cheers mate ill send him a U2U

Steve

whitestu - 3/10/10 at 06:50 PM

Sierra sender on mine

craig1410 - 3/10/10 at 07:51 PM

I used one of these from Tek Tanks:

http://www.tek-group.co.uk/acatalog/Fuel_Senders_.html

The one I bought was the US spec 250mm (S2-25 which is now S3-25).

Note it says:

"European output is 180 ohms full and 0 ohms empty. This is the standard European output and will match our Analogue Gauges.
US output is the opposite with an output of 33 ohms full and 240 ohms empty and is suitable for use with the Digital Gauges."

I got the US spec one although at the time the maximum resistance was 180 ohms when empty. My Acewell dash was looking for 100 ohms maximum so I put a resistor in parallel with the sender to correct it. I think it was a 220ohm resistor but you can work out what you need with some arithmetic.

I hope this helps,
Craig.

40inches - 3/10/10 at 08:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by craig1410
I used one of these from Tek Tanks:

http://www.tek-group.co.uk/acatalog/Fuel_Senders_.html

The one I bought was the US spec 250mm (S2-25 which is now S3-25).

Note it says:

"European output is 180 ohms full and 0 ohms empty. This is the standard European output and will match our Analogue Gauges.
US output is the opposite with an output of 33 ohms full and 240 ohms empty and is suitable for use with the Digital Gauges."

I got the US spec one although at the time the maximum resistance was 180 ohms when empty. My Acewell dash was looking for 100 ohms maximum so I put a resistor in parallel with the sender to correct it. I think it was a 220ohm resistor but you can work out what you need with some arithmetic.

I hope this helps,
Craig.

But then again, you can get the Acewell sender from russbost for half the price, and it works out of the box. Why reinvent the wheel?

craig1410 - 3/10/10 at 08:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
quote:
Originally posted by craig1410
I used one of these from Tek Tanks:

http://www.tek-group.co.uk/acatalog/Fuel_Senders_.html

The one I bought was the US spec 250mm (S2-25 which is now S3-25).

Note it says:

"European output is 180 ohms full and 0 ohms empty. This is the standard European output and will match our Analogue Gauges.
US output is the opposite with an output of 33 ohms full and 240 ohms empty and is suitable for use with the Digital Gauges."

I got the US spec one although at the time the maximum resistance was 180 ohms when empty. My Acewell dash was looking for 100 ohms maximum so I put a resistor in parallel with the sender to correct it. I think it was a 220ohm resistor but you can work out what you need with some arithmetic.

I hope this helps,
Craig.

But then again, you can get the Acewell sender from russbost for half the price, and it works out of the box. Why reinvent the wheel?


Well in my case my tank was a custom tank so I needed a specific length sender. This vertical type sender was ideal as it didn't foul any of the tank's internal baffles. Maybe an MK tank is "standard', I don't know. I was just offering another option.

Not so much reinventing the wheel, just acknowledging that there are different types of wheel and more than one solution for any given problem. Locost building would be pretty boring otherwise!

40inches - 4/10/10 at 07:24 AM

quote:
Originally posted by craig1410
quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
quote:
Originally posted by craig1410
I used one of these from Tek Tanks:

http://www.tek-group.co.uk/acatalog/Fuel_Senders_.html

The one I bought was the US spec 250mm (S2-25 which is now S3-25).

Note it says:

"European output is 180 ohms full and 0 ohms empty. This is the standard European output and will match our Analogue Gauges.
US output is the opposite with an output of 33 ohms full and 240 ohms empty and is suitable for use with the Digital Gauges."

I got the US spec one although at the time the maximum resistance was 180 ohms when empty. My Acewell dash was looking for 100 ohms maximum so I put a resistor in parallel with the sender to correct it. I think it was a 220ohm resistor but you can work out what you need with some arithmetic.

I hope this helps,
Craig.

But then again, you can get the Acewell sender from russbost for half the price, and it works out of the box. Why reinvent the wheel?


Well in my case my tank was a custom tank so I needed a specific length sender. This vertical type sender was ideal as it didn't foul any of the tank's internal baffles. Maybe an MK tank is "standard', I don't know. I was just offering another option.

Not so much reinventing the wheel, just acknowledging that there are different types of wheel and more than one solution for any given problem. Locost building would be pretty boring otherwise!

Apologies if my post appeared arsey, not my intention, the OP has an MK tank so the Acewell sender will be fine. But I agree, a dip type sender would be the answer for non standard tanks.

craig1410 - 4/10/10 at 07:38 AM

No worries, I've heard much "arsier" (is that a word) responses than yours over the years...

I had actually meant to put a smiley at the end of my last post to relax the tone of my response but forgot.

couch22k - 4/10/10 at 08:43 AM

Cheers all again.

I didnt mean to start a fight

Got in touch with russbost and he's going to sort one out for me.

Steven

[Edited on 4/10/10 by couch22k]

40inches - 4/10/10 at 07:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by craig1410
No worries, I've heard much "arsier" (is that a word) responses than yours over the years...

I had actually meant to put a smiley at the end of my last post to relax the tone of my response but forgot.

That's the problem with forums, you can't see people smiling, crying or beating the keyboard to a pulp