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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am
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 Re: Tank sender Viking, reckon you've got that ' @rse about face', as the resistance should be at its lowest when the tank is full.  I tested 4 new senders the other day and they read under 15 ohms when 'full' increasing to about 340 ohms 'empty'... ken 2CViking wrote: ken wrote: Viking, yes, it is just a variable resistor, so there's a possibility it would work, but I don't have a value for the 'empty' resistance of a 6 volter.  IIRC, for a 12 volter, it's 'around' 300 ohms on empty falling to zero ohms when full. ken 2CViking wrote: Would a 12 V tank sender work on 6 V? Is the unit no more than a resister controlling the earth?
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Viking It worked. I fitted a 12V sender in the tank with 6V. Needle on the fuel indicator working well. Tested the 12V on the bench, showing max 190 ohms on full, slowly moving down to 0 reaching empty.
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2CViking
viking bastard
Joined: April 18th, 2009, 11:43 am
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Re: Tank sender Ya bugger, the other way around 0 ohm on full but still ''only'' 190 ohms on empty 
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ken
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Re: Tank sender Thought you'd got hold of an export model for down under, where gravity works in the opposite direction... 2CViking wrote: Ya bugger, the other way around 0 ohm on full but still ''only'' 190 ohms on empty
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2CViking
viking bastard
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Re: Tank sender Gravity is not working. Can't get more that this (tested 3 sender units) Going beyond 193 it will drop to 0 How did you get 340 ohms?
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2CViking
viking bastard
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Re: Tank sender Forgot to add this. This is what the sender looks like inside. Don't know if the wiring is specific to 12V ? It works on 6 V
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