Yer absolutely right about this! I had to draw it out because the
brain had failed me. I'm a slow learner, but I do eventually get it...
;-)
Figure #1
rheostat..... reading 240 ohms resistance regardless of polarity
-----^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--------------- (+) -
<- | ->
(-) + ----------------------|
Figure #2
rheostat..... reading 33 ohms resistance regardless of polarity
-----^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--------------- (+) -
<- | ->
(-) + ----------------------|
Got it!!
Billy Zoom added:
"More resistance is full, less resistance is empty".
I figured one could find out easy enough with an Ohm meter. So the top
diagram would be for a full tank, the bottom for empty. That would
mean that the float lever would move the slide on the rheostat to the
figure one position. Seems backwards to me but I guess it really
doesn't matter much which way the float and rheostat is constructed.
Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
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