I just installed the new sending unit for the temperature gauge, and it
works fine now.
So in case anyone else has this problem, the resistance of a working sender
is:
COLD: 1000 ohms
HOT: 50 ohms
Measurements were taken with the sender wire diconnected, terminal to
block, with a digital VOM.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Atwell Haines [SMTP:carbuff@scooter.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 6:35 PM
>> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Spitfire Temp gauge (repeat)
>>
>> The Temperature gauge on my '79 Spitfire suddenly quit working. (Kind
>> of
>> like me at 5 o'clock!) The needle doesn't budge.
>>
>> The gas gauge works OK. I am getting the pulsed voltage at the sender
>> unit
>> lead (measured with my digital multimeter), about one pulse every
>> second.
>>
>> Resistance at the sender is varying with temp, from 33K ohms hot to
>> 147K cold.
>>
>> 1. Are these sender readings OK? Could anybody check theirs as a
>> comparison?
>>
>> 2. If I short the sender lead to ground, will I hurt anything? [I
>> don't
>> want to ruin my voltage stabilizer or gauge.]
>>
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire FM96062 UO (On the road soon!)
"47.5% of all statistics are made up on the spot."
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