Wiring saga

[Captain Chaos]

anybody got any guesses as to why, when I connected my fuel sender to guage tonight its given me half a tank of petrol free?

very confusing should i assume that the floats probably just stuck in one place where its never been filled

OR

is it likely the the specific resistance range for my sender differs to that of my faria guage?

 

[Jon Fuller]

Mebbe 'Trio' didn't trim/bend the float lever to give a full sweep from empty to full using all the windings of the sender.

 

[Tony Davis]

Or mebbe they fitted a "euro" resistance sender, which would mean a sender or gauge swap!

 

[Rockey]

wema

Or mebbe they fitted a "euro" resistance sender, which would mean a sender or gauge swap!

if you need help try wema they make senders in poole broadstone
01202 658338

 

[Cookee]

If it uses Smartcraft guages you'll need the "US spec" one from Wema - however if it's a US / Euro cock up it should just read backwards - ie full is empty ............

 

[MrRob]

I am guessing your sender may need to be adjusted? Its your own fualt for not buying a dip stick sender.

 

[Captain Chaos]

thats gonna be a laugh...........so how does one remove a sender then?

 

[Matt]

Chaos. Stick an ohmeter between the sender terminal and the housing to give a baseline resistance for empty - should then be able to tell whether it's euro or us, or just bollox.

 

[Captain Chaos]

thanks matt

 

[Dangerous]

Who has a bloody fuel gague on a p21? Get a piece of wood like the rest of us!

 

[Matt]

From what I've seen, he's got so many gauges he'll need a flight engineer.

 

[Captain Chaos]

not too far from the truth Matt,

i'm thinking i may keep it as it is....thus adding an element of danger after the fuel level hits half way