strictly speaking the fuel gauge measures current. ;-) Leslie.
-------------------------------------------- On Sat, 4/4/15, Wally Bryant via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List Problem with 2 new fuel gauges...long story To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Saturday, April 4, 2015, 4:07 PM I thought they were Ohm meters. Anyway, I just Googled it to make sure, and see a ton of pages on testing marine fuel sender resistance. Wal you wrote: > I agree with your diagnosis. It's gotta be reversed polarity...of the > sense and gnd. Fundamentally the fuel gages are just voltage meters. They > respond proportionally to the voltage drop across the variable resistance > in the sender. I would disconnect the leads and use an ohm meter to > measure and validate the resistance of the senders. Switching the polarity > of the sense and gnd monetarily probably won't break anything. Before > doing so validate that your wiring looks like the attached picture. _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com