[DMCForum] Re: Idiot light check

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hm. Ok. I hadn't considered the warning light.

This is backwards from other units I've worked with. 

You're saying the tank-zilla works the way I'm used to and it has an 
inverter box to function with the gauge but the stock sender works 
the other way?

I certainly suppose it's possible if the gauge were mounted "upside 
down" and marked accordingly. Also, this is one of the type of gauges 
that holds it's reading even when power is off. The senders I've 
worked with dropped to zero when power is removed.

The sender is real easy to get at. I could cannablize Mike Cohee's. 
If I plug it in, and it works, then you're right and my sender is 
shot.

To be honest, I hope you -are- right because I'd rather replace the 
sender than trace all the wireing out looking for a ground or short.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Resistance decreases as the float approaches the bottom, then the 
light 
> comes on when it finally gets a complete ground. I know this is a 
> seperate contact, but the mechanism is the same.
> 
> This is from memory BTW. I know unplugging makes them point skyward.
> 
> The sender on the TankZilla works backwards from the DeLo sender, 
hence 
> the need for the box of tricks to invert the output, and give it 
the 
> correct range to operate within the DeLorean's scale
> 
> Martin
> 
> cruznmd wrote:
> 
> >Forgive me Martin, but are you sure you're right on this? Other 
fuel 
> >sending units I've worked with operate like this:
> >
> >As the float rises, resistance -decreases- (shorts) allowing more 
> >power to the gauge, hence the needle rises.
> >  
> >



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