Tweak my dash unit to suit?

Posted by Chris Case @ San Diego on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 20:47:23 :

In Reply to: Sender Resistance Values posted by Paul (in NY) on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 19:38:08 :

Looks like there are iron 'shields' with a small gap between. The coils make magnetism that shoots through the gap? And affects the little magnet on the needle? Gap adjusts independently on each end.

But I guess I'll pull the tank and pry that unit apart for 'rewinding'...

I'll make those 6v components work on 12v, or they will die trying...

I already made a 'sender substitute' out of a 5k pot with a 1.5k r4esister soldered across it to make the range about 0-2000 ohms. Makes the needles move, in dash or on the bench with Makita battery power source.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Tweak my dash unit to suit? - Tom Petroff (IL) 08:12:38 03/15/2008
  • My sender is broke. - Chris Case @ San Diego 13:58:36 03/15/2008
    • My breadboard says they need to reverse with polarity change. - Chris Case @ San Diego 16:08:14 03/15/2008
      • Re: My breadboard says they need to reverse with polarity change - Tom Petroff (IL) 17:26:01 03/15/2008
  • Re: Tweak my dash unit to suit? - junkyardog 10:44:55 03/15/2008
    • Re: Tweak my dash unit to suit? - Tom Petroff (IL) 11:17:16 03/15/2008

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