Fuel gauge resistance?!
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:40 am
Hello all,
I am replacing my 49 year old internal fibreglass fuel tank in my Broom Pisces - mainly because it leaks like a sieve!
A local precision engineering company will be making me a new tank from stainless steel, using the current tank as a template.
I am going to order a new fuel sender for the new tank (the magnetic float "pole" type), whilst still using the original fuel gauge.
I was poised to order a fuel sender when I noticed that they come in different resistances; 0-190 ohm for European fuel gauges and 230-30 ohm for USA fuel gauges.
Now, my fuel gauge is an original 1960's Mercruiser one - should I be going for the 230-30 ohm sender unit or the 0-190 ohm one?
Many thanks in anticipation of your help / advise.
Ian.
I am replacing my 49 year old internal fibreglass fuel tank in my Broom Pisces - mainly because it leaks like a sieve!
A local precision engineering company will be making me a new tank from stainless steel, using the current tank as a template.
I am going to order a new fuel sender for the new tank (the magnetic float "pole" type), whilst still using the original fuel gauge.
I was poised to order a fuel sender when I noticed that they come in different resistances; 0-190 ohm for European fuel gauges and 230-30 ohm for USA fuel gauges.
Now, my fuel gauge is an original 1960's Mercruiser one - should I be going for the 230-30 ohm sender unit or the 0-190 ohm one?
Many thanks in anticipation of your help / advise.
Ian.