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fuel gauge!!
kev R1 - 7/6/06 at 09:18 PM

anyone got a fuel gauge for sale something cheap and cheerful will do!
thanks kev!

Hellfire - 7/6/06 at 10:08 PM

Nothing more cheap and cheerful than a long stick with notches in it You can even make it yourself for nowt

Phil

MikeR - 7/6/06 at 10:13 PM

depending how desparate you are i'm looking at making an LED one - think i've got it sorted in concept, just need
a) to build it
b) an idiot to take full responsbility, sign lots of disclaimers that aren't legal in English law and risk blowing himself up trying it.

02GF74 - 8/6/06 at 08:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
Hi

I made my own fuel gauge out of 5 LED's a green,yellow,amber,red & red flashing.

There is no current in the actual tank, and I modded the original sierra sender to do what I wanted it to do, by providing differing earth signals at whatever position the lever is at.



using comparators or a PIC would mean no changes to the sender.

you would limit the current through the sender naturally - even if there is a probkem, it is unlikely to cause an explosion since there will be little air (mostly petrol fumes) in the tank - if petrol fumes were that easy to explode, then noone would ever have starting problems!

MikeR - 8/6/06 at 05:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74

you would limit the current through the sender naturally


Thats the bit i'm struggling with at the moment. My electronics are "poor" and i haven't a clue how to do this bit.

kev R1 - 8/6/06 at 05:52 PM

i'll take that as a no then!!

HAL 1 - 11/6/06 at 06:48 PM

you have u2u