kev R1
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fuel gauge!!
anyone got a fuel gauge for sale something cheap and cheerful will do!
thanks kev!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 10:08 PM |
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Nothing more cheap and cheerful than a long stick with notches in it  You can even make it yourself for nowt
Phil
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 10:13 PM |
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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.
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02GF74
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| posted on 8/6/06 at 08:49 AM |
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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!
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MikeR
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| posted on 8/6/06 at 05:33 PM |
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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.
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kev R1
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| posted on 8/6/06 at 05:52 PM |
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i'll take that as a no then!!
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HAL 1
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 06:48 PM |
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fuel gauge
you have u2u
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