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| ahdoman |
  Dec 27 2006, 11:12 PM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman)  Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California  |
I have an oil temp gauge in my center console. It appears the PO unwired the temp gauge above the fuel gauge and wired the send to the one in the center console. Can I run the two gauges simultaneously? It's not mandatory it's just I don't like having a gauge not working. If I can how should it be wired?
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| ahdoman |
Jan 4 2007, 10:32 AM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman) Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California |
Per my original post.. I have both a head temp gauge and a oil temp in my center console (along with an oil pressure and a clock). What I want to do is parallel the oil temp in the console (VDO) with the one in the factory (gas & temp) gauge.
Ed - the diodes seemed to do absolutely nothing. If I hook up both gauges they do indeed change the resistance value of the sender and both read an incorrect lower temp. Does anybody know the resistance value of the oil temp sender? Can I wire a couple of resistors in line with the gauges to re-create the value the sender wants to see? |
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| Demick |
Jan 4 2007, 11:15 AM
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Ernie made me do it! Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,312 Joined: 6-February 03 From: Pleasanton, CA Member No.: 257  |
Why do you really want two gauges that show the same information?
I don't think there is any reasonable way to get both to work properly from the same source - especially given that there is a 90% chance that they are calibrated for different resistance senders. I'd just focus on getting one gauge to work properly. If it was my choice, I would get the combo gauge to work correctly, and scrap the center console gauge. If you need to fill the extra hole in the center console - just get a volt gauge. Demick |
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ahdoman Oil temp gauge wiring Dec 27 2006, 11:12 PM
markb You need to make sure the sender is correct for th... Dec 28 2006, 01:17 AM John I believe that if you try to run both gauges from ... Dec 28 2006, 02:21 AM ejm Gauges work by measuring the resistance to ground ... Dec 28 2006, 06:45 AM McMark Hook up the dash gauge, get a CHT gauge for the co... Dec 28 2006, 10:26 PM
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