As I progress I will post pics of the aluminum housing I'm fabbing for the 9 gauges.  It will have roughly the same dimensions as the plastic pod but be costructed entirely from 1/8" sheet aluminum for the face (where the gauges go) and rear with 16 ga. aluminum wrapping around the top and sides.  I'm going to have the whole thing welded together and then anodized before installation. Should look pretty cool. Waiting for a few hundred dollars worth of gauges to arrive in the mail.
Thoma

Zoltan Kuthy <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote: This revelation will be useful, I must say.
Thanks,
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike S"
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Gauge sender question

> At 08:11 AM 5/22/2008, Mark Thoma wrote...
>>One of the things I desperately need to know is the resistance across
>>  the fuel level sender when the tank is 'full' and 'empty'.... the
>> manual doesn't mention it  anywhere.
>
> Actually, the manual mentions it in the section on checking fuel gauge.
> A setting on the VW 1301 tester of 55 should be full, and of 560 should
> be empty.
>
> Now, for the first time anywhere, I will reveal the super-secret
> formula for converting the VW 1301 tester setting to ohms (I'm serious,
> try to find this anywhere else).
>
> It is N/2+10.
>
> So, full is (55/2+10=) 37.5 Ohms and empty is (560/2+10)= 290 Ohms.
>
> Enjoy.
>
>
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