Fuel Tank Sender Resistances

[philfingers 5]

i'm thinking of running another fuel cage on my cage in the back so i cans ee it when i fill up.

Does anyone know what the resistances are full and empty of the standard sender, will give me some idea of what I'm looking for in buying another. Was thinking i'd run them both in parallel but in reality I think i'll need a switch to flick between the dash one and the rear one. the later I intend to mark up for each 10ltrs of fuel added

 

Phil

[309PUG 2 1 Cars]

This should help. Sorry the numbers are tightly bunched, they are nicely spaced when I typed them in, i think you will work it out. The first set of numbers are resistance 2 = 55 litres = 12.1 gallons, then resistance 26 = 50 litres = 11.1 gallons

 

Res Litres Gal

2 55 12.1

26 50 11.1

52 45 10.0

78 40 8.9

104 35 7.8

130 30 6.7

156 25 5.6

182 20 4.5

208 15 3.4

234 10 2.3

260 5 1.2

288 0 0.0

 

All I do is put my meter across a couple of wires in the fuse board and measure the resistance, refering to the above chart.

 

Chris

Edited December 29, 2008 by 309PUG

[welshpug 1,621]

is that not for a 309 which has a slightly bigger tank than a 205?

[309PUG 2 1 Cars]

is that not for a 309 which has a slightly bigger tank than a 205?

 

Your not wrong, but it will give Phil a good starting point

[welshpug 1,621]

oh yes I agree there, I checked servicebox and they are indeed the same part, so you'd just need to adjust it to your scale

[philfingers 5]

that's great, thanks for your help. I actually pulled the sender out tonight so will try and measure the resistances tomorrow. Hopefully will work with my gauge I have!

 

Thanks for your time,

 

Phil