----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick J. Horne <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
> Slight correction, Kyle, the cold resistance is "higher" than others, not
lower. The
> temperature sender has a negative coefficient of resistance (as temperature
goes up, resistance
> goes down).
>
> Peace,
> Pat
Hi Pat-
I think you might have missed this part:
"I don't have any sort of specification, but a cold sender should have
very high resistance, and a hot one should be very low..."
Versus this part:
"Dan - I wouldn't sweat the gauge not moving off of dead when you turn
the key on. It might be as simple as the previous sender having a lower
cold resistance than the new one."
IOW - his previous sender, the one that moved the temp gauge up offa
dead zero when the ignition was on, probably had a lower cold resistance
than the new one, which doesn't move the gauge off zero when cold.
Or am I really confused?
Thanks for any clarification!
Kyle
My temp gauge always reads zero :-D
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