No, he means STEAM!!!!
Tim in Ft Worth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hanlon, Bill [SMTP:Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:17 AM
> To: AKBurke; Ben Bennett; Wayne Osborne
> Cc: Jays Mail; Tom3600@webtv.net; Greg Chandler;
> oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Re: (no subject)
>
> So maybe we should all convert to hand cranked diesels??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AKBurke [mailto:ajkburke@msn.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:41 PM
> To: Ben Bennett; Wayne Osborne
> Cc: Jays Mail; Tom3600@webtv.net; Greg Chandler;
> oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Re: (no subject)
>
>
> it's precisely because of gobblygook like this that the the use of
> electricity in oletrucks should be eliminated ;-)
>
> -A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ben Bennett
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:14 PM
> To: Wayne Osborne
> Cc: Jays Mail; Tom3600@webtv.net; Greg Chandler;
> oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Re: (no subject)
>
>
> > I searched the archives and found that on the heater blower-to take
> it from
> > 12v to 6v the resistor is approx 1 ohm, is what all the vendors
> sell. But
> > to take 12v down to 6v exactly, the archived message said it was .6
> ohm.
> > But all vendors sell the 50w 1 ohm resistor for this purpose.
> > Greg will hopefully still give you the value that he used. --wayne
> >
>
> I probably should mind my own business here but (besides being a
> busybody) I'm afraid you'll damage your gauge. IMHO, 1 (or .6)
> ohms would be way to small. The gauge probably doesn't use much
> current at all so the voltage drop across a 1 ohm resistor in
> series would be almost nothing so the gauge would see the full 12
> volts Remember ohms law? voltage is equal to the resistance X the
> current. If the 1 ohm resistor were to drop 6 volts it would have
> to have 6 amps flowing through it. You could measure the sending
> unit (I think they're like 50 ohms) than make the series resister
> the same, that should cut the voltage in half, or maybe a 6 volt
> zener diode.
> --
> Ben Bennett
> Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the hell
> happened.
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
> 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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