[Fot] Gas gauge in a fuel cell

Kas Kastner kaskas at cox.net
Tue Feb 12 17:50:38 MST 2008


You can guess at the compression ratio, guess at the tire pressures, why not 
guess on the gas supply?
The first two guesses probably won't leave you stranded out on the course, 
but the last one can, easily..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: "'jim hearn'" <jimhearn1 at comcast.net>; "'Friends of Triumph'" 
<fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Gas gauge in a fuel cell


>> I would quite happy with a
>> relative reading
>> (such one quarter is really one half) so I feel sure this
>> gauge will work
>> but just checking to see if anyone has had any experience
>> with this sort of
>> thing.
>
> If zero ohms is empty, then your TR6 gauge is going to work backwards.  It
> expects 0 to be full.
>
> Don't recall what empty is offhand, but I think it's less than 90 ...
> meaning the gauge will read empty while you still have gas.
>
> One solution might be to fit a TR3 gauge, which expects 0 to be empty.
>
> Randall
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