[Healeys] Fuel gauge damper query

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Mon Feb 4 08:59:01 MST 2019


That eBay item# shows zero results for me.  You almost certainly want a 
capacitor rated in microfarads: µF.

Bob

On 2/4/2019 3:43 AM, simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Thank you all for the advice. The eBay number takes one to a 4.4f unit.
> Apparently I need 1f. I gather that will create 4.4 times less damping.
> Makes sense. Still be a bit slow I'd think.
> The thing costs pennies. I'll give it a shot.
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sentenac.rw at gmail.com <sentenac.rw at gmail.com>
> Sent: 04 February 2019 06:46
> To: simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
> Cc: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel gauge damper query
>
> Here are two thoughts, Simon,
>
> First, you most likely won't be consuming petrol so fast that a five minute
> lag in display would cause trouble.
>
> Second, you don't tell us what size cap you got, 1 farad?  5 farads?
> or what?  If you got one that was half the size, say 1 farad instead of 2,
> the gauge should respond twice as fast, or half as slow -- take your pick.
>
> -Roland
>
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 00:07:25 -0000, you wrote:
>
>
>


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