[TR] Thermal Transmitter Temperature Sender help

[Sujit Roy]

Follow up question. Does anyone have data showing what the voltage at the
gauge should be  to resistance values.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 12:15 PM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

> Here are some data for the TR8.  This might be close enough for the stag:
> Temp C    Temp F    Orig ohms   GTR110 ohms
> 50        122       332         290
> 55        131       275         242
> 60        140       227         197
> 65        149       193         169
> 70        158       158         142
> 75        167       134         120
> 80        176       114         102
> 85        185       99          91
> 90        194       85          77
> 95        203       74          65
> 100       212       60          55
> 105       221       51          48
> 110       230       44          41
> 115       239       37          37
> 120       248       32          31
> 125       257       28          28
> 130       266       24          25
> 135       275       21          22
>
>
> If you have a source of resistors in this value range you can connect them
> in lieu of the sensor and check the reading to see if it is close.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com>
> To: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Fri, Aug 14, 2020 11:31 am
> Subject: [TR] Thermal Transmitter Temperature Sender help
>
> I'm going to try and figure out if my Stag is running hot. The gauge
> always reads high
>
> I found a note on another forum on how to test the voltage regulator, and
> another forum how to calibrate the gauge.
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to test the Thermal Transmitter Temperature
> Sender. Does anyone have any data on how the resistance changes with
> temperature?
>
> Since most Triumph around the 70's used Smith gauges, I'm assuming the
> data for the  Thermal Transmitter Temperature Sender would be the same.
>
> Regards, Sujit
>
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> Sujit Roy
> Cupertino, California
>
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