<VV> Re: re;thermister

[Harry Yarnell]

With the thermister disconnected, or connected?

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wade Halsey" <hihal at adelphia.net>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Re: re;thermister


> Geoffrey A Johnson wrote:
>> This is how I test them (with a second thermometer as well)  and then 
>> plot them on the graph Matt has posted. Every one I have tested has 
>> plotted on the line.  They are pretty accurate in my opinion, it is the 
>> gauges that have the problems.
>> -Geoff Johnson
>
> I checked my gauge by running a wire from the thermister terminal on the 
> back of the gauge through an instrument panel bulb (#1445) to ground. On 
> my car this gives a fixed reading of slightly higher than 500 degrees. 
> About one needle width higher actually. I would be interested in comparing 
> my readings to others using this method so we can see how much variance 
> there is between individual gauges.
>
> Wade Halsey
> 69 Monza with Corsa gauges
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