Now that's an interesting thought.
Using a small Deisel with a hand crank you could have a non-electric
truck.
Brake lights would be a problem though, kinda hard to make them work
using kerosene. You could hook to the brake system a hydraulicly
operated "STOP" sign that flops up when you brake :-)
No more dead batteries!
AKBurke wrote:
>
> 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 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.
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John Dorsey
Wauchula FL
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'49 3800 Chevy Panel
'52 640 GMC Firetruck
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