If the gauge is new and it has never worked right, and it runs backwards no
matter whether the wires are reversed or not, then the problem has to be in
the way the gauge was originally wired at the factory. I would bet that
when the gauge was made, the small parallel current that is wired to go
across the needle indicator and then to the other pole of the gauge was
actually either mis-connected or shorted back to the pole from which it
started. This could cause the needle to register backwards, even if the
wires were reversed.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Miller <millerls@ado13.com>
To: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
Cc: spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Fuel Gauge
>It is a new Smith's gauge and has never worked. Initially I thought that I
>had just hooked it up backwards.
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>No need for a new one as it works quite well. When it gets to full I have
>about 1 gallon in the tank.
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>Larry Miller
>http://www.ado13.com
>"Nothing Is Foolproof To A Sufficiently Talented Fool"
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
>To: Larry Miller <millerls@ado13.com>
>Cc: spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:13 AM
>Subject: Re: Fuel Gauge
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>> Has the gauge ever worked properly since you got it? It would almost
seem
>> that there has to be a short in it, or it is defective for some other
>reason
>> if it still works backwards with the wires reversed. It seems impossible
>> that this phenomenon could occur, based on the "rules" of
>> electricity......but then, engineers have determined conclusively that it
>is
>> physically impossible for a bumble bee to fly too! I'd just replace the
>> fuel gauge at this point.
>>
>> Bob
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Miller <millerls@ado13.com>
>> To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 11:30 AM
>> Subject: Fuel Gauge
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>> >As I noted previously my fuel gauge was working backwards. After
deciding
>> it
>> >was indeed an ammeter type I reversed the wires. Guess what? It still
>works
>> >backwards.
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>> >Larry Miller
>> >http://www.ado13.com
>> >Seen It All, Done It All, Can't Remember Any Of It.
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