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Subject: [TR] Erratic Speedometer
From: anabil007 at comcast.net (William Pugh)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:01:19 -0700
References: <251416DA-E1AC-40A5-B5D0-805E3A5ADFFF@roadrunner.com> <CANzE1bE=Gvf63Bpegv5ADrGObae=EUyxMZJjoO=qV2JS9JmybQ@mail.gmail.com>
If it is that critical, you could always but a Smiths Electronic Self
Calibrating Speedometer ..



On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Geo Hahn wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Hdefer <tr3 at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>> ...Haven't figured how to easily calibrate it at higher speeds yet, but
>> at least it is perfectly steady all  the way to at least 80 mph.
>>
>
>
> We use a GPS -- I call out the speed as I drive and my wife keeps a charts
> of GPS v what I call.  Leave the head unit loose and pull into a parking
> lot to open it for quick small adjustment.
>
> Of course the error is often non-linear so perhaps the best you can do is
> make it very accurate at a speed that is important to you and settle for
> fairly accurate everywhere else.
>



William Pugh
anabil007 at comcast.net

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