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You would have hoped that as Geartronics are suggesting using a relay they would jave strapped a diode accross the output as a matter of course, but as said best to get correct type anyway, good idea to get them to supply or at least recomend, then if it pops again you may get a 3rd repair FOC, BTW I pressume your path to earth is .6 ohms not 6 ohms unless you have a verrrrry long run 😬

from Geartronics website so as long as relay draws less current you are doing correct thing, what is the resistance accross relay coil, or have you spec for current req to operate relay

Any pics of the mounting kit available cheers Tim

Anthony found this here still not clear which buttons but it a starting point, I will need it next May, planning to drive accross to Venice then ferry to greece for some blatting, so time to fiddle

Have you got a voltmeter, if you have, can you measure voltage from and resistance accross your existing sender at Full half full ish and empty. you could then try a selection of batteries below that voltage to see if you can get some figures for a half full reading on the LED guage from that and with the resistance of the sender we could work out the rough value of the require cal pot, then hopefully set it all up to work, there may be a problem depending on whether sender is linear or non linear, Idealy it would be useful if some one could measure full, middle and empty resistance and or voltage on a westi sender for comparison (may be 3ohm to 180ohm empty to full) If you are using a VDO sender and it has the VDO part number visible then The first number in the sender part number is the Ohms when EMPTY and the second number is Ohms when FULL. it would be easy to increase resistance in cct by a small amount but difficult to decrease, may be easier to replace sender for correct unit looking at a selection of senders the empty reading is between 3 and 20ohms and full seems to be around the 200ohm mark so I would have thought you would see some change on LEDS, whatever sender, albeit inacurate, I hope its not a rude question but when you tested did you have a good common earth for sender and LED unit Edited by - tbird on 9 Aug 2009 01:52:22 Edited by - tbird on 9 Aug 2009 01:53:38

linky Not a whole host of info there, I presume there is no Cal pot on it, does it come with any info on voltage range from full to empty hopefully some one who has used one will be along in a while Edited by - tbird on 8 Aug 2009 22:37:20 Edited by - tbird on 8 Aug 2009 22:46:18

Point taken 😶‍🌫️

Hoorah seems like if you decide not to use on car you have built a nice mini arc welder Tim Edited by - tbird on 5 Aug 2009 11:43:05

Nobody have an opinion, not like the normal POBC have I upset someone Edited by - tbird on 5 Aug 2009 11:38:29

Hanns Per Hi another thread here, one of the guys uses some rubber hose stops which he is looking into being able to supply to people, nothing promised yet just a thought at the moment here

Luke 4 point harnes, length adjustment, Has anybody / is it safe to, remove the springs that press onto the knurled rollers, I notice I have one missing anyway and this buckle is much easier to adjust and seems to hold just as well as the sprung rollers, opinions please Tim

Southern Bound Meteor. . so the bar steward mixed 1/2 oz. of Southern Comfort and 1/2 oz. of Goldschlager in a shot glass; drop in a stemless cherry; floated a splash of 151 proof rum on top. set it on fire and Edited by - tbird on 4 Aug 2009 00:33:32

I,m sure you probably have done this, but have you tried reversing the connections on the VR sensor and then looking for a spark, (re comments about polarity sensitive, no spark if connections 🙆🏻 about face ) Edited by - tbird on 2 Aug 2009 22:45:45

alex hi, in general all A/C voltage "wobbles about zero" nicely put by the way, but if you are using the A/C setting on your meter it will measure pretty close to the correct value, you can get into discussion about ordinary A/C meters and RMS meters but for you purpose if you are seeing Mv you probably have Very little there, are you sure you have a good 0v point. other than that, big ask but do you know anyone with a scope, maybe a good tuning garage would have one or a radio geek if you know one, then you could see exactly what is going on, OK now read some more about Megajolt, here learned a lot Ta 😶‍🌫️ as you say it states should read 2.5Vac when cranking so I would hope they mean using a standard meter not a scope but you never know, other two interesting points I noticed was, "use foil screened wire for VR connection" and " VR sensor is polarity specific" you probably knew that but maybe something in that lot helps Also found this here Test:Measure across EDIS VR sensor pins at the EDIS main connector with the connectordisconnected from the EDIS i.e. this is the open circuit VR sensor voltage:- should be 0 volts AC stationary- should be non-zero volts AC cranking (from 0.3 volts to 2 volts)Explanation: VR sensor produces a +ve and -ve swinging AC voltage as a result of theferrous teeth of the trigger wheel passing close to the magnet at the end of the sensor.Wire wrapped around the magnet picks up the change in magnetic field and converts it toan AC voltage - just like a motor in reverse, reallyDemonstrates: A working VR sensorPIP PulseTest:Measure at EDIS pin 1 with the main connector connected to EDIS:- should be battery volts DC stationary- should be around ½ battery volts DC crankingExplanation: The PIP pulse produced by the EDIS is a 1:1 mark/space ratio 0v to 12vpulse train with a frequency proportional to engine rpm. When measured with a DCvoltmeter, the voltage measures around half the supply voltage, due to the 1:1 mark/spaceratio.Demonstrates: A working VR sensor and a probably working EDIS module with regardto generating PIP good luck Tim Edited by - tbird on 2 Aug 2009 20:30:02 Edited by - tbird on 2 Aug 2009 20:34:26 Edited by - tbird on 2 Aug 2009 20:46:25 Edited by - tbird on 2 Aug 2009 21:15:52

Phil Hi, thanks again I am always pleased people volunteer personally experienced knowledge we can all learn from everyone's experience Geko Danke SchÖn, interesting, will look at wire types used in circuit Tim Edited by - tbird on 2 Aug 2009 20:01:31 Edited by - tbird on 2 Aug 2009 20:05:00

Phil hi thanks for the info, I am ok with the general theory etc and maybe I made the queation too simple, I guess what I was interested in was, where the voltage is sensed, as the engine was running what would differentiate between the Voltage the Alternator is running at and the voltage the battery is sitting at and what is the Vdiff that is used to trigger the dash warning , or does it use a calculation based on current being supplied by Alternator which I guess could be a more accurate measure of the state of the battery. or has anybody had a similar problem just prior to a diode pack giving up the ghost, Mainly, as its still under CC warranty, if it has been seen before I could monitor/test for specifics and maybe save some money but thanks for taking the time to reply all knowledge is useful cheers Tim

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CSR 200 10K miles, new battery recently fitted by CC prior to purchase, just been out for a quick blat as sunshine final here , Started fine, drove about 20 miles, stopped for a couple of hours, started again first time, after about 5 mile stack warning low voltage, cleared after about another couple of miles, monitored voltage all way home ran at 14.2v - 14.3v consistently. Happened after a particularly bad gear change should I 1 worry this is a precursor to a problem 2 just check connections for loose or corroded connections (nothing imediately visible) or is it a case of TADTS cheers Tim

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