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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    Can you draw a diagram of this for me? I'll do it but need to know the bits to buy and how to put it together.
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    No, sorry I got that arse about in my earlier post. Lower Ω means fuller tank. Sorry for the confusion.
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    Alec_t I don't know what you mean. 6 bars indicates full tank not empty. With 10Ω resistor I get full tank which makes sense as the old style fuel level sensor being a resistive stick and ball would have higher resistance the emptier the tank. So to reiterate, my fuel level sensor is sonic...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    yes more bars = more fuel. The measurements I took may not be super accurate as I only have a cheap multimeter. The manufacturer provided additional info (post #37). Is this now enough information for someone to come up with a solution? I can build it if you provide design and willing to...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    I contacted the fuel gauge manufacturer and they provided the following: The fuel input is approximately 4.5V through 150 ohm. 73 ohm sender voltage would be 4.5*73/(150+73) = 1.5V 10 ohm sender voltage would be 4.5*10/(150+10) = 0.3V 240 ohm sender voltage would be 4.5*240/(150+240) = 2.8V...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    I have done some measurements: The fuel gauge outputs 4.9 volts. The setup of the gauge is 100ohms is full tank, 10 ohms empty tank. I had a bunch of resistors which measured resistance with ohm meter then put ammeter in line to measure mA and I got the following: 10Ω 28.6mA 6 bars...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    Will do - will take me a few days.
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    I'd love to do these suggestions but I am a total newb to electronics. As stated this is my first project. So detailed instructions are much appreciated! I have some MOSFET's, some resistors and an Arduino which I bought because the dude at the electronics shop said that's what I'd need. if...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    I guess the resistance doesn't need to be that granular. I'm thinking if I could get readings at a full tank then for every 1/8th of a tank until Empty. So 9 resistance settings in total. So I'll just have 9 resistors and 9 MOFSET's. I was wrong when I said 0-90 ohms before, upon reading the...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    Thanks for the solution hevans1944. I went to a local electronics store today and they said basically the same thing except using an Arduino to do the analog-digital conversion. I bought that with a number of MOSFETs and resistors and a little breadboard to trial getting something happening...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    I found this - digital potentiometer - sounds like it can do what I need. Thoughts? http://www.instructables.com/id/Digital-Potentiometer-MCP41100-and-Arduino/
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    I do not have a datasheet only the information from the instrument gauge installation manual... FUEL LEVEL GAUGE An optional fuel level gauge is also available. It can be used with a fuel switch (default setting) or fuel sender. The fuel sender can be a 240-33 ohm sender, 73-10 ohm sender...
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    Volts to ohms for fuel sender

    I have a late model Harley Davidson Vrod that uses sonar for fuel level. This sonic fuel level sensor outputs volts 0.9v when full to 3.8V when empty. I want to change my instrument cluster but the one I have needs Ohms (0-90) for the fuel gauge not volts. So I'm wondering if there is a way to...
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