I'm finishing assembly at the airport.
It's been a few years since I built the fuel tanks etc.
I wired up the fuel gauges and senders a couple of years ago, and accidentally powered them up without the the wires attached to the senders.
Now they are connected and always read Zero.
I read the thread about damaging the senders via over-tightening, but I think I'm OK there. Right now the tanks have some fuel in them and I get around 100 Ohms from sensor to ground.
The meter ground wire show continuity from meter post to fuselage.
The Meter "I" post shows near 12 Volts when powered up.
When I power it up and run a 100 Ohm resistor from "T" to airframe ground, it still reads Zero.
Stewart Warner's site says miswiring shouldn't damage these gauges. But both gauges don't work, which is statistically kind of odd.
Am I missing something? (besides fuel indication?)
It's been a few years since I built the fuel tanks etc.
I wired up the fuel gauges and senders a couple of years ago, and accidentally powered them up without the the wires attached to the senders.
Now they are connected and always read Zero.
I read the thread about damaging the senders via over-tightening, but I think I'm OK there. Right now the tanks have some fuel in them and I get around 100 Ohms from sensor to ground.
The meter ground wire show continuity from meter post to fuselage.
The Meter "I" post shows near 12 Volts when powered up.
When I power it up and run a 100 Ohm resistor from "T" to airframe ground, it still reads Zero.
Stewart Warner's site says miswiring shouldn't damage these gauges. But both gauges don't work, which is statistically kind of odd.
Am I missing something? (besides fuel indication?)