Petrol gauge misreading

[rusty nuts]

Ages back i tried to fix this problem of not having the correct reading on the dial. I put another sender in the tank and also changed the dial.
I'm sure i even changed that small metal voltage regulator. Can the regulator be checked using a multi meter?

It says in the book that that mean voltage between the "I" and earth should be 10 volts. Do i set the meter at ten volts and put the multi meter wires on the regulator and see if it reads 10 volts.

[thowman]

The voltage regulator opens and closes very rapidly, so it's very difficult to read correctly on a multimeter. You're better of getting a modern electronic type voltage regulator. You can get them from maplins and wire them into the existing casing, and they give out a steady 10v. Much better than the original.

http://home.mindspring.com/~purlawson/f ... ilizer.pdf

Have a read of this.

Andy

[rusty nuts]

Thanks Andy.

[rusty nuts]

I've got one of those Solid State Circuits off ebay but it doesn't have 1 2 3 marked on it like in the link. At a guess if i copy how its laid out in the diagram with the earth in the middle ??