Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #10829
From: Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: EM-2 Liquid temp 2 and 3 connection
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:29:13 -0500
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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This looks like it is a simple voltage divider in which case the resistor values shouldn't matter much so long as the 2 resistors are within a few of ohms of each other.

        Or is there something I'm overlooking? The reason I ask is that 200ohms is not a standard resistor value (so I don't have any in my parts box), so it doesn't seem likely that Tracy would chose that value for a simple voltage divider, unless there is another reason.

S. Todd Bartrim 
 

Tracy said 200, and I didn't question it.  I believe I used two 100 ohm resistors instead, and they were typical Radio Scrap items.  I believe Tracy said he got the resistors online somewhere, and used 1% tolerance.   

Looking at the circuit, I wouldn't use anything significantly different from 200 ohms, because one of those resistors is in parallel with the resistance of the sensor.  I would suspect this would just become a calibration issue though.  My temps have seemed correct with the new software, though I'm hoping I can make the oil temp prove to be too high so my oil temp issues will go away :-)

Rusty   

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