try'd wiring it up????

[Disciples Performance]

hey guys

so i wired up my autometer 0 - 90 ohms Fuel Level Guage for my propane tank so i dont have to go outside all the time to see how much i have now it kinda works but its not even accurate i have 1/4 tank on the tank guage but on the autometer one it shows just above the E has anyone done another one of these there is only 2 wires on the guage power and ground so i dont know why this isnt working ????

 

[BulldogK5]

Bump for ya. Are you sure the tank gauge is accurate?

 

[Disciples Performance]

im actually not to sure are they very accurate this is my first truck on propane ive owned so i dont really know how well the gauges are??

 

[4X4HIGH]

I'm not entirely sure but i don't think you can use a conventional fuel guage sender with propane.

 

[Disciples Performance]

well its an electric Fuel Level Guage by autometer 0 - 90 ohms i mean what other guage is there possibly?

 

[Avery4jc]

well its an electric Fuel Level Guage by autometer 0 - 90 ohms i mean what other guage is there possibly?

Maybe a guage off a propane tank? Why don't you just get another guage from where you get your bbq propane, tee a line off and run it over to the dash somewhere?

-Avery

 

[ryoken]

Ummm, you need a 0 to 90 SENDING UNIT to work with that gauge.. You can't just hook it up and expect it to work without knowing what sending unit is in the propane tank...

BTW, some punctuation would make your posts much easier to understand...

 

[Disciples Performance]

ah i c well how will i be able to tell what sending unit i have jus take out the guage or what?

 

[ryoken]

check ohm resistence when empty and full...

 

[kevcarr59]

It would seem to me the gauge on the propane tank will be a mechanical pressure gauge and not have a sender unit. This would be true if it is mounted by the filler valve.

 

[ryoken]

yeah, I have no idea what his tank setup is... The majority of propane tank gauge setups I have seen are cheap inline pressure readings... But I do know they have electrical too, which I assumed he had cuz he was wiring the gauge to it... Pretty sure they have a straight forward arm/float setup mounted at the bottom of the fill assembly...

 

[Disciples Performance]

ya i dunno what kinda sender i have right now all i know is that it was grounded to the tank then a 1 wire left cut? so i thought it would be an electric sending unit ...