Stewart Warner Temperature Sender
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Topic: Stewart Warner Temperature Sender
Posted By: rmcdonald
Subject: Stewart Warner Temperature Sender
Date Posted: February-22-2006 at 11:31pm
Hi All
I need to find what the part number is for a Stewart Warner Temperature Sender.
The Sender needs to match a Stewart Warner Temperature Gauge that has a temperature Range from
60F to 240F
If anyone has this gauge in their boat could you please check the part number on your sender for me?
Regards
Rob McDonald
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Posted By: Morto
Date Posted: February-23-2006 at 3:14am
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Mate, I dare say that the original sender will work. I think the instructions quote a range of resistance which is compat*table with your gauge. For arguments sake I have just installed a new fuel tank sender and the old gauge works fine (it's over 20 years old) although I did pull the needle off and tweak it slightly before sealing it all up again, so I didn't need the new gauge which looked out of place. If you're keen you can immerse the sender in a pot on the stove and note the temp when it boils (100 celcius equals 212 farenheit, and you'll need to hook up the gauge to all its wires - sender to gauge, +ve and -ve to a 12 volt source and presumably also ground the body of the sender to the -ve. Go to Dick Smith and get a packet of little jumper leads, they're all different colours and about a foot long. Perfect for this kind of job). That should give you some confidence. The temperature, oil pressure and fuel gauges all work on the same principle.
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Posted By: Morto
Date Posted: February-23-2006 at 3:17am
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Slight correction, don't fully immerse it or you'll short the sender wire to the sender body (they're insulated by a fibre washer I think) and get a nonsense reading. You'll have to support it somehow. Keep a Crown Lager handy in case you scald yourself.
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