need help wiring my temp guage!

[jetjock]

There better be two if that thing is meant to go in a rad hose. If only one you need to ground the sensor body. Same when testing but that should have been intuitively obvious...

 

[supraGhost]

There better be two if that thing is meant to go in a rad hose. If only one you need to ground the sensor body. Same when testing but that should have been intuitively obvious...

so run a ground wire off of the red housing?

i thought i would need something like that but no one said anythign about it when giving me directions for wiring this... lol.

 

[Jaguar_5]

There are two different sensors, one for the regular series one for the premium series

Usually sensors with only 1 wire are grounded from it's surroundings, ie whatever is is installed to...

Is there only one terminal on the sensor?

If so I'm not sure how it would get a ground being spliced into a radiator hose with that adaptor...

*got beaten to it!*

 

[Jaguar_5]

I believe the red housing is anodized, and that means it's non-conductive iirc, you would need to run a ground wire from a conductive point on the body of the sensor

Or just do it right, get a bushing, and install it pre-thermostat

 

[supraGhost]

im heating up some water now:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: ill let you know how this goes hahah

 

[jetjock]

Listen to J5. He knows of what he speaks...

 

[supraGhost]

yeah that worked. its dumb because there is no place to connect a ground wire to it but i will rig something up....

and i wish i had time to do it right but i dont. once i get me new car i will.

 

[Jaguar_5]

Thanks jetjock, the key is that I know what I don't know, so I don't speak it, more people should do that around here! :biglaugh:

 

[jetjock]

I was impressed by the anodization call out

 

[supraGhost]

I was impressed by the anodization call out

yeah that was right on. it would not ground off of that piece.

 

[Jaguar_5]

Ha, even if it wasn't anodized, it's not like it has a ground path when it's only connected to a radiator hose

Btw, the cost of a new coolant hose, will outweigh the cost of just getting the bushing and doing it right the first time

 

[HommerSimpson]

small hose clamp around sender... with ground wire

 

[supraGhost]

well its finally back on the road and it is slow as balls. i dont know what happened while it was sitting but it runs liek shit now.