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Subject Re: Looking at autometer guages
     
Posted by bryan@Z1 on July 11, 2008 at 2:38 PM
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In Reply To Looking at autometer guages posted by RedTTZ91(OK) on July 11, 2008 at 02:24 PM
     
Message What type of gauge are are considering? Oil pressure? Temp?

An electric gauge uses a sending unit that varies that sends different ohm values to the gauge that shows the different readings.

A mechanical gauge uses mechanical means, for example a mechanical temp gauge will have a probe that is usually filled with mercury or a similar susbstance that provides the reading. A mechanical oil pressure gauge requires that a line be ran from the engine to the gauge for it to read pressure. So there is actually oil flowing into the car to the gauge, generally a bad idea on street cars.

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