Re: Ohms of resistance for 54 Patrician temp sender

Posted by DrewLA On 2015/8/20 2:00:45

I can confirm that TS6464 from Napa as well as the Standard Motor Products TS-4 work just fine, as I've used both, and they read about the same. I had previously been using an aftermarket gauge (Sunpro) which after a few months of use happened to fail on the way to the PAC Western Regions tour. Napa got a TS6464 in for me at 8am the next day and I installed it in the parking lot.

In my '52, the gauge reads the following at these approximate levels of resistance: (readings correlated to the letters TEMP)
-35 ohms = "T"
-29.7 ohms = Left edge of "E"
-24.2 ohms = Between "E" and "M"
-18.5 ohms = "M"
-14.2 ohms = "P"
-8 ohms = pegged on/past the H mark

Incidentally, the sender I tested read about 14 ohms at 212 degrees, and 25 ohms at around 170 degrees.