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 Post subject: Re: Guages
PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:11 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Guages
PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:50 pm 
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Groan.......I know that BUT I'd like to see you measure boost with an oil pressure gauge ....ROFL! Seriously, if your digi-gauges can read the output from a MAP sensor like the Delco 3bar unit then a solution does exist.

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 Post subject: Re: Guages
PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:08 pm 
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It shouldn't matter if it's oil, water, air or anything else. The gauge just needs to see volts back from a sensor
That said I wouldn't want a digital boost gauge as I imagine it would just be a blur of unreadable numbers. Rapidly fluctuating stuff needs a pointer type gauge IMO


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 Post subject: Re: Guages
PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:28 pm 
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Digital can also refer to a stepper motor setup as per most decent gauges (compared to plugging a vac line in the actual (analogue) gauge). ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Gauges
PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:41 pm 
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Hi,

but the sensor range must fit, i aint measure with a 10bar sensor just 2,5 absolute
it is possible but effects the accuracy

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 Post subject: Re: Guages
PostPosted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:58 am 
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Nibbles wrote:
I thought you didn't like digital, or am I mixing you up with someone else ?

I refer to my earlier post:
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Don, not made my mind up about analogue or digital, I'm just not ruling anything out!

These would fit the bill because as many people have pointed out, I’m not going to be constantly watching them whilst driving. All I’m doing is monitoring for excesses, the fact that these ‘alarm’ when set values are exceeded seem to indicate that they fit that requirement perfectly?

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......and I thought you wanted a boost gauge? AFAIK these mini digi gauges are temp and pressure only?

Don, I do still need a boost gauge to replace the one I have on the top of my dash. . . this possible solution will be for oil temp, oil pressure and (probably) water temps.

I was initially looking for boost built in but I have been ‘advised’ that I need to have better visibility of boost than a gauge in the centre console would provide. Hence the 3 din gauges to be 2x oil & 1x water.

What I need to do now is work out costs etc and see if these end up more cost effective than the defi 3 din gauge solution which retails between £400 & £500 from what I can see . . . . :shock:

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 Post subject: Re: Gauges
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Do the auber gauges allow you to enter a 'look up table' of input voltage vs. reading ? If so, you can display anything attached to the ECU, refer to my digidash thread. Boost is linear, temperatures are an S curve steepest at 2.5V (approx 20C) All 0-5V.

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Nibbles wrote:
Do the auber gauges allow you to enter a 'look up table' of input voltage vs. reading ? If so, you can display anything attached to the ECU, refer to my digidash thread. Boost is linear, temperatures are an S curve steepest at 2.5V (approx 20C) All 0-5V.


I believe they do. They also have the warning function but only a single event trigger not a full and/if/or/else stuff type logic.

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 Post subject: Re: Gauges
PostPosted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:05 pm 
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Auber will custom configure them for particular applications if there is enough interest.

They are silly cheap and an industrial product so should be reliable. They originated being temp monitor & control modules for industrial ovens.

I liked them so much I seriously considered becoming UK distributor but a serious lack of extracting digit prevailed.

TBH I planned on fitting them to a hidden location and rigging up the external relay trigger for a klaxon.

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