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Re: Europa-List: tacho ballast resistor question

Subject: Re: Europa-List: tacho ballast resistor question
From: Mike Christine Duane <DuaneFamly@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:44:53

Roland, go ahead and use the resist do you have. Theres  no concern with harming
the meter as the resistor is simply dampening the input signal a little bit.
The difference between the two will only make a minor difference in your 
reading.
If you have access to an optical tachometer, you can verify your meter reading,
as meters do tend to vary a bit. 
Mike Duane N377EA
Europa XS Conventional Gear
Chandler, AZ, USA

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> On Jan 19, 2021, at 2:20 AM, Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Im wiring my Europa XS with a 912ULS engine. I have fitted the 
> factory-supplied
UMA tacho and am also taking the engine tacho output to a MGL E-3 engine 
instrument
and a Smart Avionics CSC-1 prop controller.
> 
> The UMA manual calls for a 270 resistor across the engine tacho output (if the
readings are erratic). The MGL manual calls for 220 (and one is supplied).
> 
> With no electronics shops open nearby in lockdown, its going to be awkward 
> buying
a single 270 resistor. Does anyone know if using the 220 resistor Ive got
would make the UMA tacho unhappy? And conversely, would using a 270 make the
MGL instrument unhappy?
> 
> in friendship
> 
> Rowland
> 
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