Re: [T3] Fuel Sender

[Ben Doughney <ben_d@clear.net.nz>]

on 24/5/2003 2:14 AM, Jim Adney at jadney@vwtype3.org wrote:

> A copper wire in that size will still probably have less than 1 Ohm per foot
> resistance, and it will be too soft to stand up to the float sliding up and
> down it for long. 40AWG copper wire would have 115 Ohms/ft, so that would be
> close, but it is only .003" dia.
> 
> Is the original wire magnetic, by any chance? Try a magnet on it.

What about the wire used on the resistor thing on the bottom of voltage
regulators? Isn't that a similar diameter wire?

Ben Doughney

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