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Re: [T3] T3 Thermoswitch testing


On 25 Mar 2006 at 21:32, Will McCreight wrote:

> After reading many posts here on vwtype3.org (thanx to all of you for 
> feeding my brain), the thought struck me that instead of heating this 
> sensor, I should put it in the FREEZER!

Exactly right. It's an "open on rise" temp switch. It allows the CSV 
to be energized only when the temp switch is below its switch point 
temperature.

> Sure enough, when I test it right out of the freezer, it reads about 1.1 
> to 2.0 ohms, and then rapidly warms enough to go to infinite ohms, 
> "opening" the connection.

Yes, it should be open when warm and closed when cold. The actual 
switch point varies with the year. I believe there were 3 different 
sensors used (2 in '70, one for the early C brain and a different one 
for the later D brain), each with a different switch point 
temperature.  

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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