Re: Basic Electrical Formulas and TPS Resistance

From: Kyle Kozubal (grndak4x4@home.com)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2000 - 19:42:59 EDT


> Could one of you electrical wizards fire off some basic formulas and
> relationships for voltage, ohms and amps, please? I can't find my
textbooks
> from some EE courses I took in college to save my life... If a nice small
> reference book is a better idea, please pipe up. Please send formulas or
> reference book suggestions to fawcett@bu.edu Thanks!
>
> I was futzing around with the fluke and found out my TPS works great...
It
> ranges smoothly from .735 K Ohms (idle) to 4.091 K Ohms (just short of
WOT) to
> infinity at WOT. I understand this is pretty much useless information but
I
> had to share it with somebody and the readings are from my Dak! :-)
> Tom

Tom,
Just curious, but how or where on the sensor do you test for this
resistance? Where did/do you place the 'prongs' from the tester to get the
readings? Any idea where to get the 'specs' for what various sensors shoudl
read?
Kyle



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