[DeTomaso] Fuel Gage Linearizer

Sun Nov 2 19:50:37 EST 2008

Sounds like a plan.  
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld

-----Original Message-----
From: "Edward A. Nauman" <enauman at roadrunner.com>

Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:50:07 
To: <michaelsavga at gmail.com>; 'Email Forum Pantera'<detomaso at list.realbig.com>
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Fuel Gage Linearizer

In that case, I suggest you replace the fuel tank in your Pantera with a
BBQ.  Not only could you save money by running on propane, but you would be
ready for some cool tailgate parties.

Edward A. Nauman\
C.E.O.
Smart Litez Inc

Palmdale, CA. 93551
(661) 305-7636

> -----Original Message-----
> From: michaelsavga at gmail.com [mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 8:49 PM
> To: Edward A. Nauman; Email Forum Pantera
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel Gage Linearizer
> 
> What.  Nah. Its a electric scale under the tank.  No head pressure
> required. Unless you mean the hand on the head while the steaks are
> cooking.
> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless handheld
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Edward A. Nauman" <enauman at roadrunner.com>
> 
> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:04:24
> To: <michaelsavga at gmail.com>; Email Forum
> Pantera<detomaso at list.realbig.com>
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Fuel Gage Linearizer
> 
> 
> A lot of level/quantity measurements are made using weight derived from
> head
> pressure such as your washing machine.  Since the pressure in a small
> tank
> is so small, the signal conditioning required to make the measurement
> is
> more complicated than reading the voltage off of a pot. To fabricate a
> load
> cell arrangement to measure the actual fuel weight in a tank mounted in
> a
> vehicle would be a very costly and complex undertaking considering the
> value
> of the data.  The lookup table was the most economical method to give
> the
> desired accuracy with the minimum amount of effort to implement the
> measurement.
> 
> Edward A. Nauman\
> C.E.O.
> Smart Litez Inc
> 
> Palmdale, CA. 93551
> (661) 305-7636
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: michaelsavga at gmail.com [mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 3:10 PM
> > To: Edward A. Nauman; detomaso-bounces at realbig.com;
> MikeLDrew at aol.com;
> > detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel Gage Linearizer
> >
> > Design a gauge like my grills propane tank. Do it by weight.
> Michael
> > in savannah
> > Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless handheld
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	"Edward A. Nauman" <enauman at roadrunner.com>
> >
> > Date:	Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:59:46
> > To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; Email Forum
> > Pantera<detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel Gage Linearizer
> >
> >
> > Hey Mike,
> >
> >
> >
> > To me, Pantera are like Harleys.  The only unique one is a stock one.
> > Even
> > if the tank is the same shape, the type and age of the sending unit
> as
> > well
> > as the gage itself contribute to the calibration.  In reality, those
> > stock
> > sending units can be as far as +/-10% tolerance.  Even the gage
> current
> > Vs.
> > needle position has a large tolerance.  Add that to the likelihood
> that
> > a
> > lot of cars have had their gages and/or sending units swapped out or
> > non-stock or aftermarket products installed, it would not work well
> > with a
> > "one size fits all" lookup table.  It may sound a little anal
> retentive
> > to
> > calibrate each one, but it is the only way to be sure it is accurate.
> > The
> > calibration is end-to end so it accounts for all the components in
> the
> > system.  If I was designing this with the intent of marketing it, I
> > would
> > have written the code so that the user could calibrate it by merely
> > filling
> > the tank one gallon at a time and pushing a button after each gallon.
> > The
> > code would do everything else.  Since I was only planning on building
> a
> > couple of boxes, it wasn't worth the extra programming effort.  If
> > there is
> > really enough guys interested, I could make it so.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> > Edward A. Nauman\
> >
> > C.E.O.
> >
> > Smart Litez Inc
> >
> >
> >
> > Palmdale, CA. 93551
> >
> > (661) 305-7636
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:20 PM
> > To: enauman at roadrunner.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel Gage Linearizer
> >
> >
> >
> > Eddie,
> >
> > Why would people need to send you their data?
> >
> > Pantera fuel tanks are, by and large, the same.  Thus the values that
> > work
> > in your tank should work universally (or pretty darn close anyway).
> So
> > I
> > would think you could safely offer a plug-and-play one-size-fits-all
> > solution.
> >
> > I'm not particularly upset about the non-linear feature of the fuel
> > gauge
> > anyway; it only starts to get important near the bottom, and near the
> > bottom
> > it is fairly linear.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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