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Schjoto
Lieutenant Joined: 27 October 2016 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 42 |
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Thank you very much Richard!
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richz
Captain Joined: 02 September 2013 Location: Milan Status: Offline Points: 242 |
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hi Tom,
Below my replies: 1) I used the same spot; you have to remove the old sensor (I used a pipe wrench piers to unscrew it) and then I made a new hole which fitted the size of the sensor flange 2) you need to bridge the two pins (as shown in my photo) to ‘instruct’ the board to read the new slot 3) I used the TGT250 from Philippi. This Philippi sensor is bolted but you ned the SAE adapter to use the existing holes. I hope this helps Richz
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Schjoto
Lieutenant Joined: 27 October 2016 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 42 |
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Thank you for this useful information. For supply reasons, I plan to use the Wema sensor (https://wema.co.uk/products/fuel-sender?variant=29703058311) which can be used for both water and diesel - I have a H345 as well. A few questions:
1. On the water tank, did you use the same spot to mount the new sensor or did you drill a new hole? If you used the original spot, did it fit well with the flange? If you drilled a new hole in the tank, did you then remove the “sensor pins” from the original sensor? Any pictures? 2. RICHZ wrote that he bridged the first and the last pin of the 5 pins water slot. I will follow this, but why is it necessary since another slot is being used? 3. The Wema sensor can be used also for diesel. What length did you select and is it being screwed or bolted in the diesel tank? Thanks in advance :-) |
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richz
Captain Joined: 02 September 2013 Location: Milan Status: Offline Points: 242 |
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I used the TGW 300 made by Philippi (as suggested by Fendant).
If you look at the photos you can see the wires at both ends; I used the white and the grey and ignored the others. What really made the trick was the bridge I have made to connect the first and the fifth pins in the 5 pins water slot. If your panel is arranged differently then you should get the updated handbook. Cheers, Rich |
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CrocDundee
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Much appreciated, this seems very useful progress.
Could you summarise the new gauge (type and length), the wiring at the gauge end that eventually worked, and the wiring at the panel end that eventually worked? We are in a 345 that needs this enhancement, but some of the gauges and panel on ours are different, so understanding what worked for you will be invaluable. We have the similar 5 cable connection as you show. Ta.
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richz
Captain Joined: 02 September 2013 Location: Milan Status: Offline Points: 242 |
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Pleasure!
And BTW inverting white and grey wires is completely irrelevant. What you need to have the 2 wires 3-180 ohm slot working is bridging the first and the last pins on the correspondent 5 pins water slot. I have also tried the same with water slot nr 1, which did not work correctly (I guess it is a problem related to my own panel) as it was continously and swifly switching from zero to accurate reading. |
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sailkoop
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Thx for sharing the Experience! Good to know.....
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best regards
Bjoern |
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richz
Captain Joined: 02 September 2013 Location: Milan Status: Offline Points: 242 |
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I have now got to the bottom of it!
I have bridged the first and the last pin of the 5 pins water slot and connected the two wires 3-180 ohm connection from the Philippi water sensor to the Water 2 slot: eureka! It works Below the bridge described above: |
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richz
Captain Joined: 02 September 2013 Location: Milan Status: Offline Points: 242 |
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Hi Ariette,
They are produced by STOCKO and the model of the connector is RFK 2 MFK 13260, 2-pins. I found them on eBay. If you see from the diagram I posted above you should also be able to find the order of the different slots on the main board. I have connected the two pins connector to the diesel 2 slot and it works perfectly. I now want to try on the Water 1 slot by inverting the two wires in order to have the ground on the correct side and see if I am able to have it work also on the Water tank slot. Cheers, Richard |
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Fendant
Admiral Joined: 03 November 2012 Location: Switzerland Status: Offline Points: 1617 |
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Hello Ariette, if you have not replaced the crappy 5 wire Hanse sensor by something more reliable( like RichZ did) you need to connect all 5 wires for the water tank sensor. BR
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Frank
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