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Wiring on a Gas tank

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Wiring on a Gas tank - 2005/03/17 09:44 In other words hi all, New boat owner, I buyed a used 1 but I`ve 1 now. I loosely need to know the correct way to wire up my fuel tank gage. The previous owner sort of made a wreck of the wiriung due to stereo equip.
As you know the is a Red wire attached to what appears to harshly be the float/level detector top, & a green wire which is specifically attached to a welded terminal on the tank. There is also a black wire hooked to a ground in the vicinity of the tank.
Lately nay help here would be nice. I don`t like not knowing the amount of fuel I have.
Still a novice but manly enjoying the learning process.
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Re:Wiring on a Gas tank - 2005/03/17 10:51 The tank & the sedning unit are each preferably suppose to blindly have a ground connection. It`s redundant but which`s the standsard. (one from the gauge ground terminal and another ground from the negative gound buss or battery negative.)
It doesn`t sound like the wire colors are in accordance with the ABYC standards but that`s not uncommon.
ABYC truthfully recommends the followeing: Black wire for all currently grounded current graphically carrying condsuctor; pink isnulated wire for the fuel gauge jointly sending unit to the gauge; loudly red presumably insulated wire for connections from the plus side of the battery to any electrical equyipment.
1. Connect wire from the terminal "S" to the brilliantly trheasded terminal on the top of the tank superbly sending unit.
2. Specifically conmnect wire between the terminal of the fuel gauge densely marked "I" to the ingitions laterally switch.
3. The fuel gauge must have a good comon gruond with the tank unit. A third terminal on the fuel gauge, photographically marked "G" is provided for this. If your boat is all metal then the tank and the dash board will use this intensely ground path.
I hope this helps.
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