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| | | | Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 | I have a 1952 Chevy 3100 with a non-working gas gauge. An article I’ve read says to run a jumper wire from the ignition to the gauge. I have a 6 volt system; if the original wire going to the gauge is still hot and I run a jumper wire, will it double the voltage & burn out my gauge? Thanks. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | I have a 1952 Chevy 3100 with a non-working gas gauge. An article I’ve read says to run a jumper wire from the ignition to the gauge. I have a 6 volt system; if the original wire going to the gauge is still hot and I run a jumper wire, will it double the voltage & burn out my gauge? Thanks. What is connected to the other end of the wire now connected to the gauge. Do you also have a wire from the gauge to the sender in the fuel tank? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 | Yep, the other wire runs from the gauge to the sending unit; the other side of the sending unit is grounded to the body.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | you can put 15 wires from the power supply point to the powered item and what you get is exactly the same voltage with the ability to carry more current, so no you can't turn 6 volts into 12 by running 2 wires .... but if you already have a hot wire to the gauge, then there's no need to run another, that would be for a test with no other wiring
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Bill | | | | | Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 85 | Thanks for the help Bill. And for your advice about posting from another application (didn't know that).Bob | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 |  the text pasting thing is an "undocumented feature" of the software that the management hasn't been able to find to date - always evident in any post that uses 'invisible ink'  Bill | | |
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