Hooking up a electric choke

[St Jimmy]

I just bought a weber 32/36 carb,it has a electric choke how do i hook that up so it works.Can i put it to the temp sender or do i have to put a switch in and turn it on/off manually




Regards
James

[-Scott-]

I don't really know how your electric choke would work, but I imagine you need to apply 12V to close it, and releasing the voltage will open it again. Is it closed at the moment, or open?

Hooking it to a temp sender is unlikely to work, as they're normally a variable resistance, and different senders use different resistance ranges - I can't imagine a "one size fits all senders" solution would be achievable.

If it works like my guess, a simple switch would be the easiest solution - I suspect you'll work out when you need it. Make the switch illuminated so you've got a reminder to turn it off.

Alternatively, I expect there are off the shelf thermo switches designed to switch things like this - for which google is your friend.

[chimpboy]

I *think* these usually have their own timer on board or operate from heat or some such, so you should be okay with just a wire to +12V (something that comes on with ignition).

Carbies. Pfft.

[-Scott-]

I *think* these usually have their own timer on board or operate from heat or some such, so you should be okay with just a wire to +12V (something that comes on with ignition).

Carbies. Pfft.

I dunno - there's something about a set of these that creates a twitch...

[chimpboy]

I admit that is pretty nice looking stuff.

I wouldn't want to have to do the adjusting to make it work right though... it's just not something I ever seem to get right!