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Hooking up a electric choke
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 4:23 pm
by 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
Re: Hooking up a electric choke
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:46 pm
by -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.
Re: Hooking up a electric choke
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 7:10 am
by 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.
Re: Hooking up a electric choke
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 7:26 pm
by -Scott-
chimpboy wrote: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...
Re: Hooking up a electric choke
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 10:39 am
by 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!