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oil pressure sensor checks

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:04 pm
by anthony pearce
Is there a recommended procedure for checking an RT oil pressure sensor using a Multi-meter.

Re: oil pressure sensor checks

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:06 pm
by peterguk
Do you have a Mityvac or similar tool that can produce a known variable pressure?

Re: oil pressure sensor checks

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:30 pm
by anthony pearce
I was wanting to undertake static electrical checks, rather than a full pressure calibration.
Checks completed to date do not appear to measure the drop down resistance that RT say is fitted to their supplied units, and I cannot get nny measurement of the basic resistance of the pressure sensor.

Re: oil pressure sensor checks

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:01 pm
by anthony pearce
Have not received a response from RT on this subject. in fact I am disappointed at the poor level of response from RT and concerned at the level of problems experience by customers, a lot of which seem tobe unresolved. Does not give confidence in reliability

Re: oil pressure sensor checks

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 3:19 pm
by Support
Hello Anthony,

If you have a question, why not email me directly like you have done many times in past, every one of which I have responded to? I'm sorry if this has somehow fallen short of your expectations.

Temperature sensors have a potential divider resistor. The pressure sensors we supply do not. They provide a voltage output directly. The resistance of a pressure sensor has no relevance. The oil pressure sensor requires 5V excitation. It has a measurement range of 0-10 bar (gauge) and output of 0.5V-4.5V respectively.

Please feel free to email me directly if you require any further clarification.

Lorne Winborn
lorne@race-technology.com

Re: oil pressure sensor checks

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:58 pm
by peterguk
Have not received a response from RT on this subject. in fact I am disappointed at the poor level of response from RT and concerned at the level of problems experience by customers, a lot of which seem tobe unresolved. Does not give confidence in reliability
In my experience RT's response to queries has always been excellent. So has their product reliability.

The information you wanted can be found on their product website, or a simple Google search would have provided you with the same generic info.