Tacho problem
Submitted by ledge64 on Sat, 2014-11-08 20:46
Took my Quintrex/Johnson 140 Hp four stoke out today and the Tacho Rev gauge is not working all the 4 LED's on the bottom of the guage seemed to light up OK any ideas whats wrong ?
Cheers
wangler
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Could be the
regulator/rectifier maybe
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holth
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As wrangler said,
As wrangler said, recitifier/ regulator maybe. My tacho was bouncing all over the place when mine went. so it may not be. Put a volt metre on your batteries while running to rule out. If your not seeing a rise in volts your not getting any charge and the rect/ reg is fryed.
ledge64
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Went out agian today now the
Went out agian today now the speedo is not working
joel231
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sounds like a dodgy
sounds like a dodgy connection to me. check your wiring, either at the alternator or the back of the gauge, could be a loose plug or the wiring may be faulty between the two components.
Cheers Joel