Ask The Expert- Gauges - Mechanical or Electric?

[Brian]

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I have to ask as there seems to be a lot of discussion about weather one should run mechanical gauges or electric gauges in places where you always want/need and very accurate reading. If we need to get specific, we can discuss Autometer gauges or simply all gauges in general.

 

[Pthorpe84]

I am curious on this too. Are there any wireless gauges for air pressure for OBA tank?


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[Cloaked Willys]

:devil:

I have to ask as there seems to be a lot of discussion about weather one should run mechanical gauges or electric gauges in places where you always want/need and very accurate reading. If we need to get specific, we can discuss Autometer gauges or simply all gauges in general.

Brian, Thank you for bringing this topic up.

The modern electric gauges work a lot better then the ones from 15-20 years ago and as long as you run a quality gauge like Autometer or VDO they should be just as accurate as a mechanical. I am not a huge fan of mechanical ones anymore because they are generally harder to route and I do not want hot fluids in the cab. There will normally be some of each to get all your bases covered and the mechanicals will be a bit cheaper.

The biggest thing is to make sure that you are running a quality gauge. I am not going to trust a $10K motor to a $20 generic gauge just because it lights up a cool color.

 

[Brian]

Brian, Thank you for bringing this topic up.

The modern electric gauges work a lot better then the ones from 15-20 years ago and as long as you run a quality gauge like Autometer or VDO they should be just as accurate as a mechanical. I am not a huge fan of mechanical ones anymore because they are generally harder to route and I do not want hot fluids in the cab. There will normally be some of each to get all your bases covered and the mechanicals will be a bit cheaper.

The biggest thing is to make sure that you are running a quality gauge. I am not going to trust a $10K motor to a $20 generic gauge just because it lights up a cool color.

Thanks! We run electric primaries with mechanical backups. These are going in my current project as the backups and they light up pretty.

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[Cloaked Willys]

Thanks! We run electric primaries with mechanical backups. These are going in my current project as the backups and they light up pretty.

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Autometer Cobalts have always been one of my favorites. :emmersed: