mvweebles
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- Weebles
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- 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
I have a Balmar 612 Dual regulator and new Faria Tachometers. This is a new install of new Tachs (Faria 33842
Issue is that when the regulator goes to FLOAT, tach reading drops-out. Balmar tech support says this is a known issue without a work-around. They suggested putting a sensor on the flywheel, but this would require drilling and tapping a hole. I asked if a Wakespeed regulator was better (okay, snarky dig). Tech said no but there was another competitor who has solved the problem. I asked if it was Sterling and he said no, a new competitor more recent.
QUESTION - any bright ideas for me? My old tachs are long gone and ran off an some sort of signal generator off the injection pump (picture attached).
As always, thanks in advance -
Peter
Issue is that when the regulator goes to FLOAT, tach reading drops-out. Balmar tech support says this is a known issue without a work-around. They suggested putting a sensor on the flywheel, but this would require drilling and tapping a hole. I asked if a Wakespeed regulator was better (okay, snarky dig). Tech said no but there was another competitor who has solved the problem. I asked if it was Sterling and he said no, a new competitor more recent.
QUESTION - any bright ideas for me? My old tachs are long gone and ran off an some sort of signal generator off the injection pump (picture attached).
As always, thanks in advance -
Peter