Date:         Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:31:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 12:02 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> my my we are having fun now.



> Oil temp would not normally be sensed at the oil cooler , for gague purposes
> that is.
> You want to take your reading at the hottest part of the engine oil.


I had a Gene Berg temp-sensing dipstick on my 71 bus. Connected to the
oil lamp on the dash. Lit the lamp when temp exceeded 220F or so.


>
> You need some 'random output' indicator or gauge of some kind..
> something not quite 'linear' so there's lots to ponder as you  drive along.
>
> let's do that ..come up with some 'randomly generatated' display ..
> takes inputs from 4 places and scrambles them, but inconsistenly and
> non-linearly.


David Beierl could design such a thing. Yeah, take inputs from magnetic
compass, fuel sender, inclinometer, cell phone signal strength,
photocell (for outside light intensity), temp sender, and a heavily
low-passed Gaussian noise source. All hooked to one analog gauge.
Sometimes.

-- RJS

Sent from my heavily low-passed Gaussian noise source.