Any way to test a tach??

5150abf

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I have 2 tachs and want to test them to see if they are good, does anyone know of a way to do this?
 

Barnacle_Bill

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Re: Any way to test a tach??

You need to find someone with a tach tester. Our local Bass Pro has one. I forget the brand name. Equus maybe.
 

jtexas

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Re: Any way to test a tach??

Hook it to a 12V battery, (+) to IGN, (-) to GND, if the needle doesn't go to zero, it's broke. Course, even if it does go to zero you still don't know if it works. ;)
 

WizeOne

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Re: Any way to test a tach??

Hook it to a 12V battery, (+) to IGN, (-) to GND, if the needle doesn't go to zero, it's broke. Course, even if it does go to zero you still don't know if it works. ;)


I dunno jt. The replacement tach in my boat sits on ?? 600 rpm with the key off. Apparently there are analog tachs and ???? digital tachs. I am told that analog tachs are yesterday's news and no manufacturers support them anymore. Not sure when the change was made.
 

jtexas

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Re: Any way to test a tach??

Tach needles float with no power applied.

By "digital" I hope you don't mean digital display - it's nice, but the numbers change too fast to read.
 
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