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Tachometer help

Hey everyone,
Today I installed new tach i ordered from Moyer and had it working fine though a bit jumpy especially at idle. I've wired it according to the instructions as well as chatting with Don last week, white wire is to negative side of coil, black to ground, red and green to ignition switched power.

Next i installed new electronic ignition. Black to negative red to positive and now tach is not working. Its intermittently jumping between 0 and 500. Wondering what a possible solution might be? I'd like to time the engine using Thatcth and ndutton method, but really want the tach to be working...

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Trevor,
My first thought is that you're dealing with corroded wiring and poor connections. Don't know your boat, but is there by chance one of those trailer connectors in there somewhere?
If you wires aren't green and the connections are good, I'll have to rethink. But that's my first guess.
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Thanks Al, no all the wiring is brand new, and I've double checked connections. It was working fine with the old points, but not now that the EI is installed...
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Give this a read and see if it helps. You'll need to follow the links too.
http://support.pertronix.com/kb/faq.php?id=34
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Thanks Neil,
I did see that, though I was hoping someone here had experience with the issue. I was surprised that Petronix didn't have a more 'formal' fix. Some of those solutions look like trial and error, or a bit of a shot in the dark. I'll call Moyer this week and see if I can get some help there and report back.
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I suggest giving their diode remedy a try. Diodes are cheap.
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Canadian Electronics Supply

Anyone in Canada, specifically Ontario have any luck ordering electronics supplies?

Specifically right now I'm trying to track down 10K ohm 1/2 watt resistor.

I've tried The Source, Canadian Tire, Ideal Supply, NAPA without any luck.

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Trevor,
I see you are in Collingewood.
There is a place called Electronsonics in Markham.
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HTTPS://www.e-sonic.com

They have all sorts of electronics stuff.

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Mouser Electronics has a Canadian presence. Here is a 3 watt, 10K Ω resistor:
https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/...POODbrVQ%3D%3D
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Thanks for the ideas guys. Nick, being new to this kind of thing, I'm wondering if wattage matters here? The petronix fix suggests 1/2 watt, that one is 3 watt, does that matter?

The resistor is going to be plan B now. Don has received a 'filtering harness' to 'remedy oscillations' from ISSPRO. He's sending that in the mail and I'll wire it up according to the instructions and report back about the progress.

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Is this a "one-off" problem or has it been experienced/replicated by others?

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The wattage specification is a minimum. If the recommended resistor is 1/2 watt, a 3 watt resistor has capacity to spare.

I have a Plan 'C' for you:
Go to an alternator driven tach like the diesels use. That's the type I've always had with no problems.
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Is this a "one-off" problem or has it been experienced/replicated by others?

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If this really is a "one-off," what makes it different from other installs, and why is some additional hardware required in this case but not others?

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Based solely on the dialog here I think it is a known problem and the entities involved are keeping it quiet. I wouldn't think ISSPRO and Pertronics would have remedies available if it hadn't come up before.
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So Isspro is providing the alleged solution? I thought it was Pertronix who had the mushy explanation and the mushy fix?

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Post #10 mentions the ISSPRO "filtering harness" sent to MMI and on its way to Trevor.

In post #4 I mentioned a Pertronix solution found on the internet.
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Post #10 mentions the ISSPRO "filtering harness" sent to MMI and on its way to Trevor. In post #4 I mentioned a Pertronix solution found on the internet. In post #12 I offered a sure solution independent of both.
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If this really is a "one-off," what makes it different from other installs, and why is some additional hardware required in this case but not others?

Bill
Not sure. Tracking the package and looks like it's in customs so I won't get it in this weekend. I'll let you know once it's in, how it's working...
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Question Re post #12, "Plan C" Alternator Tach

Can the ISSPRO alternator Moyer supplies be connected to the alternator?
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Can the ISSPRO alternator Moyer supplies be connected to the alternator?
I haven't seen the MMI ISSPRO tach but I think the answer to your question is probably not. Tachometers come in a few varieties of input signal: ignition pulses, alternator AC tap or an engine mounted driver and one does not cross over to another. I can't say for the driver type but the other two are typically labeled as to their input. Here is a picture of mine (alternator input) showing the label. Note that with an alternator input the tach must be calibrated to account for different pulley ratios. I just replaced my alternator and the new one has a smaller pulley so a calibration exercise had to be performed. Took about 10 minutes.

Ignition input tachometers have a switch on the back to select the number of cylinders.
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Finally got back to the boat and got the new tach installed. It works! No filtering harness, diodes, or doo-hickies required. Must have been defective all along.
Thanks for the suggestions and to Don for sending the new one.
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Simply a bad tach (Occam's Razor at work) or something more complicated than that?

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No nothing complicated, just the bad tach. I simply installed the new one, same way i did the first one and it worked.
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