Hour meter

dotnmarty · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: Hour meter

When I had my Honda main engine serviced I also had an hour meter installed. When I first turned on the engine after the service it read 146.3 hours. Was this information retrieved electronically from the engine? Thanks

dogon dory · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject:

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Alyssa Jean · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject:

Is the hours meter a digital or analog? If it is an analog they cvan be zero'd by shorting across two of the terminals in the back. The bad news is that I can't remember which two.

thataway · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject:

My honda and Suzuki are "electrical/mechanical"--using a clock on 12 volts, and when I switched them out, they read zero...I ran them on a battery bank or 12 volt power supply until they read what was on the engine by history from the failed hour meter.

Captains Cat · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject:

My Suzis are that way too. 2001 engines put on a 2006 boat. The meters read the time since installed in 2006, the tachs which are linked to the engines read the real time on the engines with the tach readings, as described by the engine manuals.

Charlie

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dotnmarty · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:45 am Post subject:

It's a Honda digital meter. The number showing is about 30% less than I had estimated were on the engine. I'm going with Dan's assessment on this one. Thanks