Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?
Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?
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Hello all greetings
I am converting an engine from using VR sensors to Hall sensors. I have the proper sensor which is a fully threaded aluminum housing that will go into where the former VR bosch sensor mounted (with a tab to hold the old sensor down). The part I machined is like the old sensors profile, 17mm shank and a tab coming off to hold it in, except its threaded for the new sensor down the center.
Is it ok to mount the hall, which has a magnet in it, in a ferrous steel holder? I didn't have aluminum of the right size to perform this task so I used 1018 steel which is magnetic.
The manufacturer mounts Hall sensors in an iron block on another engine, so I don't think this should pose a problem but I am unsure.
Thoughts?
I am converting an engine from using VR sensors to Hall sensors. I have the proper sensor which is a fully threaded aluminum housing that will go into where the former VR bosch sensor mounted (with a tab to hold the old sensor down). The part I machined is like the old sensors profile, 17mm shank and a tab coming off to hold it in, except its threaded for the new sensor down the center.
Is it ok to mount the hall, which has a magnet in it, in a ferrous steel holder? I didn't have aluminum of the right size to perform this task so I used 1018 steel which is magnetic.
The manufacturer mounts Hall sensors in an iron block on another engine, so I don't think this should pose a problem but I am unsure.
Thoughts?





RE: Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?
Why?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?
I am switching the engine from a batch fire fuel/wasted spark setup to a fully sequential setup due to fuel injector size increase. I am running another engine management which will permit the use of hall sensors. I've determined the original VR sensors in the camshaft position are unable to provide a clean signal below 2000 engine RPM. BMW, the manufacturer of said motor, switched to a hall sensor in this position in the year after this one. I would retrofit their sensor except they also changed the camshaft and toothed wheel style as well due to VANOS (variable valve timing).
So, in short, I am retrofitting my own sensor, Cherry GS100502.
RE: Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?
If you aren't equipped to do comparative anatomy of the system with the two sensors analytically, maybe it's time to set up a test rig.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?
RE: Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?
There may be a technical section in your Hall sensor catalog that explains it. Maybe you need the thicker catalog.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Moutning magnetic hall sensor in steel holder?