Whats My Pellet Code?
Whats My Pellet Code? So trying to figure out what my Pellet Code is and having some trouble. The reading I got is 1.25-1.29 on both keys. I have the Pellet list but those numbers do not fall in any range listed. What is my pellet code and what resistor should I use for VATS bypass?
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Give us the model of the ohmmeter that you used to measure it with. What scale were you on? Most likely that's a kOhm scale, and the tolerance of the resistor itself is probably 10%, plus your meter might be off. Looking at a list, it's probably VATS #5, 1.13kOhm. You can use something like a 1.2kOhm resistor to be closer to the keys. Or you can use one that measures the same as the key.
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Hmm. I'm not familiar with that brand but that's an auto-ranging meter so, yes, 1.29kOhms. Unless you touched the metal a little bit with the probes and it was reading 1.29 ohms, but I doubt that. There should have been a "k" to the side.
So use a 1.2k Ohms Resistor?
Could it be that both my keys are not correct and or somehow damged because they do not fall within the Pellet Ranges?
I have trouble starting the car with both keys, and security light with both.
Could it be that both my keys are not correct and or somehow damged because they do not fall within the Pellet Ranges?
I have trouble starting the car with both keys, and security light with both.
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Yes, that might be the problem. Buy some 1.13kOhm resistors and some 1.47kOhm resistors and try both. Or you could buy a potentiometer (adjustable resistor) and try to figure out what works.
If the resistance of the keys is for some reason too high then this is a temporary fix: draw light pencil lines between the metal prongs on the sides of the resistor pellets and the main key body. Do it lightly and keep doing so until the measurement drops to 1.13k or so and then see if they work.
But it could also be the "reader" side of things being dirty or otherwise messed up, too.
If the resistance of the keys is for some reason too high then this is a temporary fix: draw light pencil lines between the metal prongs on the sides of the resistor pellets and the main key body. Do it lightly and keep doing so until the measurement drops to 1.13k or so and then see if they work.
But it could also be the "reader" side of things being dirty or otherwise messed up, too.
