I need to know for a circuit design and I can't find a current value on any spec sheets.
Depends on what part of the system you're actually referring to. The sensor itself draws microamps. An analog gauge draws up to a milliamp. A digital gauge, like an LD, draws microamps. In both cases, the display current is small compared to the current required to illuminate the gauge.
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