X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 1 [X] Return-Path: Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1627752 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:27:56 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.144.207; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.c1f.9fd57de (30738) for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:27:32 -0500 (EST) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:27:30 EST Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1164979650" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5331 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1164979650 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/1/2006 1:01:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, n3773@comcast.net writes: Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:26 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges Group, Fixing to get oil pressure gauge and am concerned about the quality of the electrical sending units. How likely are they to leak or come apart and cause complete oil loss? Using a mechanical gauge eliminates the sender but uses a capillary tube that can break. What are the pros and cons to electrical gauges? Wendell Feeding a pressurized fluid into the cockpit to operate a boiler gage will get you a lap full of that fluid when the bourbon tube inside the gage eventually fails. We did that in the race car with a fuel pressure gage, and sprayed the driver with fuel for a full lap. Now there is an isolator under the hood, and only pressurized glycol or water if you prefer, enters the cockpit. If there is a gage failure, the isolator blocks all flow of the measured fluid. Another case where an electric gage would have been ideal. -------------------------------1164979650 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Group,
 
Fixing to get oil pressure gauge and am concerned about the quality o= f=20 the electrical sending units.  How likely are they to leak or come ap= art=20 and cause complete oil loss?
Using a mechanical gauge eliminates the sender but uses a capillary t= ube=20 that can break. What are the pros and cons to electrical gauges?
 
Wendell

Feeding a pressurized fluid into the cockpit to operate a boiler gage w= ill=20 get you a lap full of that fluid when the bourbon tube inside the gage=20 eventually fails. We did that in the race car with a fuel pressure gage, and= =20 sprayed the driver with fuel for a full lap. Now there is an isolator under=20= the=20 hood, and only pressurized glycol or water if you prefer, enters the cockpit= . If=20 there is a gage failure, the isolator blocks all flow of the measured fluid.= =20
 
Another case where an electric gage would have been=20 ideal. 
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