Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #45773
From: Bobby J. Hughes <bhughes@qnsi.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] fuel senders
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:39:21 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
100LL and auto fuel have different capacitance. Not sure about different blends of auto fuel. Bobby


From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of n3773@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:35 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] fuel senders

i wanted to comment that in the 12 years i have been flying my -6a i've noticed many people installing capacitance fuel senders.  i didn't have a choice 15 years ago.  meanwhile i have read so many posts from people having troubles with them.  i have the old float/resistor type, as does my hangar mate.  we both have over 1000+ hrs on our planes and have had no problems.  we installed them, connnected the wire to the guage, done.  the last quarter tank seems to go a bit faster than the first, same as my truck.  the only fuel level problem i've had was from installing low-fuel level switches which melted, despite specs that said they were for fuel usage, and almost popped out of the tank.  but, that ocurred early on, and i realize that i watch the fuel level like a hawk when flying.     kevin  [gadgets are fun when they work right.  debugging isn't.  try fixing intermittent auto pilot/gps glitches for instance]
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