Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #34629
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:48:00 -0800
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Message

I presume VDO is a brand name and not a type of sender. See some in Aircraft Spruce and Summit Racing catalogs that weren't too pricey but was unsure of the quality. I found an oil press. gauge I liked but no water pressure gauge.


I'm leaning toward all electrical gauges.

 

Speaking of water pressure gauges, since I want to use a water heater core for cabin heat, could the pressure tap be up front (pusher plane) or would the flow when heat is used cause a wrong reading?

 

Wendell

 

It would work, but I think it best to have the gauge somewhere near the outlet side of the pump - where the pressure is the highest, and the filler cap connected to the plumbing somewhere near the inlet to the pump – where the pressure is the lowest.  Again, an electric sender is a good way to go.

 

FWIW,

 

Al

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