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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:13:08 -0700
From: Bob White <rlwhite@comcast.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: gauges
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VDO is a brand name.  I have been getting my extra senders form
eguages. http://www.egauges.com/

They have about anything you would want.

Bob W.

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:48:00 -0800
"Al Gietzen" <ALVentures@cox.net> wrote:

> 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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