--> Europa-List message posted by: Matthew Carpenter <europaxs@gmail.com>
Did you have to put two fuel flow meters on your EIS??
I called them, and they said because it's a 914 and has return fuel that
I needed two of them.
Matt Carpenter
John & Paddy Wigney wrote:
>--> Europa-List message posted by: John & Paddy Wigney
><johnwigney@worldnet.att.net>
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><>Hi Sven,
>
>I am not sure if this will help your problem but it may give you some
>ideas. I have a Westach capacitance fuel gauge system which I bought
>from Aircraft Spruce. The dual fuel gauge is # 2DA4V and the two senders
>are # 395-5S-1B. The system has worked well for me and as far as I am
>aware, does not indicate differently for 100LL versus autofuel. The
>individual probes go from the tank top to the rear inboard corners of
>each tank section. The calibration range permits one to set the full
>for the reserve section when the level is at the top of this section (=
>2 US gallons). I fitted individual flanges and seals for each probe in
>the tank top. Next time, I would use a single rectangular plate to mount
>both probes. This makes insertion of the inner backing plate much easier.
>
>I chose not to fit the factory sight tube arrangement as I was not
>enthusiastic about plastic pipes running around the cockpit. The only
>snag with the capacitance setup, and I think this will be similar with
>the factory Mod 60 fuel gauge, is that the calibration is very coarse at
>the top of the tank. What I mean is that the top quarter of the tank
>contains approximately 7.5 US gallons out of a total of 18.0 US gallons.
>Using the level gauge, I found it to be almost impossible to measure and
>calculate fuel consumption when the tank is near the top.
>
>My solution for this problem was to add the fuel flow / totaliser option
>to my Grand Rapids EIS. This was a vast improvement and is very
>accurate. It shows gallons per hour, fuel remaining in decimals of
>gallons and does the arithmetic for endurance as well. Having two
>independent systems is a useful cross check.
>
>Cheers, John
>
>N262WF, monoXS, 912S
>Mooresville, North Carolina
>
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>From: "Sven den Boer" <svendenboer@quicknet.nl>
>Subject: Europa-List: Funny fuel gauge
>Guys,
>I have a Westach fuel gauge in combination with a Princeton capacitive fuel
>level probe.
>When switching power on, the fuel gauge gives about 2 seconds of correct
>indication and the needle falls back to zero.
>Already tried another fuel gauge.
>Any Ideas ?
>Best Regards
>Sven den Boer
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