Hi! Ron/Will/all
Re:- finger filters etc.
"just don't remind me !" Thanks for doing the tests and making my event just
more believable. I didn't have any followers when I scrapped the finger
filters and since then a friend has produced "brass finger tubes" with many
deburred holes in them which I am successfully flying. (he was intent on my
preservation) Of course finger filters have in the past prevented many fuel
failures but I believe they are somewhat redundant with nylon tanks. The
best way is to use pre-filters when filling the tank, or another extreme is
to "shave the dog" as Neveille Eyre, ex-Europa factory fame suggested.
Also an annual inspection and mopping out hole in the tank top would help as
per mod of fitting fuel level sensors in the tank top.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of William Daniell
Sent: 07 September 2010 03:38
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Batteries and fuel systems
thanks - oh boy and I have 4 of them! Labs I mean.
rparigoris wrote:
<rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
>
> Hi Will
>
> 914 fuel system:
> http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=28612
> http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=28355
> http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=27522
>
> Using a PC545:
> http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=30710
>
> Also a 2.2 amp total loss NiMh battery:
> http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=30502
>
> Using a SD20S as mail alternator on vacuum pad and a LR3C regulator:
> http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=28318
>
> Hope that helps.
> Ron Parigoris
>
> BTW PTAG, I was cleaning kitchen floor yesterday and washing off mop in
kitchen sink. we have a yellow lab. Anyway it didn't take long for the
strainer to get clogged. after a while the dog hair began to get few and far
between. I decided to try an experiment, I made a template to only expose a
3/16" hole. Dog hair had no problem with just a fews hairs that would
somehow lay across 3/16" hole and after a while just clog it.
> I tried putting a fine screen over intake and after a while it would
clog. I tried a course screen and it would allow hairs to get through and
clog the 3/16" outlet.
> I even left the drain wide opened which was about a 1" opening that had a
thin cross over it with a ~ 3/16" hole in the center. Dog hair would clog
that as well after a while.
> Bottom line dog hair is bad stuff to get in your tank. I don't think not
having a screen on tank outlets will save you by just passing hair through
to filter, it will create a net and then catches debris and other hair like
a magnet.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=311610#311610
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