Dave Acklam wrote: > I'm hesitant to rely on the 'facet' type electric pump - they look kind of > flimsy & if the pump stops the engine quits...
The Facets are more reliable than they may appear, and are dirt simple. The stock mechanical pump is certainly less reliable. Having said that, you need two pumps, each fed from a different battery, and each with it's own switch (or double pole double throw switch) to ensure redundancy. With that combination, you almost can't go wrong. See http://www.n56ml.com/fuel/ for excruciating details of how I did this on my Corvair powered plane, which is also how the 2180cc VW is done (except for the wing tanks and recirculation system). I use a little sealed lead acid UPS battery that weighs under three pounds for the fuel pump backup. They draw about .8A per hour, so they'll run a long time on a small battery. Mark Langford, Harvest, AL ML "at" N56ML.com www.N56ML.com a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
