KR>Re: fuel senders and gauges?

2022-02-11 Thread Flesner
On 2/11/2022 4:55 PM, Jeff Scott wrote: However, the calibration was not completed correctly, so they only display just over 3/4 when they tanks are full. + I calibrated the fuel senders in a

KR>Re: fuel senders and gauges?

2022-02-11 Thread shafferj455js
In 455 JS, I use a sight gauge, in the center of my instrument panel, for my forward deck fuel tank. I also use a Teflon lined ,stainless steel, braided line direct to a mechanical oil pressure gauge. Neither of these require battery power. As Larry Flesner says, " Your results may vary ".

KR>Re: fuel senders and gauges?

2022-02-11 Thread Jeff Scott
Some of this depends on what you are going to use to display your fuel quantity. For example, a simple gauge and a capacitance type sending unit can be calibrated at the transducer to read full and empty correctly, but are non-linear in between. I replaced several Westach probes in my KR as th

KR>Re: fuel senders and gauges?

2022-02-11 Thread Great Western Airsports
Ha, ha, I'm not going to teach you to suck eggs when it comes to oil pressure and yes, they fail every couple of hundred hours - when they do & so long as oil temperature isn't rising, I complete the flight whether instructing or not. Upon landing it gets replaced due to digence & potential para

KR>Re: fuel senders and gauges?

2022-02-11 Thread Mark Langford
Brad at Great Western Airsports wrote: VDO has never let me down in various aircraft, various setups, lots of hours. Yep, that's exactly what I used on N56ML. Having been a VW fanatic since before I could drive, I'm a big fan of Bosch, VDO, Hella, etc, so I installed a VDO 226-001 sending u