---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 06/04/07: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:11 PM - Capacitive Fuel Sending units (Carl Bell) 2. 12:31 PM - Re: Capacitive Fuel Sending units (Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)) 3. 01:28 PM - Re: Capacitive Fuel Sending units (Scott R. Shook) 4. 03:58 PM - Re: Capacitive Fuel Sending units (Frank Stringham) 5. 07:42 PM - Re: Capacitive Fuel Sending units (Charlie England) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:11:31 PM PST US From: "Carl Bell" Subject: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units Tail is almost done and I need to order my wing kit this week and would love to get conventional wisdom or whether to order it with capacitive fuel sending units or float sending units. I will probable use a combo EMS i.e. Vision, GRT, Dynon etc. Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated. I am building an RV 7 with 180 and CS. Thanks Carl W Bell New Venture Consulting Mobile: 803.640.2760 www.newventureconsulting.com carlbell@gforcecable.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:31:57 PM PST US Subject: RE: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units From: "Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)" Float senders work great and they work equally well for both Avgas and auto fuel....Capacative senders have to be calibrated for each different fuel...I don't know how much practical difference it makes. I do know the CAP senders (used to at least) require an interface box. Every one who has used CAP senders has told me they wouldn't use 'em again. I have floats, they work great and are reliable and iterface directly with the Dynon. Oh and you can fit them to QB tanks even if you decide to use Flop tubes like I did. If it ain't broke, don't mess with it. Frank 7a ________________________________ From: owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carl Bell Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:11 PM Subject: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units Tail is almost done and I need to order my wing kit this week and would love to get conventional wisdom or whether to order it with capacitive fuel sending units or float sending units. I will probable use a combo EMS i.e. Vision, GRT, Dynon etc. Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated. I am building an RV 7 with 180 and CS. Thanks Carl W Bell New Venture Consulting Mobile: 803.640.2760 www.newventureconsulting.com carlbell@gforcecable.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:28:05 PM PST US From: "Scott R. Shook" Subject: RE: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units While I am sure that many will offer their expertise in the matter, my thought process is that I wanted less moving parts. That is why I went with capacitive fuel senders. There are pros an cons to both types of senders. Scott R. Shook RV-7A (Building) N696JS (Reserved) _____ From: owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis) Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:31 Subject: RE: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units Float senders work great and they work equally well for both Avgas and auto fuel....Capacative senders have to be calibrated for each different fuel...I don't know how much practical difference it makes. I do know the CAP senders (used to at least) require an interface box. Every one who has used CAP senders has told me they wouldn't use 'em again. I have floats, they work great and are reliable and iterface directly with the Dynon. Oh and you can fit them to QB tanks even if you decide to use Flop tubes like I did. If it ain't broke, don't mess with it. Frank 7a _____ From: owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carl Bell Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:11 PM Subject: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units Tail is almost done and I need to order my wing kit this week and would love to get conventional wisdom or whether to order it with capacitive fuel sending units or float sending units. I will probable use a combo EMS i.e. Vision, GRT, Dynon etc. Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated. I am building an RV 7 with 180 and CS. Thanks Carl W Bell New Venture Consulting Mobile: 803.640.2760 www.newventureconsulting.com carlbell@gforcecable.com href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV7-List">http://www.matronics.com/ Navigator?RV7-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:58:27 PM PST US From: "Frank Stringham" Subject: RE: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units Frank Where were ya when I needed at the time I made the decision to go cap.....style. Oh well Frank @ sgu RV7A "NDY" >From: "Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)" >To: >Subject: RE: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units >Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:30:53 -0000 > >Float senders work great and they work equally well for both Avgas and >auto fuel....Capacative senders have to be calibrated for each different >fuel...I don't know how much practical difference it makes. > >I do know the CAP senders (used to at least) require an interface box. >Every one who has used CAP senders has told me they wouldn't use 'em >again. > >I have floats, they work great and are reliable and iterface directly >with the Dynon. Oh and you can fit them to QB tanks even if you decide >to use Flop tubes like I did. > >If it ain't broke, don't mess with it. > >Frank 7a > >________________________________ > >From: owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com >[mailto:owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carl Bell >Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:11 PM >To: Carl Bell >Subject: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units > > >Tail is almost done and I need to order my wing kit this week and would >love to get conventional wisdom or whether to order it with capacitive >fuel sending units or float sending units. I will probable use a combo >EMS i.e. Vision, GRT, Dynon etc. Any thoughts or experience would be >appreciated. I am building an RV 7 with 180 and CS. Thanks > > >Carl W Bell > >New Venture Consulting > >Mobile: 803.640.2760 > >www.newventureconsulting.com > >carlbell@gforcecable.com > > _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the im Initiative now. Its free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_June07 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:42:52 PM PST US From: Charlie England Subject: Re: RV7-List: Capacitive Fuel Sending units Carl Bell wrote: > Tail is almost done and I need to order my wing kit this week and would > love to get conventional wisdom or whether to order it with capacitive > fuel sending units or float sending units. I will probable use a combo > EMS i.e. Vision, GRT, Dynon etc. Any thoughts or experience would be > appreciated. I am building an RV 7 with 180 and CS. Thanks > > > > **Carl W Bell** > > **New Venture Consulting** > > Mobile: 803.640.2760 > I don't know if this is either conventional or wisdom, but I decided not to use them (& I like solid state stuff) because the ones you buy cost more & more important, their calibration is affected by the type of fuel. Alcohol (it could be the norm in the future), water, and supposedly even auto fuel vs. avgas changes the calibration. As much as I dislike parts that move without good reason, I've never had a problem with the float style gauges & very rarely hear of others having problems. 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