Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #37631
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] EC-2/EM-2 manifold pressure
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 08:55:40 -0800
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

 

Ed,

When I have my EM-2 on, EC-2 off, the Manifold pressure reads the barometric pressure (29.7 today).

 

When I then turn on the EC-2, the manifold pressure increases to 32.9.  This seems peculiar, have you noticed anything like this?

 

Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045

When the EC2 is off, it is using the reading from the sensor in the EM2.  When it is on, it is reading the sensor in the EC2. I have also found considerable disagreement on these sensors.  I also found that I had to change the calibration on the MAP pressure channel on the EM2 to get the correct reading (with EC2 on, we don’t care what the sensor in the EM2 is reading).  I have no idea why the calibration should be different on different units that use the same sensor; but there it is.  You can get a vacuum gage (actually a pressure gage, so you have to subtract from atmospheric) at a reasonable price from McMaster-Carr, or I could loan you mine. 

 

Also, it should not necessarily read the barometric pressure; you have to adjust for altitude.  Barometric is equivalent sea level (or something like that).

 

Al

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