Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #61380
From: Ernest Christley <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: electric fuel selector valves
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:31:04 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Stephen, would you like to recover your investment in the Pollack?


On Monday, October 27, 2014 6:39 PM, Stephen Izett <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:


Saro is right.
I have a six port polak. I think varying the polarity to the main solenoid positions the valve seals one way or the other.
Internal switches de-energise the solenoid and provide feedback of selected ports.
I chose not to use it in the end opting for a more fail safe setup.

Steve Izett
On 28 Oct 2014, at 5:55 am, Ernest Christley <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

This is the type that I'm referring to:



On Monday, October 27, 2014 5:50 PM, Ernest Christley <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:


Is anyone familiar with electric fuel selector valves as used in automotive applications.  I'm trying to figure out how they operate.  Do they select one line when power is applied to a solenoid type plunger, and then the other line is selected when power isn't applied?  Or does a pulse of power switch them back and forth?  If they maintain the currently selected tank when power is absent, it seems to me that this could remove fuel lines and a leak prone selector valve from a lot of cockpits.  Furthermore, the 6 port models look like they could be plumbed easily to handle return lines.






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