From: Sky2high@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 01:29:09 EDT
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
Subject: Header tank float
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Jim, et al.

Interesting, I am using a Spruce A/C float.  The reed switch in the original
one, obtained in 1990, failed after five hours use in 1996.  The replacement
also required adding cork to the end to get the float to work.  I have not
noticed any problem in the two years it has been operating.  

I mounted mine with the swing upward so that the tank would be more full when
it was time to shut off the pumps.  Pulling G's is no problem since it is
mechanically stopped from going too far downward.  I thought I would have a
problem in turbulence by triggering a start/stop cycle too quickly so I built
a timer mechanism (Radio Shack) to delay pump start and the timer is reset if
the float indicated full while the timer was still running.  I think that I
set the delay to 30 seconds (it used to be 1.5 mins) and as a result, my
EPI800 center tank fuel gauge always reads 9 gallons.

Scott Krueger
N92EX