Re: Fuel sender replacement

Larry wrote:
"Jimjamie" <jimjamie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:KNCdnfLw0Pf9rl7VnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx:


I've seen the vertical floats, the hinged floats, and the twin
cylinder air pressure types.




Good sight glass....right there on the side of the tank next to the beer cooler.


We've been running a hinged float sender for the last two seasons with absolutly no problems once I had got a satisfactory initial setup. As our tank is small and shallow, requiring the float arm to be cut rather short, I had to ease the spring tension on the contact wiper and also weight the float to get reliable operation. As we have a sail boat aqnd expect to motor-sail if we have a deadline to keep, I mounted the sender so the float pivots in a fore & aft plane on the centreline of the tank. A large power boat might well be advised to mount the sender transversely. A small planing power boat is probably going to find a hinged float sender unsatisfactory.

I'd *love* to have a sight 'glass' but there is no way I could get enough access to the side of my tank to either read the level or to operate the essential shutoff valves top and bottom of the glass.

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