Fuel Sender Selection
 

Has anyone had positive experience with fuel senders?
They seem to be notoriously inaccurate.

I've seen the type with the vertical cork, the hinged cork and the one that
has a tube within a tube (air pressure or and electric sensor?)

I'll be cutting into an aluminium diesel fuel tank to install.

Fuel Sender Selection
 

In the meantime I emailed three tank manufacturers. All three recommeded a
cork-on-a-tube type made by WEMA of Florida.

FYI

"Jimjamie" wrote in message
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Has anyone had positive experience with fuel senders?
They seem to be notoriously inaccurate.

I've seen the type with the vertical cork, the hinged cork and the one
that
has a tube within a tube (air pressure or and electric sensor?)

I'll be cutting into an aluminium diesel fuel tank to install.

Fuel Sender Selection
 

I have used a lot of WEMA senders.
The old design was aluminum and they were very common to fail. They would
even break a part in the tank.
The newer all welded stainless type showed much better dependability. I
would recommend them.



In the meantime I emailed three tank manufacturers. All three recommeded a
cork-on-a-tube type made by WEMA of Florida.

FYI

"Jimjamie" wrote in message
. ..
Has anyone had positive experience with fuel senders?
They seem to be notoriously inaccurate.

I've seen the type with the vertical cork, the hinged cork and the one
that
has a tube within a tube (air pressure or and electric sensor?)

I'll be cutting into an aluminium diesel fuel tank to install.

Fuel Sender Selection
 

Subject

A stick with/without marks.

Floats are doomed to die, usually early.

Lew

Fuel Sender Selection
 

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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Subject

A stick with/without marks.

Floats are doomed to die, usually early.

Lew


Wurst Marine used to sell a sender that mounted on the outside of the tank,
which meant not cutting holes in the tank. I liked the idea, but have been
using dip sticks so long I couldn't come up with a valid excuse the buy one.
I guess that since they don't carry them anymore (just checked) that either
the thing didn't work or just didn't sell.
My graduated (5, 10, 15, and so on) stick has never failed to work!

Fuel Sender Selection
 

"mmc" wrote:

Wurst Marine used to sell a sender that mounted on the outside of
the tank, which meant not cutting holes in the tank. I liked the
idea, but have been using dip sticks so long I couldn't come up with
a valid excuse the buy one.

Smart, you saved some money.

I have been involved with level measuring instrumentation business
since 1986, offering all the known technologies except nuclear.

To the best of my knowkedge, there is NO level measuring technology
that is reliable in the marine environment for under $2,000 USD.

$2K buys a lot of dip sticks.

Lew