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Re: Electrical bonding of fuel system components

Subject: Re: Electrical bonding of fuel system components
From: Tony Krzyzewski <tonyk@kaon.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:48:24
I am flying ZK-UBD which started its life off as VH-UBD.

A braid runs from the filler neck to the engine block. Another braid runs from

the engine block to the undercarriage arm which has 'Earth" handwritten on it.

The metal screens for the fuel lines are also grounded.

This passed Australian fuel system bonding requirements.

Tony


Quoting Nick Hammond <nick.hammond@saabsystems.com.au>:

> All,
> 
> Some countries (Australia is one) require fuel system components to be
> electrically bonded to an external grounding point. There doesn't seem
> to be
> a lot on this on the forum archive other than some discussion of its
> desirability. In the hope to avoid reinventing work already done, I 
> would
> be interested to hear from anyone who has completed something like this
> and
> can provide details such as the points connected, the route used for
> the
> earthing braid etc.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Nick Hammond
> XS-Monowheel 418
> 


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