Tony,
Put the braid in the system with a weight on the end to keep it
in place. If it doesn't help , it won't hurt either. Just one of those
things I felt I can do with rather than without. With out getting
bonkers, little things like that may help. I'll take my chances on using
the braid along with all the other points I have hooked up.
(BTW I grossed out at 890# with my full panel and extra alternator,
rudder electric trim ect.)
Jim Nelson
N15JN
<tonyrenshaw@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> <tonyrenshaw@ozemail.com.au>
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> Fred and co,
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> Between you and Brian I think the best option might be to dangle the
> lead down
> during refuelling, and pull it out again for flight. Would you agree
> that is
> the best optioin, and if not, what are you doing or going to do with
> your a/c?
> As I recall you are going diesel with a significantly lower flash
> point,
> volatility, so maybe your fuel type dictates you don't need to
> worry, but what
> if you were using a 914 and MOGAS???
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Sydney Australia
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> ><brauchfu@pcocd2.intel.com>
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> <fillinger@ameritech.net>
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> >> That would be braid dangling inside the tank, wired to
> electrical
> >> ground? It won't do anything during refueling to suppress static
>
> >> charges, since fuel is essentially nonconductive.
> >
> >It is because fuel has a low conductivity that the braid is
> required! A
> >great deal of the static created in a nonconductive tank is due to
> the
> >turbulence of the non-conductive fluid as it flows down the refill
> pipe.
> >There is a very interesting experiment where distilled water is
> flowed
> >between two tanks that are insulated from each other. A spark gap
> between
> >the tanks will start sparking as the charge builds.
> >
> >The braid bleeds off the charge as the fuel flows around it - the
> close
> >contact between the two is required due to the low conductivity of
> fuel.
> >The main goal is to prevent any sparks from occuring near the
> filling point,
> >where the mixture can be low enough to support combustion - the
> center of the
> >tank has too rich a mixture.
> >
> >> FAA is clear about the lightning hazard problem with composite
> A/C. The
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> >Perhaps making the braid removable would solve the lightning
> problem?
> >Lightning is such bad news (as well as icing and severe turbulence
> which tend
> >to go along with it) that I plan to stay far away from
> thunderstorms and
> >associated weather.
> >
> >Brian
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