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Subject: Re: Europa-List: Fuel pumps
From: Kevin Klinefelter <kevann@gotsky.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:13:04

Hi Ferg,

Rotax manual says 3amps per pump. Others I've heard from say 2.5.

I used #18 wire and grounded them locally at a ground bus near the rear 
mounted battery.

Kevin

Fergus Kyle wrote:
>
> Happy Christmas and New Year greetings...
>       Perhaps it's my advancing lack of thoroughness, but can't find the
> magic electrical current values for the Rotax 914 pumps. Somewhere in the
> dim past I calculated 15 feet of feed needs #18 wire because I measured 1.2A
> when testing the output before installation. However it occurs to me that
> perhaps the pumps demand more when under load and I haven't allowed for
> that.
>       What's the consensus - or - where do I find the figures?
> Cheers
> Ferg
>
>
>   



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