REFLECTOR:Skysports fuel level sender

Jim Sower reflector@tvbf.org
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:27:37 -0500


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<... been able to do is confirm that it is for a 0-90 Ohm gauge,
which doesn’t answer the question ...>
Don't give up on Skysport.  Keep hammering at the "clerical
shield" and you should eventually get through to an engineer.
Persistence [often] pays ... Jim S.


Al Gietzen wrote:

> I sent this morning, but it apparently didn’t go through, at
> least I didn’t get a copy back.  The one I sent yesterday
> about 10 hours to get back to me.  Must be that gravity feed
> water turbine isn’t putting out enough extra power to keep
> that server running.
> Does anybody know the signal output from a Skysport,
> capacitance type fuel level probe?  I bought it a few years
> back intending to use a Westach (or Mitchill) panel gauge, and
> got a probe for a 0 – 90 Ohm gauge.  Now I want to run the
> signal to my engine monitor system with digital display.
>
> I don’t know what the signal output from the probe is – or the
> range.  I have called and e-mailed Skysport, and all I have
> been able to do is confirm that it is for a 0-90 Ohm gauge,
> which doesn’t answer the question.  Further inquiry has so far
> gone unanswered.  I’d like to avoid , if possible,
> uninstalling the probe to make measurements just for concerns
> of leaks; and I’m not ready to fill the tank with fuel.
>
> Figured it couldn’t hurt to ask, I’ve gotten lots of useful
> input from this group over the years; and it is greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Al
>
--
Jim Sower ... Destiny's Plaything
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T


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&lt;... been able to do is confirm that it is for a 0-90 Ohm gauge, which
doesn’t answer the question ...>
<br>Don't give up on Skysport.&nbsp; Keep hammering at the "clerical shield"
and you should eventually get through to an engineer.
<br>Persistence [often] pays ... Jim S.
<br>&nbsp;
<p>Al Gietzen wrote:
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sent this morning, but it apparently didn’t go through, at least I didn’t
get a copy back.&nbsp; The one I sent yesterday about 10 hours to get back
to me.&nbsp; Must be that gravity feed water turbine isn’t putting out
enough extra power to keep that server running.</font></font></span></div>

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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><font face="Verdana"><font size=-1>Does
anybody know the signal output from a Skysport, capacitance type fuel level
probe?&nbsp; I bought it a few years back intending to use a Westach (or
Mitchill) panel gauge, and got a probe for a 0 – 90 Ohm gauge.&nbsp; Now
I want to run the signal to my engine monitor system with digital display.</font></font></span></div>


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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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don’t know what the signal output from the probe is – or the range.&nbsp;
I have called and e-mailed Skysport, and all I have been able to do is
confirm that it is for a 0-90 Ohm gauge, which doesn’t answer the question.&nbsp;
Further inquiry has so far gone unanswered.&nbsp; I’d like to avoid , if
possible, uninstalling the probe to make measurements just for concerns
of leaks; and I’m not ready to fill the tank with fuel.</font></font></span>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><font face="Verdana"><font size=-1>Figured
it couldn’t hurt to ask, I’ve gotten lots of useful input from this group
over the years; and it is greatly appreciated.</font></font></span>

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<br>Jim Sower ... Destiny's Plaything
<br>Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
<br>Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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