REFLECTOR: Fuel venting issue

[David Staten]

If you connect the airframe ground to the truck, then there is no need 
for any kind of rube goldberg resistor. The airframe and the fuel truck 
are iso-electric at this point. Then.. for good measure, connect the two 
(truck and plane) to a grounding rod in the pavement or a tiedown.

Our velocity has grounded caps, with the ground wires connected to 
airframe ground. No resistors.

Dave

>"I also connected a ground wire from this vent line and it connects to the 
>filler cap. These vent lines are grounded through a 100 Kohm resistor to 
>ship ground. This reduces the amount of spark that would be generated if 
>there was a static charge difference between the fuel hose and the filler 
>caps."
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