REFLECTOR: Fuel venting issue

lawrence epstein ljepstein at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 2 04:48:54 CDT 2007


I would think you want the truck connected to the aircraft ground which is 
connected directly to your fuel cap with the LEAST resistance possible, 
hence the good grounding!

Larry Epstein

>From: David Staten <Dastaten at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel venting issue
>Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:10:31 -0500
>
>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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