REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges

[Jim Agnew]

Your choice I just hope no one accidentally pulls the tubing off the fittings and you have to get to them in a hurry only to find them buried.
 
Jim

James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying

From: Brett Ferrell <reflector at velocityxl.com>
>To: reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 1:53 PM
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges
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>Thus the "my opinion" part of my posting..... I have a lot more marks than I have LEDs, so there is no correlation for me, and I find the softer diffused light makes it easier to see my actually markings.  I also never liked the 'tube-sticking-out-from-the-bulkhead-on-elbows' gauge, and would not use it just to get the lights behind it, but if that weren't an issue for you I'm sure it works very well.
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>Brett Ferrell
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>On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:08 -0700, "Jim Agnew" <jim_agnew_2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Actually Brett I was the first one that came up with the LED light strips behind the tubing and one good reason is the lights give you evenly spaced markers that make reading the level easier.  In my case the lights are actually about the same as my fuel markings.
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>>James F. Agnew
>>Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
>>Tampa, FL
>>Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying
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>>>From: Brett Ferrell <reflector at velocityxl.com>
>>>To: reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 8:38 AM
>>>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauges
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>>>Lighting the gauges is great, but you really don't need to be behind the gauge in my opinion.  I used these LED lights, and I think they look great.  Mine are on a dimmer  so you can get the right amount of lighting day or night.  The 12" light strips nestle into the curve of the Atkinson gauges, so I made a fiberglass cover to hide the back of the strip, and Dave Spano covered it in my interior fabric for me.
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