Thanks Jim. Maybe we will make it a class project. I am happy to model some ideas and see what we can come up with. We can post the progress. We'll see if we get any other input.
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I built this one... but it's OLD SKOOL like Garage Dog was saying -- just some baffles with holes... I LOVE the slosh door idea... where the sump could fill but not empty...
The TIG welding sucks --- One of these days I'll get the hang of it!
But check out that MIRROR POLISH!!! EEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA!!!
I'll be watching for your post on the baffle design. Very interesting.
X's 2 -- 'cause I have to build another fuel tank soon -- and I'd love to see what kind of baffles etc...
I'm thinking (which is a bad thing!) that they'd be "similar" to the baffles used in an oil pan... a simple hinge pin - and trap doors... with a compartment in the rear - center of the tank?? So the fuel would be "contained" there... with the fuel pump and or pickup in that compartment.
You reference this in your original post -- and I can't come up with a suitable "name" -- something something Control Module??
I'm running a SPAL PWM fan controller - is this something "similar" where it really doesn't drop the voltage to the pump but rather Pulse Width Modulates the motor?
It's a compartment with a lowered floor that has the sump pickup for the pump and it's surrounded by walls. In the walls, down by the lower flange are the transfer holes (just like the tank dividers you made - just lower the round holes all the way down to the flange) - but there's no other access for the fuel to move. The flapper connects on the compartment side that has the sump by 2 bolts so the fuel flows in by gravity and/or lateral forces - but not back out.
It was patented in 1941. Pretty simple device so I’m sure someone is using it. Here's a pic.
Beautiful work on your tank Greg - I'd be proud to have something like that ! And yes, it is shiny !!!
You reference this in your original post -- and I can't come up with a suitable "name" -- something something Control Module??
I'm running a SPAL PWM fan controller - is this something "similar" where it really doesn't drop the voltage to the pump but rather Pulse Width Modulates the motor?
You reference this in your original post -- and I can't come up with a suitable "name" -- something something Control Module??
I'm running a SPAL PWM fan controller - is this something "similar" where it really doesn't drop the voltage to the pump but rather Pulse Width Modulates the motor?
Sorry I'm so dense....
FSCM (Fuel System Control Module) used to step down the voltage to the fuel pump.
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