I have been thinking that I should have some type of safety shut-off on my electric fuel pump. Yes I know that it will be turned off when the master switch is turned off, but until that happens, the pump will be running.
My concern is what happens when there is an incident and the fuel line between the pump and engine becomes disconnected. I would not want fuel being sprayed around in the engine compartment with all the hot parts in there. On the engines using pulse pumps, when the engine stops, so does the pump, but with electric, the pump will just keep going even with the engine stopped. I am making an assumption here that the car has suffered damage to the rear, and the driver is not in full possession of his extremities right after. If the driver can not turn off the engine switch, even if the engine has stopped, fuel could be being pumped into the engine compartment. Corner workers may not be able to reach the car immediately, (car is on opposite side of track with cars going by). Has anyone else thought about this much ? If so, have you come up with a solution ? I know that Pegasus has a $64 dollar solution. Richard ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
