I agree, good LED lights are a much better way to go, also a fuel float system with a double throw relay solves the problem if needing to transfer fuel at all. when the fuel gets below a given measure the pump auto starts.
Joe On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Matt Elder <[email protected]>wrote: > What ever happened to looking at the switch? Don't make this complicated. > > Also, it might not be a good idea to have a warning indicator for fuel > transfer. 1) you will train yourself to listen for it, then it will fail on > day and the fuel might not be the first thing you check because of > desensitization. 2) after you forget the transfer it once (with no warning > system), you wont again for a very long time. > > Its always a good thing to develop good habits when flying an airplane and > relying on mechanisms makes you lazy and complacent. > > I too have 4 lights. Oil pressure, alt, flaps and canopy lock. They still > don't substitute for a preflight or in flight check, but will grab your > attention if something happens between your scans, > > Matt > > > Craig Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Mark > > > >Ok, here is my reasoning. I have all steam gauges and will be flying > >behind a Continental. I want an annunciation system for ALL my > >indications such as strobes on, landing light on, nav lights on, > > > >fuel pressure alarm, oil pressure alarm, oil temp alarm and a fuel > >transfer alarm activated each hour to remind me that it's time to pump > >fuel from my 5 gal aux tanks to the 7 gal mains. Because the fuel > >transfer is so important I also want a master caution light and audio > >alarm in my headset. It looks to me that the AN-21 fits the bill > >perfectly. > > > >Craig > > > -- > Matt Elder > Orangeburg, SC > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://mylist.net/private/krnet/ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Jose Fuentes Founding Father (one of and former Vice Prez) of Capital City.NET User's Group Former Microsoft MVP http://blogs.aspadvice.com/jfuentes
