TYGON tubing also comes in CLEAR, Virg
On 10/15/2012 10:34 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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> " The problem is this tubing is extremely yellow, and it wipes out the blue
> dye in the 100LL fuel to the point that it's like water. The easy solution
> would be to put a little ball of some sort in the tubing, and it would have
> to be 3/16" or smaller to freely float to the surface."
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> I'm figuring all those little balls from a batery hydrometer will sink in
> 100LL. The specific gravity(SG) for 100LL is .72, The SP for electrolyte in
> a charged battery is 1.265 and 1.1 for a discharged battery at 80 degree F.
> The bottom line is that electrolyte from a battery is denser that 100LL avgas.
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> I have a few old ball type battery hydrometers setting around the shop,
> tomorrow I will attempt to float their balls in a container of straight
> mogas, no alcohol. I'll post the results after work tomorrow.
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> Brant Hollensbe
> Des Moines, Ia
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