Adding fuel senders

FELLOW-SHIP · #1 05-02-2002, 04:05 PM

HA BARNICLEGIRL
I WOULD GO ANOTHER WAY ALL TOGETHER SOUNDS LIKE LOTS OF WORK TO PUT 4 SENDING UNITS IN FOUR TANKS. HOW ABOUT BUYING ONE FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT TELLS YOU HOW MANY GAL. YOU BURN AND INSTALL IT AFTER THE GAS / WATER FILTER AND BEFORE THE MOTOR. THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY GAL PER HR, MILES PER GAL, AND GAL USED PER TRIP WILL GIVE YOU LOTS MORE INFO AND JUST ONE CUT THROUGH THE FUEL HOSE FOR THE TRANSDUCER AND A GAGE. PLUS ABOUT $200.00 STANDARD FF41 I BOUGHT ONE.
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BarnacleGirl · #2 05-02-2002, 04:08 PM

Thanks for the welcome! Yeah it made no sense to me either, no senders - if there's a place in the tanks for them it's news to me - good news! I'll check it out, sounds like it'd save a lot of work...
the boat's an '84. the center tanks are 55 gallons, the afts are 25. and the previous owner said he used about 5 gallons/hour trolling... I'm trying to get my ducks in a row for offshore.
-BG

BarnacleGirl · #3 05-02-2002, 04:14 PM

FellowShip - I love this idea! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] exactly what I'm looking for. do you know where I can get one of these? any installation tips I can learn from your experience?
do you leave all valves open all the time or just run off the front tanks?
Thanks!

FELLOW-SHIP · #4 05-02-2002, 04:49 PM

HA BARNICLE GIRL
http://www.standardhorizon.com/ GO TO INSTRUMENTS AND THEN LOOK UP YOUR INFO ON THE FF41. YOU CAN GET THEM AN ANY GOOD MARINE STORE. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK INTO THE 2 MOTORS SETUP I ONLY HAVE ONE ENGINE. THERE IS ANOTHER COMPANY CALLED FLO SCAN THAT MANUFACTURE FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, THAT MAKE BOTH ONE AND 2 ENGINE SETUPS.
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FELLOW-SHIP · #5 05-02-2002, 05:02 PM

HA BARNACLE GIRL
YOU CAN TRY THIS WEB SITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND COSTS.
http://www.brokenlegdave.com/
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hermco · #6 05-02-2002, 07:49 PM

BarnacleGirl,
Can't imagine someone installing tanks w/o senders can you see the entire top of any one of the tanks? Coast guard regs require that the sender and hose connections be accessable for inspection,there should have been an inspection plate installed over the senders and hose connections if there is such a plate and no sender you can use a flashlight and a mirror to see the rest of the tank and check for senders.
d.h.

squidrig · #7 05-03-2002, 12:41 PM

Hey Barnacle Girl, I know insanely cheap/discount marine electronic website you might want to check out for those fuel gauges/management systmens www.bethel-marine.com down in Melbourne, FL. Good Luck.