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Old 05-10-2015, 12:36 AM   #136 (permalink)
BobS
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As UltArc can attest, using a gas pump to get the accuracy a properly run event like the GGP requires is not such a good idea. A simple accurate measure can be made with a float switch, an LED, a AAA battery and a 3/16" aluminum rod. As the name implies, the float switch has a tiny float which rises when it hits liquid, allowing the LED to light.
Fill the tank until the pump clicks off then run this device a fixed distance down the fill pipe and add gas from a gallon gas can until the LED lights. This would still give a reasonable fill rate at the gas station but would fulfill the need for accuracy required by an event of this type. Except, of course, for Crazy Jerry. Does anyone have a calibrated eye dropper in their medicine cabinet they could donate?

Last edited by BobS; 05-10-2015 at 12:58 AM.. Reason: spelling errors
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