- 1. [Spits] Safety Switch? (score: 1)
- Author: "Daniel Parrott" <parrotthead01@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:04:33 -0500
- I'm upgrading the fuel system for my Spit Six. I see that there is a recommendation to add a "Safety Switch" to the system to stop the fuel flow in case of an accident. A little research shows that I
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- 2. Re: [Spits] Safety Switch? (score: 1)
- Author: "Clark W. Nicholls" <cwn74@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:12:57 -0500
- Any inertia switch should work. They are in all cars with electric fuel pumps to my knowledge. It is a simple switch to interrupt power to the fuel pump in a crash. My mother's 1985 Mercury had one i
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- 3. Re: [Spits] Safety Switch? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:21:52 -0500
- Can't say I've ever done this, but I would ask - how hard do you stomp on the brakes? Are inertia switches calibrated for that? On the other hand, an oik-pressure-drop switch must have an override ci
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- 4. Re: [Spits] Safety Switch? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <opposumking@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:02:41 -0500
- I wouldn't recommend either. There's a reason companies like Volvo, Toyota, etc don't use them. Mostly having to do with them causing more problems than they solve. If you are absolutely determined t
- /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00029.html (8,026 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Spits] Safety Switch? (score: 1)
- Author: <fishplate@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:28:57 -0800
- The third option is one VW used in the 80s...it captured a pulse from the alternator to enable the fuel pump relay. Jeff Scarbrough Schmieraffe, Ga. _______________________________________________ Su
- /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00033.html (7,349 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Spits] Safety Switch? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:43:58 -0800 (PST)
- Last year I saw an accident where a SUV had flipped on its side, and the wheels were still slowly spinning, because the engine was still running. So I would lean towards the inertia valve. I guess it
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