> I plan also on putting a metal braid down the filler opening into the
> tank and connecting to Graham's aluminum tank outlet fitting. I plan on
> Alum pipe runs which will ultimately be grounded to the engine ground.
>
I don't think that will do anything. The sloshing of fuel against the
sides of nonconductive plastic container can accumulate a static charge
on the surface of the plastic - a capacitor. Fuel is bad enough of a
conductor (much worse than water) to function as the dielectric of a
capacitor. But enough of a dielectric relative to fuel-air vapor so that
a capacitance fuel probe works. If fuel were enough of a conductor to
prevent static buildup during refueling, then the probe wouldn't be just
a leaky capacitor, but a shorted one, and it wouldn't work at all!
Regards,
Fred F.
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