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Re: Europa-List: Re: Fuel sight ball

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Fuel sight ball
From: houlihan tim <houlihan@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 20:41:23

Hi John, Martin.

This idea can be found on page 3-4 of the build manual.

No need to reinvent it 

Tim

> On 04 October 2016 at 19:44 John Wigney <johnwigney@windstream.net> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Martin,
> 
>     Might I suggest another solution. The standard sight gauges for the water
> level in boilers use a background with angled black and white stripes. Due to
> refraction, where there is liquid the stripes are reversed which makes it very
> easy to see the level.
> 
>     I poked around on Google Images and found one example on a steam
> locomotive. Simple, effective, cheap and it will work with gasoline. See
> below.
> 
> 
> 
>     Cheers, John
>     N262WF, XS mono, 912S
>     Mooresville, North Carolina
> 
> 
>     ORIGINAL MESSAGE
> 
> 
>     From: Martin Tuck <MJKTuck@cs.com> mailto:MJKTuck@cs.com
>     Subject: Europa-List: Fuel sight ball
> 
> 
>     Does anyone know where I can find a red float ball I can install in the
> sight gauge
>     fuel line?
> 
>     Regards,
>     Martin Tuck
>     Europa N152MT
> 



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