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Old 03-06-2012, 10:16 PM   #1
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Stand alone fuel flow meter

Can anyone point me in the right direction,
im only looking for a basic setup, not interested in all the whistles and bells.
i would just like to know how many litres i've used?
it must be nice to know i've got enough fuel left to get home
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Old 04-06-2012, 07:25 AM   #2
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Nav man make one
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Speed costs weight so what do we cut off first
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So long as your engine doesn't have a return fuel line, then that's different!
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ASAP Supplies do a nice range of stand alone Faria gauges.

http://www.asap-supplies.com/marine/...agement-gauges

Probably give you 20% off retail if you like...
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Nav man make one
Navman did do one! the Navman 2100.
And it was half the price of tho's faria gauges
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So long as your engine doesn't have a return fuel line, then that's different!
What if you have a return fuel line as I have?
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They all say you can't use them with diesel - they don't take account of the fuel that gets returned to the tank so no use at all. There are a couple of tricks but I haven't tested them. The other option is to use something like the Garmin and NMEA2000 data from the engine and do it that way.
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