Re: [doc] Petrol Sender Unit

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Hi Richard

It's very low current and the connections are all to ground in the 
sender. Plus it's only 12v. It's also true that for any combustion to 
occur, you need three things: heat, fuel and oxygen. In this case the 
latter is in very short supply. It's the same reason the fuel pump works 
- the fuel actually flows around the armature

The original design of the OEM sender was very poor. Although 
repairable, don't expect it to last long

Martin

Richard wrote:

> A silly question, which applies to any fuel sender - if you have a
> contact gently sliding up and down a coil of wire, isn't there a risk of
> creating a spark??! Isn't this even more likely with the dodgy 'idiot
> light' connection on the DeLorean sender? Always puzzled me, that.
>
> Rich H
> DOC#365
> VIN#1274