Should I add a Racor filter or do FASS?

[steved]

Why not use the factory heater power to activate a relay??



steved

 

[JStieger]

Why not use the factory heater power to activate a relay??



steved

Thanks! I was thinking about this too, but if I can make it work with tapping off of only one factory wire to activate the relay then that would be preferable. I just need to know that if I do this will I overload the trigger circuit? I'm thinking "no" because the relay only needs the power to activate the circuit to send the battery power to the heater, but I just wanted to double-check my thought process!

 

[steved]

Thanks! I was thinking about this too, but if I can make it work with tapping off of only one factory wire to activate the relay then that would be preferable. I just need to know that if I do this will I overload the trigger circuit? I'm thinking "no" because the relay only needs the power to activate the circuit to send the battery power to the heater, but I just wanted to double-check my thought process!

You are correct, the relay only uses a few milliamps to pull in the contacts... as long as you are getting your primary power from the battery, then you will not overload the circuit.



I was just thinking that the heater circuit is thermostatically controlled... it would turn it on and off as needed.



steved

 

[rweis]

I run a RACOR 690T tucked up under the drivers side bed.



Fuel tank, RACOR 690T (10um), RASP, an inline ff (8um), VP44. I run Stanadyne in every tank and live in FL so do not run the heater (but good idea about triggering the RACOR heater off the OEM harness). I check my bowl weekly and drain it (never had more than a drop or two of water).



About 40k miles on the system so far. Never had a problem getting enough fuel through it.



When I change the RACOR the lp (as a RASP backup) draws the fuel through just fine. When I change the RACOR (or open the fuel system) I connect a fuel hose from the VP inlet (cap off the VP inlet so it does not lose its fuel) to the tank filler and let the lp flush the line throughly of all air and pump at full flow for a couple of cycles. Hook the VP back up and it fires right up. Oh, all fuel lines and fittings AN-6.



Hope this helps,



Bob Weis