Conversion Process from mv to lbs

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
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With the four numbers sets, I get a smooth X/Y curve as follows:
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And it looks wrong with sets 2 and/or 3?
If you look at the three points given, they form a linear relationship to each other. I don't think the assumption that the sensor goes through 0,0 is valid.

It looks like the relationship is

Fuel = Vsense * (1.15 lb/mV) - 622 lb

of

Fuel = (Vsense - 541 mV) * (1.15 lb/mV)

My guess is that the sensor is nominally supposed to provide a 500 mV output at zero fuel and then scale at 1 V per thousand pounds, but that it has been calibrated to match the engine's calibration.

The offset actually makes sense. You want the fuel indication to become more accurate as your fuel state gets lower. In fact, in General Aviation, the only reading that a fuel gauge is required to be accurate at is zero (and few of them provide reliable indications at any other point). So the systems are designed with an offset so that they can be easily calibrated to indicate zero when empty.
 
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