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Hey Guys,
Does anyone know what wire(insulation) is safe to use inside a fuel cell?

thx

Gas tank fuel cell, or hydrogen conbustion fuel cell?

I don't know the answer to either, but a clarification might help.

Gasoline

. "Teflon silver plated wire is used throughout as is done from the factory. " as I suspected

Home made in tank pumps make me nervous. One connection screw up and you have an awesome source of sparks. The rest is obvious. Make sure you do it all exactly right! :-)

Errr, doesn't your sending unit spark quite a bit already? Isn't that one major reason why we use closed systems these days. Another reason is to keep out humidity.

I didnt like the idea either. But it works and makes sense.

If it were that big of a hazzard there would be more fires out there IMO

Home made is the issue here, if you do it right, there is no issue, but make sure you do!

As for senders, the current through them isn't enough for arcing to occur, or shouldn't be.

Will do! What I did with the camaro is JB weld over all soldered joints. Before I was using the stock sender wires which acutally melted inside the tank due to the fact that I was running dual pumps(too much current).

Let me extend my last post.

Point being that it's actually harder to make a boom with gasoline that you think. The only way I would be scared of that tank is if it had only an ounce or two of gasoline in it, after being dry for some time to allow it to fill with air. If you have ever played with potato guns and gasoline you quickly realize how lean the mixture has to be to get a good bang.