My company has a laboratory we use for performing fill tests on automotive fuel tanks, and as such this room is class 1 division 1 rated. I am working on a project where I need to power the fuel pump inside the fuel tank. The tank is a production part sealed from the atmosphere with fuel inside.
My question is: How can i legitimately get power to the fuel pump via the production connector on the fuel pump module? Its a sealed automotive grade connector.
Other considerations-
-I have a pressurized enclosure where I could mount any hardware or special power supplies in order to have some
sort of IS barrier (although frankly im not 100% as to what that really means)
-The pump is 12V with a maximum Current draw of 15A.
-During the performance of the test all sources of fuel/vapor would be sealed, as we would not run this in parallel to normal fill testing
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Admittedly we used to just put a power supply in the enclosure years ago and wait to give the pump power until the circuit was made, but we have since abandoned this method and are looking for a safer way.
Thanks,
Dave Hill
My question is: How can i legitimately get power to the fuel pump via the production connector on the fuel pump module? Its a sealed automotive grade connector.
Other considerations-
-I have a pressurized enclosure where I could mount any hardware or special power supplies in order to have some
sort of IS barrier (although frankly im not 100% as to what that really means)
-The pump is 12V with a maximum Current draw of 15A.
-During the performance of the test all sources of fuel/vapor would be sealed, as we would not run this in parallel to normal fill testing
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Admittedly we used to just put a power supply in the enclosure years ago and wait to give the pump power until the circuit was made, but we have since abandoned this method and are looking for a safer way.
Thanks,
Dave Hill