Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.100] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3066447 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 06 Mar 2004 10:40:31 -0500 Received: from edward (clt78-020.carolina.rr.com [24.93.78.20]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id i26FeSSn003321 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:40:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000b01c40391$5ddd6c30$2402a8c0@edward> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Alternator wiring Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:40:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine John, my alternator puts out 14.8 volts according to my voltmeter. You want greater than 13.5 volts or else your battery may not fully charge (of course depends on the type battery you have). The deep cycling type batteries generally take more volts to charge than the old wet cell car batteries. So you may not have a problem depending on how much over 15 Volts you are getting. Ed Anderson RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Slade" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 10:03 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Alternator wiring > I think I have my (stock 3rd gen) alternator wired wrong. I'm seeing 15+ > volts on the buss. There are 2 wires coming out of the plug (not counting > the B lead). I wired one to the alternator field switch, and the other to an > LED (I thought it was the charge idiot light). Is the second wire the > voltage sensor? Should this go directly to the battery? > Regards, > John Slade > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >