Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:53:22 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from esmtp.cave.com ([66.35.72.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.1) with ESMTP id 820309 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:08:54 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.35.72.5; envelope-from=lancair@ustek.com Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([24.31.184.76]) by esmtp.cave.com (VisNetic.MailServer.v7.2.4.1) with ASMTP id CQN38002; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:08:09 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <436CE711.3060707@ustek.com> X-Original-Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:08:33 -0500 From: N301ES Reply-To: lancair@ustek.com Organization: Lancair ES-P (xl) Builder User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] 14 vs 28 volt system References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------050003080600000405020407" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050003080600000405020407 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dan Ballin wrote: > I am going to be starting on an RG Legacy in a few months and wanted > to get opinions on whether to do a 14 volt system or 28. I chose 28v for several reasons (any one of which might be valid) 1.) Half the required amps required (10 amps at 14 v = 5 amps at 28v). 2.) Smaller wire ga. required = weight savings. 3.) Better cranking at low temp. 4.) Other glass ships (Cirrus and Columbia) went that route. For a better rationale from folks who know better try David Buckwalter at Avionics Systems: sales@avionikits.com . Robert M. Simon, ES-P N301ES - waiting for my engine that's 2 months late :-( --------------050003080600000405020407 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="lancair.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="lancair.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Robert M. Simon n:Simon;Robert M. org:Lancair ES-P N301ES adr:;;;Columbus;OH;;U.S.A. email;internet:lancair@ustek.com version:2.1 end:vcard --------------050003080600000405020407--