Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #3625
From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
Sender: Marvin Kaye <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: EWP - Success at last
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 11:35:37 -0400
To: <flyrotary>
 
From: Haywire
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:31 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: EWP - Success at last

Hi Marko;
    Full specs can be seen at http://www.daviescraig.com.au/  Last year I did full tests on the current draw, but I can't find that info handy right now and it's to late to look for it, but IIRC it was approx 4amps with the inrush current only ~6amps. The web site shows max draw 7.5amps. If I didn't have so many other things to do in the next few weeks I'd install a volt/amp meter on the pump/controller to take readings at various coolant flow rates and plot them on a chart with temps; engines speed, MAP, etc... but I just don't have the time right now. maybe in the spring.
 

S. Todd Bartrim
Turbo 13B RV-9Endurance
C-FSTB
http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm

 

Well at 7.5 amps and 13.8 volts the power consumed is approx 100 watts which equal approx 0.134 HP.  A couple orders of magnitude less power than some "experts" had predicted would be required.  Your "experiment" has debunked another long-held myth about the amount of power required to keep sufficient  coolant flowing.  Good work, Todd - a great data point!

 
Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
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