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Hello Paul
Some years ago, when I began running and flying my 1986 13B, I
did not use the idiot light connection. Simply left it bare. The
alternator did not mind because it alternated very well. After a
while, months, years perhaps, I learned to connect an idiot light
, a cheap red light from Radio Shack which illuminates when I
activate the main switch and extinguishes when the alternator
begins producing current.
Here is a jpg from my Mazda Workshop manual.
Hope this helps
Yvon.
----- Message d'origine ----- De : "paul" <sqpilot@bellsouth.net>
À : "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Envoyé : 27 août 04 22:07
Objet : [FlyRotary] alternator connections
Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts.....I know this has been
discussed before, but
I wasn't smart enough to save the critical information. I have
the stock
alternator installed, and I have one wire (2/0 gage) going from
the
alternator to the battery (for charging), and the field is
excited via a
toggle switch on my EXP buss that turns the alternator on by
supplying 12
volts to it on one of the small wires on the alternator. The
third wire is
for the idiot light. If I recall correctly, this needs to be
hooked up to
an idiot light for the alternator to work properly?
I was hoping not to have to go to through the efforts of
running a
wire all the way up to my instrument panel. (I have an engine
monitor that
will tell me if the voltage falls below any preset value), so I
was thinking
maybe I could just install a very short wire and put a light or
? just
inside of the firewall. (a pusher configuration). I'm assuming
I can just
run this wire to a small light bulb socket, and connect the
other wire that
comes out of the light bulb socket directly to ground? Of
course, if anyone
else has found any substitutions for the light, for instance an
LED or ? I
would sure appreciate that info. Thanks in advance for your
replies. Paul
Conner, 13b powered SQ2000 canard.
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