Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #10849
From: DaveLeonard <daveleonard@cox.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] alternator connections
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:09:37 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Paul, I also have the EXP BUSS and an engine monitor that alerts me when the
voltage drops.  I don't have a light and don't seem to need one.  Alternator
turns on and off nicely with the switch on the exp buss after I made the
modifications to the alternator that Ed recommends.  Lets see if I can find
those....  nope that must have been from before the last computer crash.
Maybe Ed still has it.

Dave Leonard




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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