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From: "paul" <sqpilot@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: alternator connections
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:29:06 -0500
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Yes, my error on the 2/0 wire....I installed smaller wire (#2) from the
alternator to the battery....I used the 2/0 to go to the starter, not the
alternator.  Thanks for the correction.  Paul Conner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:04 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: alternator connections


> "paul" <sqpilot@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> """
>   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),
> ...snip...
> """
>
> Wow!  You don't really mean 2/0 for that wire, do you?  That would add an
> awful lot of weight, even if it was fairly short.  Most folks get by with
#2,
> even for pretty long runs.  I don't have my AeroElectric Connection handy,
but
> I know that #2 will carry plenty of current to start the average engine,
even
> if the battery is 20 feet away.  Works fine on the Eagle installation with
the
> batteries located in and behind the baggage compartment.  In my LNC2 with
the
> batteries a few feet from the alternator I'll confidently be using #4.
Just
> curious....
>
>      <Marv>
>
>
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