Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #17313
From: Ernest Christley <echristl@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Battery voltage (was: Racetech RV6A Forced Landing)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:21:15 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

> At 05:11 PM 2/16/2005 +1000, you wrote:
If you continue to
> draw 200 amps for 60 seconds (at 77 degrees F) the battery voltage will sag
> down to 7.2 volts.
>
>          If you do crank for this long, it might take as long as ten
> minutes for the battery to charge back up to 13 volts. (Of course this
> depends on the size of your alternator and the draw from other loads on the
> system.)


If you DO continue to crank it this long, let's hope an A&P comes out from somewhere and bops you in the back of the head.

I've seen people abuse starters this way.  Poor starter.
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