---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 12/31/15: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:55 AM - Fw: Fw: Matt Dralle (list admin) (Charlie England) 2. 08:11 AM - Matt (Roger) 3. 08:18 AM - Re: Re: Alternator and regulator connections (Bob Verwey) 4. 11:53 AM - Re: Re: Alternator and regulator connections (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) 5. 11:11 PM - Re: Re: Alternator and regulator connections (Bob Verwey) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:55:50 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Fwd: Fwd: Matt Dralle (list admin) From: Charlie England Retrying to a single list each time; first attempt at multiple lists seems to have failed. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Matt Dralle (list admin) From: Charlie England , kolb-list@matronics.com Just saw a post on the VAF forum that Matt had a stroke yesterday. The post quoted his facebook page: /Matt Update: He is responding to comments being made by squeezing Katie's hand and he was able to answer his age by using his one hand. All early indicators are that he is doing ok. Katie sends her thanks for the prayers and that they are definitely helping. / Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, and remember that he won't be able to deal with list maintenance issues for some time. I'm trying to send this to the RV, aeroelectric, and kolb lists. If you're a member of additional lists, it might be good to pass it on. Charlie ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:11:19 AM PST US From: Roger Subject: AeroElectric-List: Matt Our thoughts and prayers are with you Matt, for a speedy and complete recov ery. Roger Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:18:59 AM PST US From: Bob Verwey Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: Alternator and regulator connections Guys thanks for all the replies! So I connected everything as postulated by Joe and Bob, and I am seeing 14.2 volts on the Bus, which I believe to be correct. The only thing is that the warn lite connection shows +12v when the master is turned on, and it does not extinguish when the voltage stabilizes and the amp meter is showing a good charge. Any more ideas? Happy New Year, one and all! On 30 December 2015 at 23:22, Robert L. Nuckolls, III < nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> wrote: > At 09:04 AM 12/30/2015, you wrote: > > > Below is a link to a Youtube animated movie that explains how alternators > work. > http://tinyurl.com/Alternator-Explained > > > This video is a little mis-leading. The final > evolutionary step in alternator development > shows a dc generator driving a commutator wtih > power pickoff brushes driving the alternator's > slip rings. > > I don't think anyone would build one this way > because the whole idea behind the itty-bitty > generator sharing a shaft with the alternator > is to arrive at a totally BRUSHLESS design. > > A tiny alternator with a rotating power winding > excited by a STATIONARY field would excite a small > 3-phase rectifier on the rotating assembly and > wired such that DC power output excites the > ROTATING field of the main alternator. ALL > brushless designs will exploit this configuration > for wild frequency AC alternators, constant > speed alternators or beefy versions of the > legacy vehicular alternator/rectifiers > machines but with no slip-rings. > > > Bob . . . > -- Best... Bob Verwey ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:53:02 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: Alternator and regulator connections At 10:17 AM 12/31/2015, you wrote: >Guys thanks for all the replies! >So I connected everything as postulated by Joe and Bob, and I am >seeing 14.2 volts on the Bus, which I believe to be correct. > >The only thing is that the warn lite connection shows +12v when the >master is turned on, and it does not extinguish when the voltage >stabilizes and the amp meter is showing a good charge. As a general rule, alternator failure lights built into regulators are of limited value and should never take the place of ACTIVE NOTIFICATION of low bus voltage. I presume you have this function in place with other hardware. I never hook up the built-in lights. Bob . . . ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:11:51 PM PST US From: Bob Verwey Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: Alternator and regulator connections Bob thanks, I have the EFIS alarm so will ignore the warning lite connection. On 31 December 2015 at 21:51, Robert L. Nuckolls, III < nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> wrote: > At 10:17 AM 12/31/2015, you wrote: > > Guys thanks for all the replies! > So I connected everything as postulated by Joe and Bob, and I am seeing > 14.2 volts on the Bus, which I believe to be correct. > > The only thing is that the warn lite connection shows +12v when the master > is turned on, and it does not extinguish when the voltage stabilizes and > the amp meter is showing a good charge. > > > As a general rule, alternator failure lights > built into regulators are of limited value > and should never take the place of ACTIVE > NOTIFICATION of low bus voltage. I presume > you have this function in place with > other hardware. I never hook up the built-in > lights. > > > Bob . . . > -- Best... 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