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Wed 07/25/18


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     1. 05:01 AM - Re: IMPORTANCE OF ESSAY WRITING (Hannono94)
     2. 07:29 AM - Melted battery terminal (Art Zemon)
     3. 08:09 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Sebastien)
     4. 08:11 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Art Zemon)
     5. 08:37 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Ernest Christley)
     6. 08:41 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (argoldman@aol.com)
     7. 09:00 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Art Zemon)
     8. 09:06 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Charlie England)
     9. 09:25 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
    10. 09:56 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (FLYaDIVE)
    11. 10:59 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
    12. 11:04 AM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Charlie England)
    13. 11:07 AM - Re: Re: Question for Bob (Bill Watson)
    14. 12:14 PM - Re: Re: Question for Bob (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
    15. 01:35 PM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
    16. 03:18 PM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Charlie England)
    17. 05:00 PM - Re: Melted battery terminal (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
 
 
 


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    Time: 05:01:31 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: IMPORTANCE OF ESSAY WRITING
    From: "Hannono94" <genny.verna14@gmail.com>
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    Time: 07:29:12 AM PST US
    From: Art Zemon <art@zemon.name>
    Subject: Melted battery terminal
    Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. -- Art Z. Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos.


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    Time: 08:09:47 AM PST US
    From: Sebastien <cluros@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    How do you know the connection was tight? On Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 10:38 Art Zemon <art@zemon.name> wrote: > Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, > thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current > limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come > off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The > negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. > > I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this > connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the > battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. >


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    Time: 08:11:03 AM PST US
    From: Art Zemon <art@zemon.name>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    Correction. The plane has a shunt, not a current limiter. -- Art Z. Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 10:08 AM Art Zemon <art@zemon.name> wrote: > Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, > thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current > limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come > off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The > negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. > > I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this > connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the > battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. >


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    Time: 08:37:19 AM PST US
    From: Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    Looks like a lead post.=C2- Lead has a fairly low melting point.=C2- Ma ybe the wire was heated from the other end enough to soften the battery pos t material.=C2- Once soft, the connection was degraded, leading to a high resistance connection. Leading to ... goo running down the side of the bat tery? On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 10:31 AM, Art Zemon <art@zemon.name> wrote: Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, thankfully) . The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current limiter got l oose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The negative terminal o n the battery has melted. See photo. I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the battery out any thing else, not even the current limiter. =C2-=C2-=C2- -- Art Z. Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos.


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    Time: 08:41:39 AM PST US
    From: argoldman@aol.com
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    Lessee, a loose connection (no matter where it is from or to) is potentiall y a high resistance connection. With the tremendous power draw of the start er motor it is likely that that was the source of the heat and meltage. =C2- Rich =C2- In a message dated 7/25/2018 10:11:48 AM Central Standard Time, art@zemon.n ame writes: =C2- Correction. The plane has a shunt, not a current limiter. =C2-=C2-=C2- -- Art Z. Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 10:08 AM Art Zemon <art@zemon.name> wrote: Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current limiter got lo ose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. =C2- I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the battery out any thing else, not even the current limiter. =C2-=C2-=C2- -- Art Z. Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos.


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    Time: 09:00:59 AM PST US
    From: Art Zemon <art@zemon.name>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    Because it still is, after the battery terminal melted and the bolt fell off. The lock nut is now soldered in it's compressed state between the bolt head and the washer. -- Art Z. Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. On Jul 25, 2018 10:30 AM, "Sebastien" <cluros@gmail.com> wrote: How do you know the connection was tight? On Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 10:38 Art Zemon <art@zemon.name> wrote: > Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, > thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current > limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come > off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The > negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. > > I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this > connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the > battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. >


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    Time: 09:06:34 AM PST US
    From: Charlie England <ceengland7@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Art Zemon <art@zemon.name> wrote: > Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, > thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current > limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come > off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The > negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. > > I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this > connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the > battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. > If I had to speculate, I'd be looking at the battery type, in addition to the question of whether there really was a clean gas tight connection on the posts. If you look up the specs on that battery, I'll bet you'll find it was intended for service in UPS, powered wheel chair, etc. You can get away with using 'universal' batteries for starting; I've used the SLA universals as starting batteries for a couple of decades. But the terminals are typically a lot smaller than a true starting battery. Even if the terminals were clean/tight, I wonder if a drastically extended cranking session could drive heat up enough to melt the terminals, which are likely sized for, let's say, 20 amps continuous, instead of 200+. Charlie


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    Time: 09:25:42 AM PST US
    From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    At 09:28 AM 7/25/2018, you wrote: >Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, >thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the >current limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it >did not come off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he >heard a pop. The negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. > >I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this >connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the >battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. Was the current limiter in series with starter current . . .? If the 'loose' terminal was not visibly damaged due to electrically induced heating/arcing, then it did not participate in this failure. How did the battery wire terminal look after the 'meltdown'? Lead has right at 10x the d.c. resistance of copper. Not sure what comparative gradients for reduction in compression strength vs. temperature would be but you can bet that lead is MUCH steeper than copper. This sorta sets up a weak-link for the low resistance, high current batteries. An extended cranking scenario will absolutely warm up these terminals. Joint integrity falls with temperature rise and the trajectory to destruction steepens exponentially. Some suppliers of SVLA products will include a lead battery bolt kit that includes a Bellville washer to be used in the joint makeup that provides (1) an indication as to when design compression in the joint has been reached and (2) improve retention of joint quality for small rises in temperature. Emacs! Pretty sure this is why Odyssey and similar products use a lot of brass in their terminal posts Emacs! Emacs! Bob . . .


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    Time: 09:56:54 AM PST US
    From: FLYaDIVE <flyadive@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    Art: The current limit circuit has nothing to do with it. The cable should be going from the battery to the starter relay to the starter. There are hundreds of amps being sucked out of the battery. Nothing should be limiting the current flow. The crank, cranking the engine probably did so WAY TOO LONG! Many starters stipulate 10 seconds. Well, that is too long! It should be more like 5 seconds. The only thing indicating the positive terminal was maybe tight is - It did not melt. It does not matter which terminal is loose, positive or negative, resistance is resistance. And you now have proof of what a poor connection can do. Also you do not know if the positive terminal was a CLEAN connection or how tight. One ohm of resistance under a terminal increases current drawing a 12 VDC circuit by 12 Amps. If the plane=99s amp gauge reads starting amps, there might be an ind ication of higher draw than normal. A good indication to stop cranking. Barry On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, Art Zemon <art@zemon.name> wrote: > Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, > thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the current > limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, it did not come > off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until he heard a pop. The > negative terminal on the battery has melted. See photo. > > I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this > connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to the > battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. > -- Barry "Chop'd Liver" If you wash your hands before you go to the bathroom you may have the makings of a Crew Chief.


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    Time: 10:59:54 AM PST US
    From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    If I had to speculate, I'd be looking at the battery type, in addition to the question of whether there really was a clean gas tight connection on the posts. If you look up the specs on that battery, I'll bet you'll find it was intended for service in UPS, powered wheel chair, etc. You can get away with using 'universal' batteries for starting; I've used the SLA universals as starting batteries for a couple of decades. But the terminals are typically a lot smaller than a true starting battery. Even if the terminals were clean/tight, I wonder if a drastically extended cranking session could drive heat up enough to melt the terminals, which are likely sized for, let's say, 20 amps continuous, instead of 200+. Excellent put Charlie . . . I'm recalling the first SVLA batteries B&C offered . . . yeah, they would dump 700A in a load test but also featured the lead molded terminal tabs. It was important to educate the buyers about their relative fragility . . . that's where the soft-n-floppy, welding cable battery jumpers originated . . . which remains a good thing to do even with the more robust terminals. Bob . . .


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    Time: 11:04:07 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    From: Charlie England <ceengland7@gmail.com>
    I think we need to review Ohm's Law and power formulas for DC circuits. http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm Using P for power, V for volts, R for resistance, and I for current, pick a formula, and plug in value of 12V (or maybe 10 V, with the starter load). Then plug in a value for the starter's resistance. Pick virtually any value you want, but you can get a fairly realistic one by picking an arbitrary current of 200 amps, and using V/I=R: 12V/200A=0.06 ohms. Now that you have starter resistance, let's use V/R=I: 12/0.06 0 Amps. Now, add your 1 ohm of extra resistance to the V/R=I formula: 12/(0.06+1.0)=x Which reduces to: 12V/1.06R=x Solve for x, and tell us how adding 1 ohm of series resistance increases the current. :-) Charlie On 7/25/2018 11:55 AM, FLYaDIVE wrote: > > Art: > > The current limit circuit has nothing to do with it. > The cable should be going from the battery to the starter relay to the > starter. > There are hundreds of amps being sucked out of the battery. > Nothing should be limiting the current flow. > The crank, cranking the engine probably did so WAY TOO LONG! > Many starters stipulate 10 seconds. Well, that is too long! It should > be more like 5 seconds. > The only thing indicating the positive terminal was maybe tight is - > It did not melt. > It does not matter which terminal is loose, positive or negative, > resistance is resistance. And you now have proof of what a poor > connection can do. > Also you do not know if the positive terminal was a CLEAN connection > or how tight. One ohm of resistance under a terminal increases > current drawing a 12 VDC circuit by 12 Amps. > If the planes amp gauge reads starting amps, there might be an > indication of higher draw than normal. A good indication to stop > cranking. > > Barry > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, Art Zemon <art@zemon.name > <mailto:art@zemon.name>> wrote: > > Question for y'all. This happened at AirVenture (not my plane, > thankfully). The cable from the battery positive terminal to the > current limiter got loose at the current limiter end. Just loose, > it did not come off. The pilot kept cranking on the starter until > he heard a pop. The negative terminal on the battery has melted. > See photo. > > I don't understand why this is the party that got hot, since this > connector was tight. And why there is no other visible damage to > the battery out anything else, not even the current limiter. > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre typos. > > > -- > Barry > "Chop'd Liver" > If you wash your hands before you go to the bathroom you may have the > makings of a Crew Chief. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus


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    Time: 11:07:59 AM PST US
    Subject: Re: Question for Bob
    From: Bill Watson <Mauledriver@nc.rr.com>
    On 7/24/2018 8:08 PM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote: > At 01:54 PM 7/24/2018, you wrote: >> I know the discussion has gone way past this but I ran 2 AWG >> between the batteries, contactors, and for the forward run to the >> starter. All other 'bus' runs are 8 AWG. >> >> I'll attach a diagram of my Z-14 in my RV10. (2) Odyssey 680s in >> the rear along with the 3 contactors. Everything else on the >> diagram is forward. > > That should play as advertised. Only thing > I would suggest is to make your battery > jumpers from 4AWG welding cable. Very > flexible and entirely sufficient > electrically but MUCH less stress > on the battery connector screws. > > Do you have a wire runnig from battery(-) > up to your firewall ground bus? Yes I do. My guess is that it is an 8AWG wire running from the battery to airframe ground connection forward to the ground bus. That forward ground bus is also grounded to the airframe. > > > Bob . . . > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus


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    Time: 12:14:23 PM PST US
    From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
    Subject: Re: Question for Bob
    Do you have a wire running from battery(-) up to your firewall ground bus? Yes I do. My guess is that it is an 8AWG wire running from the battery to airframe ground connection forward to the ground bus. That forward ground bus is also grounded to the airframe. Okay . . . the resistance of that wire is probably 100 times higher than the airframe. The wire doesn't hurt anything but it adds no value. Also just noticed the dual power source diodes for the oil pressure annunciator. The 'thing' about Z-14 is that there's virtually zero probability that either of the busses will go dark. Powering from the aux bus alone would eliminate the diodes. Bob . . .


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    Time: 01:35:40 PM PST US
    From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    At 01:04 PM 7/25/2018, you wrote: >I think we need to review Ohm's Law and power formulas for DC circuits. ><http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm>http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm > >Using P for power, V for volts, R for resistance, and I for current, >pick a formula, and plug in value of 12V (or maybe 10 V, with the >starter load). Then plug in a value for the starter's resistance. >Pick virtually any value you want, but you can get a fairly >realistic one by picking an arbitrary current of 200 amps, and using >V/I=R: 12V/200A=0.06 ohms. It's a bit more complex than that. A figure lifted from the 'Connection will help highlight the details . . . Emacs! A battery has an internal resistance component. So does the starter motor. As explained in the DC Motors posting on 6/27, we know that the motor windings moving through the magnetic field flux generates a COUNTER EMF, i.e. a voltage that opposes the applied voltage. The starter motor's internal resistance sets the STALL current which is the same as INRUSH current. That resistance will be MUCH lower than the hypothesized 0.06 ohms cited above. Using 12v as the 'source' voltage for cranking calculations assumes that OTHER than motor resistance, there are no additional resistances. The exemplar cranking scenario speaks to a number of resistances not the least of which is contained within the battery. These numbers can be better or worse depending on the system configuration and condition of the components but suffice it to say that NONE of these resistances are ever so small as to be ignored. Inrush current, while short in duration, is several times higher than cranking current. Note that ALL resistances cited are, as Charlie suggested in his hypothetical, are measured in MILLIOHMS. You don't have to add much resistance to seriously impact system performance and in all cases, adding or increasing any resistance causes current to go DOWN. Bob . . .


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    Time: 03:18:50 PM PST US
    From: Charlie England <ceengland7@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    You have a lot more words at your disposal than I do. :-) I was just shooting for a simple way to show that adding series resistance can't make current go *up* in a DC circuit. Charlie On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:34 PM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III < nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> wrote: > At 01:04 PM 7/25/2018, you wrote: > > I think we need to review Ohm's Law and power formulas for DC circuits. > http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm > > Using P for power, V for volts, R for resistance, and I for current, pick > a formula, and plug in value of 12V (or maybe 10 V, with the starter load). > Then plug in a value for the starter's resistance. Pick virtually any value > you want, but you can get a fairly realistic one by picking an arbitrary > current of 200 amps, and using V/I=R: 12V/200A=0.06 ohms. > > > It's a bit more complex than that. A figure lifted from > the 'Connection will help highlight the details . . . > > [image: Emacs!] > > A battery has an internal resistance component. So does the starter > motor. As explained in the DC Motors posting on 6/27, we know that the > motor windings moving through the magnetic field flux generates a > COUNTER EMF, i.e. a voltage that opposes the applied voltage. > > The starter motor's internal resistance sets the STALL current > which is the same as INRUSH current. That resistance will be MUCH > lower than the hypothesized 0.06 ohms cited above. Using 12v as the > 'source' voltage for cranking calculations assumes that OTHER than > motor resistance, there are no additional resistances. The exemplar > cranking scenario speaks to a number of resistances not the least > of which is contained within the battery. > > These numbers can be better or worse depending on the system > configuration and condition of the components but suffice it > to say that NONE of these resistances are ever so small as > to be ignored. > > Inrush current, while short in duration, is several times > higher than cranking current. Note that ALL resistances cited > are, as Charlie suggested in his hypothetical, are measured > in MILLIOHMS. You don't have to add much resistance to seriously > impact system performance and in all cases, adding or increasing > any resistance causes current to go DOWN. > > Bob . . . >


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    Time: 05:00:01 PM PST US
    From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
    Subject: Re: Melted battery terminal
    At 05:18 PM 7/25/2018, you wrote: >You have a lot more words at your disposal than I do. :-) I was just >shooting for a simple way to show that adding series resistance >can't make current go *up* in a DC circuit. Understand . . . and it's absolutely correct. Bob . . .




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