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Sat 05/11/19


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     1. 07:55 AM - Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 3 Msgs - 05/10/19 (William Schertz)
     2. 12:54 PM - Re: Lightspeed Plasma III Wiring (jonlaury)
 
 
 


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    Time: 07:55:56 AM PST US
    From: William Schertz <wschertz343@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 3 Msgs - 05/10/19
    Getting Emacs graphics? I subscribe to the once a day compilation of messages, and when Bob puts out a graphic, it just shows as Emacs!, I tried going on the archives to see if it has the graphic, but still just Emacs. How do I get to see the attachment? On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 12:38 AM AeroElectric-List Digest Server < aeroelectric-list@matronics.com> wrote: > * > > ================================================= > Online Versions of Today's List Digest Archive > ================================================= > > Today's complete AeroElectric-List Digest can also be found in either of > the > two Web Links listed below. The .html file includes the Digest formatted > in HTML for viewing with a web browser and features Hyperlinked Indexes > and Message Navigation. The .txt file includes the plain ASCII version > of the AeroElectric-List Digest and can be viewed with a generic text > editor > such as Notepad or with a web browser. > > HTML Version: > > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/digestview.php?Style=82701&View=html&Chapter 19-05-10&Archive=AeroElectric > > Text Version: > > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/digestview.php?Style=82701&View=txt&Chapter 19-05-10&Archive=AeroElectric > > > =============================================== > EMail Version of Today's List Digest Archive > =============================================== > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > AeroElectric-List Digest Archive > --- > Total Messages Posted Fri 05/10/19: 3 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > Today's Message Index: > ---------------------- > > 1. 09:45 AM - Re: alternator field current (nuckollsr) > 2. 03:58 PM - New Battery Minder evaulation (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) > 3. 07:06 PM - Lightspeed Plasma III Wiring () > > > ________________________________ Message 1 > _____________________________________ > > > Time: 09:45:38 AM PST US > Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: alternator field current > From: "nuckollsr" <bob.nuckolls@aeroelectric.com> > > > Interesting . . . I've seen some 'heavy duty' regulators in other venues > as well. > But I'm at a loss to recall any that even begin to draw that much field > current. > A prudent designer of generators and alternators will strive to minimize > the necessary field current. > > While field current goes to creating a controllable magnetic flux for the > purposes > of mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion, the strength of the field is > proportional to turns of field coil wire multiplied by current in those > wires. > > It's theoretically possible to generate any desired field flux intensity > at any > practical current level. The largest alternators I've worked with needed > no > more than 3 or so amps in either 14 or 28v systems. Field current is 100% > wasted > energy. 3A at 28V dumps 84 watts of heat directly into the core of the > machine. > > No doubt someone found value in crafting 'heavy duty' devices CAPABLE of > driving > a low resistance alternator field . . . but I think one would be hard > pressed > to find such a machine. > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=489164#489164 > > > ________________________________ Message 2 > _____________________________________ > > > Time: 03:58:04 PM PST US > From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> > Subject: AeroElectric-List: New Battery Minder evaulation > > List member Steve Stearns has donated an > excellent candidate for evaluating performance > of a new BatteryMinder Plus that claims to > include 'de-sulfation' technology. The nameplate > rating is 20 a.h. and claims to be a 'deep > cycle' device. > > I benchmarked Steve's battery and collected > the following data plot: > > > Emacs! > > I'll put it on the BatteryMinder's maintenance mode and see what > the critter looks > like in about 60 days. Watch this space. > > > Bob . . . > > ________________________________ Message 3 > _____________________________________ > > > Time: 07:06:56 PM PST US > From: <billhuntersemail@gmail.com> > Subject: AeroElectric-List: Lightspeed Plasma III Wiring > > Does anyone out there happen to have a Plasma III for six cylinder laying > about where you can help me trace the wires from the hall effect 9 PC board > to the 15 pin input connector? > > > As I mentioned before, the 15 pin input connector on my Plasma III had to > be > cut off to remove the engine (firewall hole was too small and I did not > want > to unbolt the prop to hang the timing sensors loose) so now I have to field > install the 15 pin connector. > > > The installation manual is well written however it does not state the > colors > of the 9 wires that run from the crank sensor PC board to the 15 pin > connector. > > > If I knew what colors the wires were that powers channel A / B / C then I > could deduce the respective black and bare wires. > > > Inside the single large cable are three shielded sub-cables and each > sub-cable has a black wire, a bare non-insulated wire, and then the third > wire is the only difference and that would be either a white or green or > red > wire. > > > Can you please tell me what color wires are connected to the following > pins: > > > Channel A: > > > PIN 3 of the HALL EFFECT sensor is a ??? wire and it connects to PIN 4 of > the INPUT CONNECTOR (this is a 5 VDC power to the HALL EFFECT sensor and it > shares PIN 4 with channel C) If I knew what color wire was Channel A then > I > could deduce the respective black and bare wires. > > > Channel B: > > > PIN 7 of the HALL EFFECT sensor is a ??? wire and it connects to PIN 5 of > the INPUT CONNECTOR (this is a 5 VDC power to the HALL EFFECT sensor) If I > knew what color wire was Channel B then I could deduce the respective black > and bare wires. > > > Channel C: > > PIN 4 of the HALL EFFECT sensor is a ??? wire and it also connects to PIN 4 > of the INPUT CONNECTOR (this is a 5 VDC power to the HALL EFFECT sensor and > it shares pin 4 with channel A) If I knew what color wire was Channel C > then > I could deduce the respective black and bare wires. > > > If nobody has one of these systems opened up or accessible with the prop > off > then I will sadly need to remove the propeller...Grrrrr. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! > > > .. > > Thanks, > > Bill Hunter > >


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    Time: 12:54:41 PM PST US
    Subject: Re: Lightspeed Plasma III Wiring
    From: "jonlaury" <jonlaury@impulse.net>
    Certainly Klaus at Light Speed could answer this question. Klaus@lightspeedengineering.com (805) 933-3299 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=489172#489172




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