---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 03/02/22: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:03 AM - Surge suppressors on LED landing lights (John M Tipton) 2. 04:32 AM - Re: Surge suppressors on LED landing lights (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) 3. 05:44 AM - (MARK TODD DONAHUE) 4. 10:54 AM - Re: WAS: Sizing a B-lead ANL now "master fuse" on the battery box. (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:03:13 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Surge suppressors on LED landing lights From: "John M Tipton" Hi Guys I'm changing from standard bulbs in my landing lights/wig-wag setup to LEDs, I've had CL11 surge suppressors prior to the 100w bulbs, do I leave them in-situor remove them from the circuit. John Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=506188#506188 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:32:30 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Surge suppressors on LED landing lights At 06:02 AM 3/2/2022, you wrote: > > >Hi Guys >I'm changing from standard bulbs in my landing lights/wig-wag setup >to LEDs, I've had CL11 surge suppressors prior to the 100w bulbs, do >I leave them in-situor remove them from the circuit. >John remove Bob . . . Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If black boxes survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane out of that stuff?" ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:44:56 AM PST US From: MARK TODD DONAHUE Subject: AeroElectric-List: I'm sorry to be a pest and hope your week is going great? Actually, I'm supposed to get an eBay gift card OR everything Apple iTunes gift card for my friend who is a cancer patient, It's her birthday but i can't do this now because I'm currently traveling and i tried purchasing online but unfortunately no luck with that. Can you get it from any store around you? I'll pay back as soon as i am back. Kindly let me know if you can handle this so i can tell you how much. Kind Regards, Mark ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:54:39 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: WAS: Sizing a B-lead ANL now "master fuse" on the battery box. At 10:02 AM 3/1/2022, you wrote: >At 12:02 AM 3/1/2022, you wrote: >>Sort of related query. >> >>A J3 Cub is being converted to accommodate an >>0-200 engine with electric start.=C2 =C2 >>The battery box is behind the baggage >>compartment, and for the sake of simplicity, >>there is no master solenoid back there, so >>there is a hot #4 wire all the way top the firewall.=C2 >> >>The only electrical load is the radio and >>intercom, for which there is a switch and circuit breaker. >> >>I want to add a fuse of some kind at the >>battery box to prevent a "shower of sparks" >>welding event if there is an incident which >>causes the steel bits to cut into the hot battery cable.=C2 >> >>What is the likely current draw on a typical >>lightweight starter for an 0-200, and what is the suggested "fuse " mechanism? > > Does this airplane have an alterantor? > Are their any concerns for dealing with a > 'stuck' starter contactor? > > Have you crafted a power distribution > diagram that offers the total picture > of your proposed system? > > What's the down-side of having a legacy > battery contactor at the battery location > with a switched fat-wire going to a starter > contactor on firewall and a fuse-block > to offer protected feeders to appliances? > > The only circuit protection needed are > fuses in the fuse block and perhaps > a fusible link if you're going to carry > some engine driven power source. > > What size/style battery is being > considered? Dug around in the archives and found a sketch I did for a fellow wanting to craft a battery-only airplane with the option of adding an alternator later. I've cleaned up that drawing and published at: http://aeroelectric.com/PPS/Adobe_Architecture_Pdfs/Z01A.pdf Hope this is helpful. Bob . . . Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If black boxes survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane out of that stuff?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.