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2. 04:22 PM - Re: Question about solenoid and a new video (Gary Boothe)
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Hello Good Pietple!
As you can see in the this new video "Out and barely back again,"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_SHt6tj4I
it's time to get a new battery. The first start of the day is sluggish, and I danged
near didnt get er started after fueling up at Covington (which is only the
second start of the day; see the 3 min mark of the video). I put it on a trickle
charger all night, and this afternoon it basically did the same thing.
That's OK, that Odyssey 625 battery is at least 8 years old, and we run it as a
total loss system (no generator/alternator, just a solar charger while on the
ground; we removed the generator after we had problems with it).
Which comes to my Question for The List. Since we at one time had a generator,
we installed a master switch with a solenoid. We don't have the charging system
any more, but we still have the master with a solenoid. That danged solenoid
draws a lot of power (relative to anything else we use in the airplane). Since
the Continental uses a pull starter, does anyone see a reason for me to keep
the solenoid? I'm thinking to change the meager electrical system to have a master
switch that is just a toggle, with no solenoid. I'd have the battery connected
directly to the Continental starter -- the pull starter switch would be
acting as a mechanical solenoid. Uncle Tony says this is OK.
WHAT SAY YOU?
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=433819#433819
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| Subject: | Question about solenoid and a new video |
You taxi fast! Sometimes I do, too, when I have to pee...
I tried a fin-mounted camera, but get way too much vibration. Yours isnt bad at
all.
Gary Boothe
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Boatright
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 3:32 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Question about solenoid and a new video
--> <jeffboatright@emory.edu>
Hello Good Pietple!
As you can see in the this new video "Out and barely back again,"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_SHt6tj4I
it's time to get a new battery. The first start of the day is sluggish, and I danged
near didnt get er started after fueling up at Covington (which is only the
second start of the day; see the 3 min mark of the video). I put it on a trickle
charger all night, and this afternoon it basically did the same thing.
That's OK, that Odyssey 625 battery is at least 8 years old, and we run it as a
total loss system (no generator/alternator, just a solar charger while on the
ground; we removed the generator after we had problems with it).
Which comes to my Question for The List. Since we at one time had a generator,
we installed a master switch with a solenoid. We don't have the charging system
any more, but we still have the master with a solenoid. That danged solenoid
draws a lot of power (relative to anything else we use in the airplane). Since
the Continental uses a pull starter, does anyone see a reason for me to keep
the solenoid? I'm thinking to change the meager electrical system to have a master
switch that is just a toggle, with no solenoid. I'd have the battery connected
directly to the Continental starter -- the pull starter switch would be
acting as a mechanical solenoid. Uncle Tony says this is OK.
WHAT SAY YOU?
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=433819#433819
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