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--> Stratus-List message posted by: "Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)" <frank.hinde@hp.com>
That makes sense...I had never seen an excitor wire go to the starter
before...I'm sure it always went to the starter switch on all the cars I
worked on...Thats the reason!
One day I might move this wire to the low tension side of the primary
coil, which functionally is the same as the 'ON' position of the key
switch.
Who am I kidding?....I have no time or energy to mess with this...Its
amazing how building this thing was the most important thing in my life
at one time....The "honey-do" list is now...:)
Frank
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Subject: Re: Stratus-List: Alternator
--> Stratus-List message posted by: RLucka@aol.com
Hey Guys
The wire from the alternator that connects to the START position of the
starter switch is supposed to be an exciter wire that presents +12 volts
to the
alternator's sensing circuit that enables it to kick on as soon as the
engine
starts. Only trouble is, once the engine starts, we release the starter
switch
quickly enough that the alternator never sensed the +12 volts. Hence,
we have
to rev the engine to get the alternator going.
The exciter wire could be moved to the ON part of the starter switch,
where
the +12 volts is always present. I did not care for this idea because
if you
were to move the switch to ON without starting the engine, there is
about a 1/2
amp current flowing from the battery to the alternator sensing circuit.
What I did was to move the exciter wire to the ON position of the
starter
switch and installed a simple Radio Shack mini push-button switch so I
could just
press the switch after starting the engine to excite the alternator into
action before turning on accessories, as part of the starting process.
Works
great and I don't have to rev a cold engine to turn on the strobes, etc.
Hope this helps...
Dick (601-HDS, Stratus, 205 fun hours)
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