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1. 06:01 AM - Re: Paint (Ken)
2. 02:50 PM - Battery (wade jones)
3. 03:04 PM - Re: Battery (jaybannist@cs.com)
4. 03:08 PM - Re: Battery (Rick Lindstrom)
5. 04:20 PM - Re: Battery (Bryan Martin)
6. 04:42 PM - Re: Battery (Trainnut01@aol.com)
7. 04:52 PM - Re: Battery (wade jones)
8. 04:54 PM - Re: Battery (Craig Payne)
9. 05:06 PM - Re: Battery (Trainnut01@aol.com)
10. 08:53 PM - Franklin (Darrell Haas)
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Here is another place you might check out. Prices are similar or even better and
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Hello group ,thanks for all the advise I received on the battery .Using
this advise I have decided to go with the Dynasty PC680 .I will be
locating it behind the passenger seat .Next question ,has anyone run
their battery leads from bat. to engine through the center console with
this battery location . Thanks
Wade Jones South Texas
601XL Franklin 0-235
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Wade,
My battery is also mounted behind the right seat. I ran the autopilot wiring, headset
wiring and lighting wiring through the center console. That pretty well
filled up the available space; plus I was a little concerned about electrical
interference. So I ran the battery cables up under the right longeron.
Have you received those panel labels?
Jay in Dallas
-----Original Message-----
From: wade jones <wjones@brazoriainet.com>
Sent: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 4:49 pm
Subject: Zenith-List: Battery
Hello group ,thanks for all the advise I received
on the battery .Using this advise I have decided to go with the Dynasty PC680 .I
will be locating it behind the passenger seat .Next question ,has anyone run
their battery leads from bat. to engine through the center console with this
battery location . Thanks
Wade? Jones? South Texas
601XL
Franklin 0-235
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Howdy, Wade.
I have the exact same battery in the exact same location. Not a problem a-tall.
Battery relay right next to it, too.
But I'm only cranking a Corvair, so I'm assuming you're fixin' to use a Sky-Tek
starter in your set up?
Rick Lindstrom
N42KP
-----Original Message-----
>From: wade jones <wjones@brazoriainet.com>
>Sent: Oct 16, 2008 5:49 PM
>To: zenith-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Zenith-List: Battery
>
>Hello group ,thanks for all the advise I received on the battery .Using this advise
I have decided to go with the Dynasty PC680 .I will be locating it behind
the passenger seat .Next question ,has anyone run their battery leads from bat.
to engine through the center console with this battery location . Thanks
>Wade Jones South Texas
>601XL Franklin 0-235
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I have my battery in the same location. I ran my battery cables and
several other power wires through the center console. I ran the wires
on either side of and at the same level as the torque tube, spiral
wrapped and secured to the side walls. That way there is no
interference with the controls.
On Oct 16, 2008, at 5:49 PM, wade jones wrote:
> Hello group ,thanks for all the advise I received on the
> battery .Using this advise I have decided to go with the Dynasty
> PC680 .I will be locating it behind the passenger seat .Next
> question ,has anyone run their battery leads from bat. to engine
> through the center console with this battery location . Thanks
> Wade Jones South Texas
> 601XL Franklin 0-235
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N61BM, CH 601 XL,
RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.
do not archive.
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Wade
I'm a long way from flying my 601XL however I intend to use the same battery
set up that I used in my previous project. I built my RV7 to use a 4.3 Chevy
V-6 and used a battery layout that was a variation of a system suggested by
Jesse Meyers at Belted Airpower.
Basically it consisted of two PC 545 batteries. The electrical system is
divided so that each battery powers one fuel pump and one coil. The electrical
buss is fed from whichever battery is turned on through 25 amp diodes. The
batteries are charged simultaneously through 25 amp diodes also. The only time
both batteries are used at the same time is during cranking.
To me there is a big advantage to this system, in the event of an engine
failure flipping one switch changes the battery, the fuel pump and the ignition
system. I won't have to spend time thinking about where the failure is
located.
In my Corvair installation I intend to use two oil pressure switches also.
The disadvantage is weight.
The PC545 weighs 11.7 pounds. Two of them weigh about the same as most
standard aircraft batteries but still considerably more than a PC680. In the RV
I
placed the batteries behind the right seat but I needed the weight back there
anyway.
I'm sure someone out there can improve on this but I like the simplicity and
easy redundancy.
Carroll Jernigan
601XL Corvair Fuselage (Engine on test stand awaiting a few more parts.)
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No Rick ,the Sky-Tek starter is no longer available for the Franklin
engine.So I have to use the old Prestolite .If anyone knows where an
available Sky-Tek starter for a franklin is please let me know . Thanks
Wade Jones South Texas
601XL Franklin 0-235
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Lindstrom" <tigerrick@mindspring.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Battery
> <tigerrick@mindspring.com>
>
> Howdy, Wade.
>
> I have the exact same battery in the exact same location. Not a problem
> a-tall. Battery relay right next to it, too.
>
> But I'm only cranking a Corvair, so I'm assuming you're fixin' to use a
> Sky-Tek starter in your set up?
>
> Rick Lindstrom
> N42KP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: wade jones <wjones@brazoriainet.com>
>>Sent: Oct 16, 2008 5:49 PM
>>To: zenith-list@matronics.com
>>Subject: Zenith-List: Battery
>>
>>Hello group ,thanks for all the advise I received on the battery .Using
>>this advise I have decided to go with the Dynasty PC680 .I will be
>>locating it behind the passenger seat .Next question ,has anyone run their
>>battery leads from bat. to engine through the center console with this
>>battery location . Thanks
>>Wade Jones South Texas
>>601XL Franklin 0-235
>
>
>
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How do you feed two batteries to one starter? Do you have two starter
solenoids? I can't see you doing it through the diodes as they are too small
to pass the cranking current.
-- Craig
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[mailto:owner-zenith-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
Trainnut01@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Battery
Wade
I'm a long way from flying my 601XL however I intend to use the same battery
set up that I used in my previous project. I built my RV7 to use a 4.3 Chevy
V-6 and used a battery layout that was a variation of a system suggested by
Jesse Meyers at Belted Airpower.
Basically it consisted of two PC 545 batteries. The electrical system is
divided so that each battery powers one fuel pump and one coil. The
electrical buss is fed from whichever battery is turned on through 25 amp
diodes. The batteries are charged simultaneously through 25 amp diodes also.
The only time both batteries are used at the same time is during cranking.
To me there is a big advantage to this system, in the event of an engine
failure flipping one switch changes the battery, the fuel pump and the
ignition system. I won't have to spend time thinking about where the failure
is located.
In my Corvair installation I intend to use two oil pressure switches also.
The disadvantage is weight.
The PC545 weighs 11.7 pounds. Two of them weigh about the same as most
standard aircraft batteries but still considerably more than a PC680. In the
RV I placed the batteries behind the right seat but I needed the weight back
there anyway.
I'm sure someone out there can improve on this but I like the simplicity and
easy redundancy.
Carroll Jernigan
601XL Corvair Fuselage (Engine on test stand awaiting a few more parts.)
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Two starter solenoids. Small ones that I got from W.W.Grainger. I don't
remember the part number.
Carroll
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Anyone here flying behind a Franklin?
Darrell A. Haas
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