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  Topic: Final Elect. System Review
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2633

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:47 pm   Subject: Re: Final Elect. System Review
Bob;

Battery Condition will be checked every annual with a Lawn Mower destination when 80% capacity is reached. I believe that is an Industry Best Practice.

Fusible Link Question. You have a ...
  Topic: Final Elect. System Review
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2633

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 2:37 pm   Subject: Re: Final Elect. System Review
Thanks for your input on multiple back up batteries.

I am installing one main battery with no backups. Z101 has good FMEA that will minimize risk and cost of ownership. Backup Batteries have ri ...
  Topic: Final Elect. System Review
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2633

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:29 pm   Subject: Re: Final Elect. System Review
FAR23.1361 Thanks for this reference. I will be adding the Solenoid now.
I see my switch is not adjacent to the bus, whereas a solenoid is and it will eliminate the Midi Fuse.

Fuse size. Iā ...
  Topic: Final Elect. System Review
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2633

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 12:44 pm   Subject: Re: Final Elect. System Review
8253;

I think of Art .... I see now we are playing with "Industrial Arts." Art has many answers. Math is not art, is foundational for design, but it has one only one right answer. You ...
  Topic: Final Elect. System Review
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2633

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:00 am   Subject: Re: Final Elect. System Review
In case of smoke in the cockpit or in case of an imminent forced landing, the pilot should have the ability to shut off all electrical power as close to the source(s) as possible. Does your design me ...
  Topic: Final Elect. System Review
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2633

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:52 am   Subject: Final Elect. System Review
Please help me finalize my electrical system. It based off Bobā€™s Z101 and taylored to meet rather meager demands. I am moving from the conceptual phase to the fuselage as we speak, installing co ...
  Topic: Clarify Z101
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2720

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 2:33 pm   Subject: Re: Clarify Z101

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3) Does your Electronics International CGR-30P Engine Monitor stay on line during engine start, or will it reboot?

The installation manual says it works between 7.5 and 30V.

Awesome, ...
  Topic: Clarify Z101
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2720

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:25 pm   Subject: Re: Clarify Z101
Regarding my 3 Original question in post 1....

1) I understand now why we fuselink the ALT FLD wire at the main bus. Thank you for helping me understand.

2) I understand now why the B.O. Bus ex ...
  Topic: Clarify Z101
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2720

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 6:22 pm   Subject: Re: Clarify Z101
I am building a Bearhawk Patrol...similar to a Husky or Supercub. Its VFR, with merely a Garmin G5, Engine Monitoring System, Surefly ignition, and Bendix Mechanical FI.

I have done my load analys ...
  Topic: Clarify Z101
bcone1381

Replies: 14
Views: 2720

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:23 am   Subject: Clarify Z101
1) Clarify for me why the Z101 Alternator Field portion of the Master Switch circuit that runs from the Main Bus Bolt to the Master Switch circuit calls for a fusible link between the bus bolt and the ...
  Topic: Battery capacity test
bcone1381

Replies: 16
Views: 4476

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:51 am   Subject: Re: Battery capacity test
Help me understand how the load test is performed. Lets say I have the HF 100 amp load tester. I charge my 12V 10 AH battery in my shop for 24 hours. Do I hook it up to the Load Tester and start my ...
  Topic: Engine Ground
bcone1381

Replies: 2
Views: 1844

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:09 pm   Subject: Engine Ground
In AEC book p. 5-3 instructs to install a fat ground wire from the battery minus to the firewall ground stud, then a braided bonded jumper from the ground stud to the crankcase.....additionally

AE ...
  Topic: Wire Harness Fabrication
bcone1381

Replies: 2
Views: 2316

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:48 pm   Subject: Wire Harness Fabrication
A lot of theory and educational design topics get discussed and promoted here. System Design and wire harness fabrication and installation are two very different arenas in EAB aircraft.

I've seen ...
  Topic: Premature EarthX death?
bcone1381

Replies: 22
Views: 11038

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:49 am   Subject: Re: Premature EarthX death?
Consider the EarthX battery's reliability for a moment. I wonder if it is a sufficiently complex unit with multiple failure points and that maybe it's reliability is not equal to the AMG type battery ...
  Topic: With Flooded cells, at what discharge does damage start?
bcone1381

Replies: 7
Views: 4887

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:57 am   Subject: Re: With Flooded cells, at what discharge does damage start
Vic Syracuse has an article in this months Sport Aviation (June 2020) that deals with Batteries and Alternators.

He says not to mistreat a battery by constantly leaving it on a non approved batte ...
  Topic: Physical construction of Z101 engine bus & battery bus
bcone1381

Replies: 20
Views: 10208

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 6:21 am   Subject: Re: Physical construction of Z101 engine bus & battery
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  Topic: Super-whizzy energy management systems
bcone1381

Replies: 15
Views: 9157

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 5:05 am   Subject: Re: Super-whizzy energy management systems
[/quote]My 1st question is whether that alternator ground wire was the only connection between the engine and the airframe, as seems likely.


CharlieĀ [/quote]

Throttle, mixture and prop cables ...
  Topic: Preliminary tests on modern fuse link wire
bcone1381

Replies: 4
Views: 3559

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:47 am   Subject: Re: Preliminary tests on modern fuse link wire
Humm. Concerning the B lead wire size.

In the above case, the expected load is 30A, the Alternator is 40A.

A typical wire size on your Z-diagrams is 4 to 6 AWG
The proper size from the wir ...
  Topic: New role for the E-Bus?
bcone1381

Replies: 82
Views: 44428

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:48 pm   Subject: Re: New role for the E-Bus?
Z100 has With Endurance and Brownout Bus in its title, but I don't see them in the drawing.
  Topic: Curiosity Re: Master Switch
bcone1381

Replies: 4
Views: 4187

PostForum: AeroElectric-List   Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:00 am   Subject: Curiosity Re: Master Switch
In the Aeroelectric Connection Book has notes on Master Switches. (age Z11, Note 22) I'm curious, if an engine of not running, and the field switch to the alternator is on, how much draw is there? ...
 
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