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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: Thank YOU, no OV worries with I-VR ever! (inexpensively!) |
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I was considering a plane power alternator, but they seemed to be a
little expensive at $569.00
I had decided to buy one from Aircraft spruce at $510.00
but the I saw this new alternator on Van's site at $375.00
I called Van's to get some specs and they told me it was the Plane Power
AL12-EI60/B.
Great price!!!
...And the fans turn the right way too!
Regards,
Roberto Giusti
(RV-8 in Italy)
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Here is a great deal, for all those worried about OV with internal
voltage regulators, worry no more.
Thank goodness, some one finally did it!!!!
Yea, at $375, complete kit w/ OV protection that BLOWS everything
away. Yea! I am so happy
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brian
Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 643 Location: Sacramento, California, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:48 am Post subject: Thank YOU, no OV worries with I-VR ever! (inexpensively!) |
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Matt Prather wrote:
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People will pay what the product is worth to them.. If a truly better
value comes along, the market will change. Ain't America great!
If B&C has been gouging, it seems surprising that an equivalent but
significantly less expensive alternative has not made it to market sooner.
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Not only that but after examining several alternatives I had come to the
conclusion that the B&C alternator exhibited much better quality and
quality control than any of the alternators available for aircraft
engines. I was planning to put a B&C alternator in my CJ6A even though I
knew it was much more expensive just because, if I am going to spend
$120,000 on an airplane, I couldn't see compromising on a component that
was a critical part of the engine and the aircraft systems.
I have never had a problem with an IR alternator. Bob's crowbar circuit
seemed just fine to me. If I needed to activate the crowbar, there was
already something else seriously wrong and it would protect the rest of
the aircraft's systems. I have rebuilt alternators in the field before.
(I carry all manner of spare alternator parts on my boat and rebuild
while underway if need be. They just aren't that complex.)
So this whole IR/ER thing seems pretty silly to me other than with an ER
alternator, I have complete control over the alternator's behavior
through the external regulator. If I want a three-stage charging system
with temperature compensation, something that is clearly overkill in an
aircraft, I can do it with an external regulator. I can't with an
internal regulator.
But IR alternators are simpler to wire and have no external regulator to
have find a home for elsewhere on the airframe.
I just don't see why this is such a hotly contested subject.
--
Brian Lloyd 361 Catterline Way
brian-yak at lloyd dot com Folsom, CA 95630
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.270.912.0788 (fax)
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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