REFLECTOR: [c-a] Re: COZY: 24 Volts VS 12 Volts

[Don Johnston]

You are forgiven.

Now go say 50 "Hail Tesla's" and sin no more. :-)


On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Dave Philipsen <velocity at davebiz.com>wrote:

> I messed up on the 24v calculations. Strike out the paragraph below and
> change to:
>
> The same scenario with a 24volt 100 amp starter would work out to a 290
> milliohm total resistance (starter is 240 milliohms and solenoid contacts
> are 50 milliohms). The circuit will now draw 82 amps and you will see 19.86
> volts across the starter and 4.13 volts across the solenoid contacts.  This
> is a better scenario than the 12v system but not as exaggerated as the
> scenario you stated below.
>
>
> Dave Philipsen
> Velocity STD FG
> N83DP
>
> On 10/7/2013 10:15 AM, Dave Philipsen wrote:
>
>> The same scenario with a 24volt 100 amp starter would work out to a 170
>> milliohm total resistance (starter is 120 milliohms and solenoid contacts
>> are 50 milliohms). The circuit will now draw 141 amps and you will see 16.9
>> volts across the starter and 7.1 volts across the solenoid contacts.  This
>> is a better scenario than the 12v system but not as exaggerated as the
>> scenario you stated below.
>>
>
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