REFLECTOR: Starter contactor

steve korney s_korney at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 18 23:17:05 CDT 2013


Anyone consider the weight of a 12 volt battery vs. a 24 volt system...?


Steve 

Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:55:28 -0600
From: scott at tnstaafl.net
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Starter contactor

My ground return is the 5/8 thick wall copper tubing(2) that my oil runs in.  My battery and apt wire is a single OO wire.  

Douglas Holub <douglas.holub at gmail.com> wrote:

Just out of curiosity, I calculated how much wire weight would be saved by using a 24 volt system vs. a 12 volt system.  

Assumptions:  0.07 mohm/ft for 00 AWG,  29 mohm/ft for 4 AWG, 10 feet each way from the battery to the starter, 50 amp starter load at 12 volts, 25 starter load at 24 volts.


With the 12 volt system you would lose 3.5 volts across the starter wires while starting and the wire would weigh 7.5 lbs.

For the 24 volt system you would lose 3.6 volts and the wire would weigh 2.4 lbs.


Doug Holub


  


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:10 AM, David Ullman <ullman at robustdecisions.com> wrote:

If you are referring to what I call the starter solenoid, mine is on the

firewall.  I thought that was where most people put them to keep the wire

weight down.  I have my main in the front.





David Ullman

N444DX

President EAA 292

541-760-2338

david at davidullman.com









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   1.  Does anyone have their starter contactor on the firewall?

      (Don Johnston)

   2. Re:  Does anyone have their starter contactor on the

      firewall? (Tim Rhodenbaugh)

   3. Re:  Does anyone have their starter contactor on the

      firewall? (Don Johnston)

   4.  Speed Brake (John Dibble)

   5. Re:  Does anyone have their starter contactor on the

      firewall? (nmflyer1 at aol.com)

   6. Re:  Does anyone have their starter contactor on the

      firewall? (Scott Derrick)





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Message: 1

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:10:39 -0500

From: Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net>

To: reflector at tvbf.org

Subject: REFLECTOR: Does anyone have their starter contactor on the

        firewall?

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I've got the gear pump assembly from Wayne Lanza which has the battery and

the starter contactor on it.



I'm looking at the wiring and having to run the B-leads from the alternators

all the way up to the nose. It occurred to me that I if the starter

contactor was on the firewall that I could run the alternators to the

battery side of the starter contactor which would allow me to utilize the

low gauge wire already in place between the the starter and battery

contactor.



But every Velocity that I've looked at has the both contactors in the front.



Just wondering anyone has their starter contactor on the firewall.



-Don Johnston

XL-RG

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Message: 2

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:18:33 -0400

From: Tim Rhodenbaugh <timrhod at aol.com>

To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>

Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Does anyone have their starter contactor on

        the     firewall?

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It's been done. I put mine on the firewall. Are you sure it's the starter

contractor on the pump assembly board and not the master contractor?   Tim

Rhodenbaugh n370TR XLRG



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On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net> wrote:



> I've got the gear pump assembly from Wayne Lanza which has the battery and

the starter contactor on it.

>

> I'm looking at the wiring and having to run the B-leads from the

alternators all the way up to the nose. It occurred to me that I if the

starter contactor was on the firewall that I could run the alternators to

the battery side of the starter contactor which would allow me to utilize

the low gauge wire already in place between the the starter and battery

contactor.

>

> But every Velocity that I've looked at has the both contactors in the

front.

>

> Just wondering anyone has their starter contactor on the firewall.

>

> -Don Johnston

> XL-RG

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Message: 3

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:30:11 -0500

From: Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net>

To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>

Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Does anyone have their starter contactor on

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I'm sure. :-)



http://www.velocity-xl.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2011-11-16-DSC_01

40.jpg



-Don



On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Tim Rhodenbaugh <timrhod at aol.com> wrote:



> It's been done. I put mine on the firewall. Are you sure it's the starter

> contractor on the pump assembly board and not the master contractor?   Tim

> Rhodenbaugh n370TR XLRG

>

> Sent from my iPad

>

> On Jul 17, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net> wrote:

>

> > I've got the gear pump assembly from Wayne Lanza which has the

> > battery

> and the starter contactor on it.

> >

> > I'm looking at the wiring and having to run the B-leads from the

> alternators all the way up to the nose. It occurred to me that I if

> the starter contactor was on the firewall that I could run the

> alternators to the battery side of the starter contactor which would

> allow me to utilize the low gauge wire already in place between the

> the starter and battery contactor.

> >

> > But every Velocity that I've looked at has the both contactors in

> > the

> front.

> >

> > Just wondering anyone has their starter contactor on the firewall.

> >

> > -Don Johnston

> > XL-RG

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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:52:04 -0500

From: John Dibble <aminetech at bluefrog.com>

To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>

Subject: REFLECTOR: Speed Brake

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A small amount of hydraulic fluid is leaking at the back side of my speed

brake.  Looking on the inside it seems to originate where the "cylinder"

connects to the brake.  Does the speed brake use hydraulic fluid?  If so,

does it come from the retract system, or is it separate?



Thanks,



John





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Message: 5

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:24:26 -0400 (EDT)

From: nmflyer1 at aol.com

To: reflector at tvbf.org

Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Does anyone have their starter contactor on

        the     firewall?

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Both my contactors are in the nose. Running a condiut ground with the main

cable running inside that. Alternator wire runs to the contact point on the

starter where the main cable attaches.



Note:  2-seperate battery system.



Kurt







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From: Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net>

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Sent: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 12:13 pm

Subject: REFLECTOR: Does anyone have their starter contactor on the

firewall?





I've got the gear pump assembly from Wayne Lanza which has the battery and

the starter contactor on it.



I'm looking at the wiring and having to run the B-leads from the alternators

all the way up to the nose. It occurred to me that I if the starter

contactor was on the firewall that I could run the alternators to the

battery side of the starter contactor which would allow me to utilize the

low gauge wire already in place between the the starter and battery

contactor.



But every Velocity that I've looked at has the both contactors in the front.





Just wondering anyone has their starter contactor on the firewall.



-Don Johnston

XL-RG





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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:24:35 -0600

From: Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net>

To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>

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