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

[Dave Philipsen]

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.