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the problem with some low voltage monitors in the past was they let you use up a lot of lipo reserve power as they were set too low.you are right, you should be alerted as soon as alternator goes off ...

fwiw i tried a circuit board, under the guidance of an elect. wizard i also built a board from scratch and in the end i ordered the light from perihelion .this is in the last couple of years. i talk ...

fwiw , when i started using it 20 yrs. ago the breaking strength was 80 lbs. . plenty for what i wanted.

On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 10:18 PM Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com ...

earthx is expensive and you don't need the weight savings. i wouldn't even look at concorde, you can do just as well for way less money with an odessey. i think the trick to longlife with an a ...

while waiting for the power supply i ordered i came across some tutorials [u tube] about taking an atx [the power supply in a computer] and converting it to a bench power. easy, and a fun project.
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thanks for the input. i plan to put a cig. lighter plug on output of the power source. my rv12 is wired to easily handle current for one source at a time thru the cig. plug.
instead of the mapbox, ...

when i use the ''bench power ''source i plan to only power a small part of my panel at a time. a couple amps. my questions are1. is there something i may be applying power to that may cause harm the w ...

soon as the weather warms up a little [50 deg] i want to run my avionics and get limits etc. set. i have decided i do not want a power supply that could fry something if a knob gets bumped. i have got ...

like i said it was a good learning experience. if i had left out the reg. i probably would have gone with the setup.
winter is setting in up here and there is not much else to do. seriously , a co ...

hey charlie,
that is the board i started with. when you get it it doesn't match the picture. has 4 buttons, not 3 for starters. when i asked for some kind of instructions for the board i got they en ...

a few months i posted about a low voltage warning that would trip at 13.4 volts especially for earthx batteries. i set up a circuit board for a low voltage trip and another voltage regulator board to ...

well, here's where i am at. the gearbox feeds the oil sump with a 1/2''id hose. the run is about 18'' long. my plan is to install a tee with hose barbs as close as possible to the gearbox. maybe insul ...

I admit adding a chip detector is a stretch but I think a temp probe could be valuable. You are not looking for absolute temp but a trend compared to engine oil temp.
If I had a gearbox with a hx ...

the chip detecter looks like a good idea but i don't have a place to mount it. it is way over my head to drill and tap a hole in the gearbox case.
maybe down the road it would be a job for someone c ...

i would be interested in reading about the chip detecter but the link didn't work. i can not find that part number.
bob

i have looked into the temp sender and it appears to be a resistive single wire. i think these are very common. a cross reference # took me to one used in a cont. 0-200. sold by dynon so i think i hav ...

the chip detector sounds like a much more positive way to go than a magnetic plug. i will look into that too. hopefully there are industrial ones that don't have the faa's million dollar stamp of app ...

thanks for all the ideas.
my gearbox has a drain line from the bottom of the box to the oil sump. engine oil is fed in the top of the box. my plan it to put a tee in the drainline and a temp. sender ...

i really need to know the temp as the gearbox is lubed by engine oil. temp will be relative to engine oil temp
bob noffs

i am looking for a way to measure temp. of a gearbox from the outside [no threaded holes]. my eis already has a lead for a resistive type 1/8npt oil temp probe. there must be flat, glue on probes avai ...