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N38CW

Joined: 16 Apr 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:57 am Post subject: Low Voltage Annunciator

I have an LED in my panel that I want to illuminate on Low Volts.  I found Bob's AEC9005 module on his website and would like to buy/build one.  Does anyone know if they are available and if not, how about the board.  I believe I can probably find most of the parts but they won't do me any good without the printed board.  Anyone know of any alternatives?  Thanks.

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Bill Settle
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pestar

Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 61
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Low Voltage Annunciator

Go here; http://periheliondesign.com/lvwaabm.htm.



Cheers Peter



Peter Armstrong

Auckland - New Zealand

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N38CW

Joined: 16 Apr 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Low Voltage Annunciator

Awesome, Peter. Thank you very much! Exactly what I am looking for.

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:56 pm Post subject: Low Voltage Annunciator

At 11:57 AM 12/18/2015, you wrote:

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		  --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "N38CW" <billsettle(at)bellsouth.net>



 I have an LED in my panel that I want to illuminate on Low Volts.  I found Bob's AEC9005 module on his website and would like to buy/build one.  Does anyone know if they are available and if not, how about the board.  I believe I can probably find most of the parts but they won't do me any good without the printed board.  Anyone know of any alternatives?  Thanks. 	




   Are you flying yet? If not, what is the anticipated

   first light under the wheels?



   I'm wrapping up about a half dozen AEC products for

   addition to the B&C catalog . . . one of which is

   a 4-function module that will manage an aux battery,

   annunciate low voltage, manage an ov event on a pm

   alternator or manage a battery contactor to minimize

   power consumption.



  http://tinyurl.com/peyfl8s



   If you would like to be the beta-test aircraft for

   this product, I'll offer you one free of charge

   in exchange for your user-evaluation of the installation

   instructions and product performance in the selected

   application.



 

   Bob . . .

N38CW

Joined: 16 Apr 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 6:09 am Post subject: Re: Low Voltage Annunciator

... If you would like to be the beta-test aircraft for

   this product, I'll offer you one free of charge

   in exchange for your user-evaluation of the installation

   instructions and product performance in the selected

   application.



 

   Bob . . .[/quote]



Hi Bob.  



I appreciate the offer and I would be happy to do if for you but I am not close to flying yet.  I'm still looking a couple more years.   I also am not using an aux battery so I am probably not your best option anyway.  I went ahead and ordered one from Eric Jones yesterday afternoon. 



Thanks for all you do for us here and I hope you have a Merry Christmas!



Regards,

Bill Settle

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Eric M. Jones

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 565
Location: Massachusetts

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Low Voltage Annunciator

For a simple indication of Low Voltage (<13.0 V) I recommend my 13V Idiot Light. Although I can make these to your specification, the standard is Red Blinking and aux connection to audio or other warning. 



NASCAR buys scores of these from me each winter. I sell lots of these into the Rotoway Helicopter builder community.



The LVWAABM (invented by Bob N.) is useful for  main and aux battery management to prevent a pilot from inadvertantly using up both main anx aux batteries accidentally. 



PerihelionDesign.com

Eric M. Jones

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www.PerihelionDesign.com
113 Brentwood Drive
Southbridge, MA 01550
(508) 764-2072
emjones(at)charter.net

nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:44 am Post subject: Low Voltage Annunciator

At 08:09 AM 12/19/2015, you wrote:

  	  Quote: 	
		  --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "N38CW" <billsettle(at)bellsouth.net>



 .. If you would like to be the beta-test aircraft for

    this product, I'll offer you one free of charge

    in exchange for your user-evaluation of the installation

    instructions and product performance in the selected

    application.



  

    Bob . . . 	




 Hi Bob.  



 I appreciate the offer and I would be happy to do if for you but I am not close to flying yet.  I'm still looking a couple more years.   I also am not using an aux battery so I am probably not your best option anyway.  I went ahead and ordered one from Eric Jones yesterday afternoon. 



 Thanks for all you do for us here and I hope you have a Merry Christmas![/quote]

   Understand. Actually, the proposed AEC9024 is

   FOUR products in one box. During installation,

   the builder sets functionality by adding jumpers

   between the programming pins.



   This design philosophy allows us to produce four

   products on one assembly line and inventory only

   one device the four offerings and even lets

   a builder inventory one spare part for any of the

   four functions.



   Builders may choose to use the device in any one

   of the four tasks. Architecture figure Z9 illustrates

   use of the 9024 in three of the four functions.



  http://tinyurl.com/5wxzn7



   It will be the first AEC product loaded on the B&C

   product line early next year. There's about a half

   dozen more that will follow on the heals of the 9024.



 

 

   Bob . . .

JOHN TIPTON

Joined: 17 Sep 2006
Posts: 239
Location: Torquay - England

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:20 pm Post subject: Low Voltage Annunciator

For a simple indication of Low Voltage:



http://www.sparkbright.co.uk/sparkright-eclipse-battery-voltage-monitor.php



John



Sent from my iPad



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		   On 19 Dec 2015, at 03:19 pm, "Eric M. Jones" <emjones(at)charter.net> wrote:

 

 

 

 For a simple indication of Low Voltage (

 

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 Eric M. Jones

 www.PerihelionDesign.com

 113 Brentwood Drive

 Southbridge, MA 01550

 (508) 764-2072

 emjones(at)charter.net

 

 

 

 

 Read this topic online here:

 

 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=451056#451056

rlborger(at)mac.com
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:18 am Post subject: Low Voltage Annunciator

Gents,



FWIW, I have one of the SparkBright units in my Europa and it works great!  Bought a second one to install in the Toot I’m building.



Blue skies & tailwinds,

Bob Borger

Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop (75 hrs).

Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP

3705 Lynchburg Dr.

Corinth, TX  76208-5331

Cel: 817-992-1117

rlborger(at)mac.com



On Dec 19, 2015, at 6:19 PM, John Tipton <jmtipton(at)btopenworld.com> wrote:






For a simple indication of Low Voltage:



http://www.sparkbright.co.uk/sparkright-eclipse-battery-voltage-monitor.php



John



Sent from my iPad



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 	  Quote: 	
		   On 19 Dec 2015, at 03:19 pm, "Eric M. Jones" <emjones(at)charter.net> wrote:

 

 

 

 For a simple indication of Low Voltage (

 

 --------

 Eric M. Jones

 www.PerihelionDesign.com

 113 Brentwood Drive

 Southbridge, MA 01550

 (508) 764-2072

 emjones(at)charter.net

racerjerry

Joined: 15 Dec 2009
Posts: 202
Location: Deer Park, NY

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:52 am Post subject: Re: Low Voltage Annunciator

I can tell you that the Eric Jones 13V Idiot Light has saved my bacon quite a few times - or at least has saved me from dangerous hand-propping by reminding me to turn the master switch OFF.  For $50 you can't get a better low voltage warning indicator - no construction required.  As long as you do not hardwire or permanently mount Eric's ingenious little device, it is even legal to install it on a certified aircraft.  The light also has an extra wire to connect to an optional audio alarm or panel annunciator.



I fabricated a mount for the low voltage warning light module from a 3/4 x 1/16 x 2 inch long aluminum angle (aircraft aisle of home stores) and Velcro mounted it to the top of my glare shield; with the light aimed directly at me but offset to the co-pilot side.  The warning light is installed in My Cessna 172K and powered from the cigarette lighter receptacle; providing me with a perfectly legal (nothing permanently attached to airframe) and very valuable low voltage warning as well as alerting me should I ever forget to turn the master switch off at shutdown – another warning indication that I had long desired.  On later Cessnas’, I believe that this second function is indirectly achieved through their over-voltage warning light; however my 1969 (& earlier) does not have an over-voltage sensor.



http://periheliondesign.com/moreproductsfiles/LV_Annunciator%20Manual.pdf



Please note that I have no connection to Mr. Eric M. Jones or his company www.PerihelionDesign.com other than being a very satisfied customer.

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