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brucebell74(at)sbcglobal.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:51 pm Post subject: Plasma III Wiring Again!

I have installed my Plasma III on the hot side of the fire wall. I have a 

shield around it with air from the rear engine baffle. Has anyone just ran a 

ground wire from pin 15 to ground and pin 8 direct to the Mag switch and 

then to the battery buss? The pull able breaker would be a 5A fuse. Why 

would the power wire have to be shielded? Thanks! Bruce Bell RV-4 N23BB  65 

hours so far. You got to love it!  DO NOT ARCHIVE!

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longg(at)pjm.com
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject: Plasma III Wiring Again!

Bruce,

  

 "Why

would the power wire have to be shielded? ". Because it's there. It's designed to use the shield as the ground and the center wire as the power. Simply parts reduction. No reason it couldn't be extended with a standard wire.

  

 I wired mine via the positive side of the battery contactor (does not pass through it) to a nice power terminal connector strip from Stein. This allows an individual connection to each plasma box. 

  

 I used two 5 amp Potter breaker switches on the panel and two in-line fuses rated at 30 amps right at the terminal strip (Bob's suggestion). This allows me to step down the wire size running to the 5 amp breakers. 

  

 Unless the cable drops off the battery or the contactor falls off the firewall it should provide a solid connection.

  

 I am using Z-13/8 without a mag switch. Instead I use two of Stein's 1/4 indicator lights as shown by Lightspeed's diagram to indicate operational modes of each Plasma box. Further parts reduction.

  

 I intend to incorporate the optional output display from Lightspeed to show status of the system.

  

 I am also considering the addition of the potentiometer to rev it up.

  

 I'll drop some pictures next week.

  

 Glenn

  

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I have installed my Plasma III on the hot side of the fire wall. I have a

shield around it with air from the rear engine baffle. Has anyone just ran a

ground wire from pin 15 to ground and pin 8 direct to the Mag switch and

then to the battery buss? The pull able breaker would be a 5A fuse. Why

would the power wire have to be shielded? Thanks! Bruce Bell RV-4 N23BB  65

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