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cjhukill(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject: ANL current limiter mount |
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Has anyone come up with a mount for ANL current limiters that don't look like they belong on a tractor? The standard ones in use are either bulky, ugly and unprotected or the ones the boom box crowd uses are made of plastic, and don't belong forward of an aircraft firewall, in my opinion. I have two alternators that I need to protect and could gang the ANLs together, or maybe it's best to use inline protection as close to alternator as possible. What has anyone come up with?
Chris Hukill
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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:50 am Post subject: ANL current limiter mount |
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At 08:31 PM 3/29/2010, you wrote:
| Quote: | Has anyone come up with a mount for ANL current limiters that don't look like they belong on a tractor? The standard ones in use are either bulky, ugly and unprotected or the ones the boom box crowd uses are made of plastic, and don't belong forward of an aircraft firewall, in my opinion. I have two alternators that I need to protect and could gang the ANLs together, or maybe it's best to use inline protection as close to alternator as possible. What has anyone come up with?
Chris Hukill
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Consider building your own current limiter mounting
blocks from phenolic, delrin, etc. Use more compact
automotive limiters like
http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Fuses/Fuses/ABI_fuses.jpg
http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Fuses/Fuses/BF2.jpg
http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Fuses/Fuses/all_mega.JPG
Use 1/4-28 steel hardware to assemble. Yeah
I know, it's not brass. But we're more interested
in getting a ring terminal on a wire held in
intimate contact with the tab of a current limiter.
Use steel and torque it to spec.
Counter-bore the back side of the block an pot
the hex-head of the bolt into the block with
J-B weld. Put a washer against the block on the
other side and a nut on top that torqued to
spec. Then goes another washer, the limiter,
the ring terminal, a third washer, and a LOCK nut.
Works good, lasts a long time.
I've got the delrin already cut to manufacture a
few dozens of these smaller holders but those
projects are on the back burner for awhile. Today
I've got my laundry room wall opened up to repair
and modify some plumbing to accommodate a gas dryer
and a new water softener installation.
I'm up to my shins in sheet rock debris right
now. After that, I've got some cabinets to build.
The list goes on . . .
Bob . . . [quote][b]
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longg(at)pjm.com
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:11 am Post subject: ANL current limiter mount |
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Chris,
We'll you could buy a different color, but it is what it is. The boom
box crowd already has the bling version, so you won't get better than
that unless you go to SEMA in Las Vegas and get a custom cover. You
could also get the bling version and have the cover air brushed. Perhaps
that's what I'll do.
The other option is to put the ANL box inside the firewall. My car has a
5 pack of them up high behind the passenger's side of the dashboard. My
car has a 110 amp alternator and I've never had to change them for any
reason.
Glenn
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