Return-Path: Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 617902 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:09:50 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=ceengland@bellsouth.net Received: from [209.214.146.84] by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050123010921.RKZG2069.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[209.214.146.84]> for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:09:21 -0500 Message-ID: <41F2F940.90701@bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:09:20 -0600 From: Charlie England User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: alternator problem fixed References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DaveLeonard wrote: > > >>And *that's* why you fuse the alt wire (at the battery end). A short in >>the alt will draw the full amps available from the battery & turn the >>wire into a fuse if you don't. >> >>Charlie >> >> >> >> > >Actually, I am hoping that is what will happen. I have an 18G fusible link >going to my alternator. Just a piece of 18G wire with fireproof insulation >around it. > >Dave Leonard > That's fine; you aren't letting the #6 or #8 (or whatever) melt down at a point outside your control. There have been questions about why to fuse the alt line at all. That's what I was responding to. ce