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Standard renesis alternator is 90 amps, so 100 amp ANL fuse and block
should work

Alex Molteno

On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 17:39 Jeff Whaley jwhaley@datacast.com <
flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

> Bobby, no I did not fuse the B lead.  What amperage would it be if
> installed?
> Jeff
>
> Jeff,
>
> Do you have a fuse in the B lead?
>
> Bobby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Whaley
> Sent: August-02-18 10:41 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: Alternator Damaged - Internal Short
>
> Last Thursday I decided to try my cooling on a hot day 32C (90F); orbiting
> the airport, the cooling wasn't too bad but while waiting for the temps to
> stabilize I smelled smoke so landed immediately.  Saw a bit of smoke
> exiting the oil cooler plenum so thought I was baking some fiberglass.
> On the weekend I did a more thorough inspection and found the battery
> mains cable burned where attached to my alternator cut-out relay and the
> relay fried to the point that the input terminal was loose.  The
> connections stayed in place but open-circuited the relay - so the engine
> never skipped a beat and I was unaware there was an electrical problem at
> the time. Only reporting this now as it took me a while to get the
> alternator tested.
> Jeff
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Standard renesis alternator is 90 amps, so 100 amp ANL fu=
se and block should work<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Alex =
Molteno</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Thu, =
Aug 2, 2018, 17:39 Jeff Whaley <a href=3D"mailto:jwhaley@datacast.com">jwha=
ley@datacast.com</a> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net">fly=
rotary@lancaironline.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:=
1ex">Bobby, no I did not fuse the B lead.=C2=A0 What amperage would it be i=
f installed?<br>
Jeff<br>
<br>
Jeff,<br>
<br>
Do you have a fuse in the B lead?<br>
<br>
Bobby<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Jeff Whaley <br>
Sent: August-02-18 10:41 AM<br>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft<br>
Subject: Alternator Damaged - Internal Short<br>
<br>
Last Thursday I decided to try my cooling on a hot day 32C (90F); orbiting =
the airport, the cooling wasn&#39;t too bad but while waiting for the temps=
 to stabilize I smelled smoke so landed immediately.=C2=A0 Saw a bit of smo=
ke exiting the oil cooler plenum so thought I was baking some fiberglass.<b=
r>
On the weekend I did a more thorough inspection and found the battery mains=
 cable burned where attached to my alternator cut-out relay and the relay f=
ried to the point that the input terminal was loose.=C2=A0 The connections =
stayed in place but open-circuited the relay - so the engine never skipped =
a beat and I was unaware there was an electrical problem at the time. Only =
reporting this now as it took me a while to get the alternator tested.<br>
Jeff<br>
<br>
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