Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #4275
From: Jim Sower <canarder@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Murphy's law of precautionary landings
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 23:10:30 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Rusty,
Good job on your [potentially] intense learning experience..
A 100 A fuze is pretty stout.  There was a recent bit on the Velocity forum to the effect that a 60 amp alternator needs an 80 amp fuze at a minimum.  If your alternator is over 75 A, you might want to go to a 120 A fuze.  I think current limiters are only supposed to come into play if you get a dead short in the alternator output so some overkill (as much as 30%-40%) shouldn't hurt.  I'm installing a 100 A fuze to protect my [allegedly] 75 A alternator.
How big is your alternator anyway ... Jim S.
 

Russell Duffy wrote:

Upon inspection, I found the 100A fuse to the alternator blown.This doesn’t exactly give me a warm fuzzy feeling, especially since I can’t see anything wrong except for the blown fuse.Replaced the fuse, but didn’t have a chance to test it since it was getting dark.I’ll be really surprised if the alternator itself is bad, but I’ll find out when I run it again.Fortunately, I already have the rev-2, smaller alternator that can be mounted now if necessary.
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