William,

Stated as unequivocally as possible, Bob Nuckolls is a genius.  A prolific
writer and skilled scientist, he lives by the rules of simple ideas
provable thru repeatable experiment.  All of the concepts on which he
bases his suggestions for electrical system design and construction are
built around these stone simple ideas.

Bob has been involved in aircraft electrical system design, construction &
maintenance for 30+ years with a number of high-profile companies.  Burt
Rutan asked Bob to design the electrical system for the Voyager.

For those of you who've  never heard of the Aeroelectric Connection I
encourage you subscribe to the Aeroelectric email list found at
http://www.matronics.com.  Also visit http://www.aeroelectric.com, Bob's
personal website.  There you can download (for free!) tons of great info
and get a good idea of where Bob's coming from.  Purchase his book, The
Aerolectric Connection, and you can learn everything you need to know
about designing and building your own aircraft electrical system.


Mark & Lisa Sletten
Legacy FG N828LM
http://www.legacyfgbuilder.com

William said:

> Mark-

> I did as you suggested and sent my question of alternator speed vs.
output to
> the Aeroelectric Mail List and received the following response from Bob
> Nuckols: (my estimate that 4,000 rpm would produce full-rated current
> wasn't far off....)