X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 1 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:08:59 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [206.229.254.14] (HELO smtp.perigee.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1642791 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:49:46 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.229.254.14; envelope-from=jschroeder@perigee.net Received: from john-study-2 (dsl-208-26-41-183.perigee.net [208.26.41.183]) by smtp.perigee.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id kB5FnPvM031682 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:49:25 -0500 X-Original-Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:49:22 -0500 X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Hx = Hot Stuff! References: From: "John Schroeder" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Original-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera M2/8.54 (Win32, build 7730) Colyn - The folks at GAMI have an aux alternator they they have modified to get 30 amps from the vacuum pad and it can self-excite, ie. no battery is needed. They plan to sell it along with the PRISM ignition system. I believe that it is now available. John Schroeder On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:26:02 -0500, colyncase on earthlink wrote: > Jeff, > I've been thinking a lot about electrical failure modes. > Did your battery just run out of power or did it actually short? > I'm just wondering how paranoid to be about isolating the batteries so I can > take them completely out of the system. > > Colyn > > > > One battery....hmmmmm. I may be wrong but alternators need a small electrical current to excite the field. I had a one battery, two alternator system until the one battery went south. Not fun... > > Jeff >