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Old 01-18-2017, 01:12 PM
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Default Piper jump start plug

Where is a good place to mount one of these or is there?
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Old 01-18-2017, 01:14 PM
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In a piper?
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Old 01-18-2017, 02:16 PM
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on the belly of the RV-10, near the battery. ---- Direct wired. Worked great.

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Old 01-18-2017, 02:49 PM
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I installed mine aft of the bagage bulkhead, lower area on the pilots side. Just aft of the flap trailing edge. Created and riveted a doubler plate. Cut a hole to the exact pattern of the cover and hing. The only part protruding past the skin is the plug cover.
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Old 01-18-2017, 06:01 PM
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I just took one out. Too heavy and never used it.
Build on, save time building and get flying sooner.
I doubt you will miss it.
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Old 01-19-2017, 07:20 AM
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A Piper-style plug is too heavy? I'd be interested to know the actual weight, if you have a moment to weight it, please.

I've been planning on installing the Piper plug as it seems to be the smallest/lightest of the common aircraft plugs. The big 3-prong AN-style power plug definitely packs some weight and is physically too large for the area where I want to install the external power receptacle in our aircraft.
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Old 01-19-2017, 10:12 AM
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Piper plug fits fine mounted on the engine mount under the oil filler access door. In my 6-A.
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Old 01-19-2017, 11:49 AM
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Default weight for entire system?

ok dudes, so let me get this straight....I had a little connector to 'charge' my battery, so would this Piper plug allow that, if wired correctly? sounds good!

second; if you have the Piper female port, and you're at the typical field around here on a weekend, you ain't gonna find a start-cart with a bunch of aviation plugs, you're more likely to find a quad and jumper cables!
....so will this port, with the little 'stem' thingy that you of course have carried with you (weight?) or the jumpers with the plug end on them ( more weight?) get you started?

...or would it just be better to design-in access to your battery, & use one of these little Lithium 'power brick' jumper babies (that you have in your glovebox... for charging your iPad anyway!???)...... about 2 pounds all-up
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Old 01-19-2017, 11:58 AM
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Hi Charles,

How do you intend to use the plug:

1) hook up a "topping off" type battery charger like a Battery Minder?

2) Jump start the airplane if the battery is discharged?

3) Hook up a charger to fully recharge the battery?
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Old 01-19-2017, 12:02 PM
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earth x will sell you an extra set of those cables for that lithium set up for $15.then it can be cut up and the plug used to wire directly to your battery and a jump is as easy as plugging into the li. battery.
you can jump your battery sitting in the plane and ready to go.
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