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Old 09-24-2007, 11:53 AM
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Ready to mount my alternator and am leaning towards Plane Power. How are these holding up?
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Old 09-24-2007, 12:09 PM
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I've got about 42 hours on mine now.

It's working like a champ so far. It keeps my voltage absolutely nailed. They're a fairly new outfit from my understanding so there probably aren't that many flying with a huge number of hours on them.

The machining and attach hardware are top quality.
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Old 09-24-2007, 12:38 PM
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Same as Jamie, PP is the only way to fly. I have about 100 hours on mine now. Rock solid @ 14.4v.

http://www.plane-power.com/
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Old 09-24-2007, 01:29 PM
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13.8 V...Thats what its ajusted too...A bit on the low side but apparently in spec and rock solid.

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Old 09-24-2007, 02:05 PM
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I installed a salvaged Nippon Denso alternator from a Suzuki Samurai per this builder's site. I paid $35 for the alternator. It worked flawlessly for the 300 hours that I put on it.

http://www.f1-rocketboy.com/alternator.htm
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Old 09-24-2007, 02:05 PM
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Frank, is that measured off the avionics bus? And do you have a diode betweent he main and avionics bus?
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Old 09-24-2007, 03:05 PM
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My B&C L-60 has over 900 hours on it and is doing fine. A few more bucks, but hard to beat, IMHO. Started on a 6A and is now on my 9A. It does require a regulator.

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Old 09-24-2007, 03:13 PM
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My B&C L-60 has over 900 hours on it and is doing fine. A few more bucks, but hard to beat, IMHO. Started on a 6A and is now on my 9A. It does require a regulator.

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Ask Gary Sobek what original alternator he still has in his 2000+ hour RV-6. B&C
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Old 09-24-2007, 03:31 PM
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Frank, is that measured off the avionics bus? And do you have a diode betweent he main and avionics bus?
I honestly can't remember where the sensor is wired to...Probably the battery buss and I use a Shotkey diode anyway which has a pretty low forward volt drop I believe.

Seems to charge the battery OK though.

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Old 09-24-2007, 03:34 PM
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I installed a salvaged Nippon Denso alternator from a Suzuki Samurai per this builder's site. I paid $35 for the alternator. It worked flawlessly for the 300 hours that I put on it.

http://www.f1-rocketboy.com/alternator.htm
But I used the Toyta Camry 60A beast...Worked great but one day my GNS 430 went beserk and as this is an IFR airplane I could'nt be doing with that...But it turned out the idiot who made the brackets (that would be me) decided to paint them...Thus providing a nice insulation layer between the alt and the engine block.

i discovered this as I was pulling it off to install the plane power unit.

I can't believe I made such a bonehead mistake!

Anyone need a new Camry alt, v pully and brakets to bolt it to a Lycoming?...

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