kbehrent
Well Known Member
A friend and I were doing some voltage level checks at various points in my electrical system and we found that the biggest loss came from the diode that connects my Master buss to the e-Buss. There was 12.5v on the Master buss side of the diode and 11.8v on the other side of the diode to the e-Buss. There was no load on the e-Buss side as everything was turned off. Wow, wasn't expecting that much loss!
It made us curious whether the loss would be higher/lower once the engine/alt is running (14.2v) and load is applied? We plan on running the engine/alt and checking the voltage again weather permitting. I bought the diode from BNC and it does have the big heat sink to keep it cool.
It made us curious whether the loss would be higher/lower once the engine/alt is running (14.2v) and load is applied? We plan on running the engine/alt and checking the voltage again weather permitting. I bought the diode from BNC and it does have the big heat sink to keep it cool.