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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 7:40 am    Post subject: was "Contactor Questions" now battery in the trunk Reply with quote

Hey Bob,
It sounds like you're asking the right questions...
The master contactor should be close enough to the battery so that the fat positive cable from the batt to the solenoid can be 18 inches or less. Then run the fat wire from the other side of the solenoid forward.
Then, just before the crash, when you're running the just-before-I-hit-the-ground checklist, you shut off the master --- just like we were all taught as student pilots. That makes the length of cable running forward inert (obviously) and therefore, if it gets damaged in the crash, it won't cause a fire.
(This scenario requires a bit more engineering in modern aircraft where all the flight instruments are electric (EFIS) and you might want to be watching airspeed as you try to reduce your kinetic energy before impact without stall/spinning. But, with your instrumentation it is moot.)

BTW - this is exactly how my 1965 Cherokee is wired.
-Jeff



On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 10:05:21 PM PDT, Bob Verwey <bob.verwey(at)gmail.com> wrote:




This is kinda related to contactors...
On the BD4 that I am rebuilding, the battery is behind the baggage compartment, with a really fat wire running up to the firewall.
IO 470 engine so lots of amps required for start.
Is there a recommended contactor placement/battery disconnect protocol out there?
I'm thinking safety in the event of an incident which might short out the fat wire to the fuselage.
My setup is very rudimentary (steam 8 pack), conventional engine gauges, perhaps a mini EFIS.
 
I did try the Forum search but struggled a little....
Best Regards,Bob Verwey

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On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 05:46, A Lumley <andrew.lumley(at)sympatico.ca (andrew.lumley(at)sympatico.ca)> wrote:

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Thanks to you both for the quick feedback. I'll include the jumper from the contactor "I" terminal to the starter with the extra diode.

You are correct that B&C no longer sells the crowbar module so I was going to build my own from your crowbar schematics.

Thanks again, I'm sure I'll have lots more questions...




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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 10:20 am    Post subject: was "Contactor Questions" now battery in the trunk Reply with quote

Rest of the story is that the starter contactor can be on the firewall. That way, only one long fat wire from the back is needed. The source-side terminal of the starter contactor becomes the distribution point for all your master contactor-controlled 'stuff' in the forward cockpit, etc. Any required 'E-bus' feed can be much smaller, & protected with either a fusible link or appropriate sized slow acting fuse. You should be able to find the concepts detailed in the Z drawings.

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On 5/20/2021 10:39 AM, Jeff Luckey wrote:

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Hey Bob,


It sounds like you're asking the right questions...


The master contactor should be close enough to the battery so that the fat positive cable from the batt to the solenoid can be 18 inches or less.  Then run the fat wire from the other side of the solenoid forward.


Then, just before the crash, when you're running the just-before-I-hit-the-ground checklist, you shut off the master --- just like we were all taught as student pilots.  That makes the length of cable running forward inert (obviously) and therefore, if it gets damaged in the crash, it won't cause a fire.


(This scenario requires a bit more engineering in modern aircraft where all the flight instruments are electric (EFIS) and you might want to be watching airspeed as you try to reduce your kinetic energy before impact without stall/spinning.  But, with your instrumentation it is moot.)



BTW - this is exactly how my 1965 Cherokee is wired.


-Jeff





On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 10:05:21 PM PDT, Bob Verwey <bob.verwey(at)gmail.com> (bob.verwey(at)gmail.com) wrote:




This is kinda related to contactors...


On the BD4 that I am rebuilding, the battery is behind the baggage compartment, with a really fat wire running up to the firewall. 


IO 470 engine so lots of amps required for start.


Is there a recommended contactor placement/battery disconnect protocol out there?
I'm thinking safety in the event of an incident which might short out the fat wire to the fuselage.


My setup is very rudimentary (steam 8 pack), conventional engine gauges, perhaps a mini EFIS. 
 
I did try the Forum search but struggled a little....


Best Regards, Bob Verwey

082 331 2727


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On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 05:46, A Lumley <andrew.lumley(at)sympatico.ca (andrew.lumley(at)sympatico.ca)> wrote:

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Thanks to you both for the quick feedback. I'll include the jumper from the contactor "I" terminal to the starter with the extra diode.

You are correct that B&C no longer sells the crowbar module so I was going to build my own from your crowbar schematics.

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