Thanks for clarifying that Jim, I was to quick to assume. Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] (T&T: & TWL2:) Fw: & TWL2:) Re: 24V starter, 12V house bank - Ugh!
> Letsgosailing wrote: >> Norm, >> That will not work, You need to rectify the ac to dc to charge the >> battery. >> It is not only the regulator that is needed to make it work. >> >> Yanni Marinated >> S/V Princess Thalia >> Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 >> www.yannismarine.ca >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > He's not suggesting using the field wire as the output, but to use the > normal output terminal. The field wire will be used with the rheostat > to act like a manually controlled regulator. > > It's been years since I worked with alternators but IIRC the diodes in > those days were rated at a fairly low voltage, 36 V comes to mind. I > assume they are much higher today since technology has advanced > considerably since then. > > Jim. > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1267 - Release Date: > 08/02/2008 8:12 PM > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
