Thank you Eric Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 www.yannismarine.ca
----- Original Message ----- From: " capteric36" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LIVE-ABOARD LIST" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:44 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] "Fied" nectin > The field connection on a battery switch is > there to protect the alternator diodes in the > event that the battery switch gets turned to the > off' position while the alternator is spinning. If > there is still field current but no load (battery) > the output voltage of an alternator will very > quickly rise high enough to destroy the diodes. > Thus the field connection in the battery switch is > designed to open before the battery connection, > shutting down the alternator. DO NOT rely on this, > as the time it takes the magnetic field in the > alternator to collapse may often be enough time to > destroy the diodes. > > > Eric Thompson > S/V Procrastinator > South San Francisco > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9/1418 - Release Date: > 06/05/2008 5:17 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
