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Subject:Re: What for x-mas
From:Daniel Grunloh
Date:Thu Dec 07 07:12:47 2000
In article <90o7mn$8ff@dispatch.concentric.net>,
"Ross Carlisle" wrote:
>You can build a DC-DC voltage converter to knock 12 down to 1.5. The only
>issue is the amperage draw. I have heated socks and gloves that I used on
>the snowmobile last year. I plugged both into the sleds electrical system
>with a DC-DC converter. I dont have the sleds anymore and dont have an elec
>system on the plane...I dont think the lighting coils will do it without a
>battery to act as a buffer...

The Key West regulator available from UL sources will give
13.8 steady volts from the Rotax without a battery. The
lighting coil without such a regulator will zoom up to 30-40V
(I think) at full throttle.


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Daniel Grunloh (grunloh@uiuc.edu)
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~grunloh

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