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  • hanleyclifford
    Afourian MVP
    • Mar 2010
    • 6994
    #1

    Going More Conventional

    Ongoing effort to get Destiny ready for the next owner. The alternator controller was never intended to be anything but a temporary coil resistor but I'm just getting around to making the change. The new resistor is a NAPA ICR 13, labeled at 1.82 ohms but actually tested at 2.1 ohms. The coil which I have had for decades tests at 3.7 ohms. As the instruments show I have less resistance than before but still running a cool coil. Volts up about .5 v and amps now about 1.25 amps. See how little current is actually required to run an Atomic 4, preserving the life of the coil.
    Last edited by hanleyclifford; 07-13-2016, 08:26 PM.
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  • chiron
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2011
    • 114
    #2
    Your getting rid of your H28!?

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    • hanleyclifford
      Afourian MVP
      • Mar 2010
      • 6994
      #3
      Originally posted by chiron View Post
      Your getting rid of your H28!?
      Not yet - just thinking ahead.

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      • HalcyonS
        • Dec 2012
        • 519
        #4
        Originally posted by hanleyclifford View Post
        Not yet - just thinking ahead.
        ah, the venerable H28. I used to sail on one in Adelaide, South Australia. I think it left an indelible mark on my psyche - that's proper boat!
        "Halcyon" 36' custom sloop. 8 tons. Glass over strip plank mahoghany. Spruce mast and booms, launched 1969. Original A4.

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