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Re: ignition coil - aside reaction - last comment
From: William Noble[SMTP:William_B_Noble-at-msn-dot-com]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 1997 4:45 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: RE: ignition coil - aside reaction - last comment
just to complete the discussion here, the only aircraft I can speak to with
great authority is the L-1011. I have personally measured the "28V" power
busses with the engines not running and they do measure 28V. As I recall the
power system spec (and I don't have it here in my hotel room), the minimum
voltage was about 25, for a few milliseconds. I believe that the extra 4
volts may come from NiCd in lieu of lead/acid batteries - certainly the
batteries for the INS system were NiCd (I never personally inspected the main
28V batteries). I also have the specs for Boeing 7X7 aircraft, but I have not
personally measured the DC busses in Boeing aircraft. I have personnaly
measured the 28VDC on the B-1 flight test vehicle (and yes, it too was 28V).
If I remember right (and this is going back 15 years), the 28V is produced by
a bridge rectifier driven by 400Hz 26VAC (which is the standard excitation
voltage for synchro resolvers)
Perhaps, since this discussion is not of much relevance to tesla coils, we can
agree that some aircraft have 28V systems?
-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla List
Sent: Friday, July 25, 1997 3:05 AM
To: 'Tesla List'
Subject: Re: ignition coil - aside reaction
[bill] big snip
Aircraft electrical systems are 24VDC the same way automotive systems
are 12 and 6VDC. The 28 volt is the charging voltage. The batteries are
24 volt.
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