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Hill, you got to me :)
by
Slave2School
on 27 Sep, 2006 15:46
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Thank you aircraft spruce, hillfolk, and velcro
Non-operational for now, since I'm not bothering to hook it up to my dying vnt-15, the 17 is in the mail.
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#1
by
macsdub
on 27 Sep, 2006 21:07
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sweet
did you see the way mine is mounted too??
instead of a "normal" guage that goes thru the front of a panel
these actually install from the back,the guage should come with 4 countersunk screws also
i used an old "rabbit gti" guage panel and mounted mine to that,counter sunk the screw holes and voila,instant aircraft coolness
hey did you get the "light kit"?? mine didnt come with a light,and it was like 3 or 4 bux extra
lol
git er dun :wink:
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#2
by
Slave2School
on 28 Sep, 2006 04:36
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No I didn't get the light kit, I think I'll find an LED some day. I would have liked a panel to mount it into as well, but the gauge is slightly too large to fit in the cubby hole above the radio, so I'm using the pooor man's pod on the steering column. I saved serious bucks by getting it online through them though, even if it sin't as pretty.
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#3
by
macsdub
on 28 Sep, 2006 07:57
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yea the response is good too,best ive seen for a "non powered" thermocouple
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#4
by
moosiah
on 29 Sep, 2006 22:54
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Interesting.......... westac is down the street from me...... IF I ever get a day off I might go over there and check this out.............
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#5
by
jtanguay
on 30 Sep, 2006 00:19
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yea the way this thermocouple works is very neat. Uses dissimilar metals to use the actual heat to generate its own energy (they use the electricity generated by heat to calculate/calibrate temperatures...)
yea I love this egt gauge too... very quick responding! There was just a few occasions where I had the torch on it, and the needle didn't move... I was letting it warm up + cool down and I think about the 3rd time I did that, it lagged. Took about 5-10 seconds for it to climb up again.
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#6
by
Slave2School
on 30 Sep, 2006 07:39
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AND if you have ever used a peltier cooler, they work on the same principal, except you apply power to the dissimilar metals and you get heat trasfer from one side to the other. Fricken sweet
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#7
by
RabbitJockey
on 30 Sep, 2006 14:55
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we played with thermocouples in my physics class, if you had a good bit of 2 different types of metals i am sure you could produce a fair amount of power assuming you could create a large enough temperature difference.
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#8
by
Slave2School
on 30 Sep, 2006 15:08
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Canadian tire has a fan that works like that, it sits on the wood stove and blows the air around for "free" I think it is something like $150 for the fan unit LOL
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#9
by
macsdub
on 01 Oct, 2006 08:18
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i think i saw a spec on my thermocouple box that said somethin like
"32 mv@1500f"
not bad from just heat :wink: