I apologize. Should have looked up the ohm reading as Josh did instead of winging it. Josh found 2 ohms, which means about 6 amps per glow plug (which means a surprisingly small 72 watts of heat from each glow plug) and a total of 24 amps going from the battery through the glow plug solenoid to the glow plugs.
What can I say, I was ME (among other things) not EE and my diesel experience is more practical than theoretical. Rick -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Leslie Paal via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2:08 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Leslie Paal <lpaalc...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Universal Engine panel wiring To run 10 amps through the glow plugs they can not be more than 1.2 ohms, from a 12V battery. A couple thousand ohms would allow only 6 mA, barely enough to lite a LED... ;-) Leslie. (one of my degrees is EE.) -------------------------------------------- down the starting voltage. When you power the glow plugs you are running ten amps or so across a couple thousand ohms of resistance to create heat. If your battery is OK, and of _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
