[SEL] Brooks pictures

[Best, George]

Correct!
There is no draw on the battery except for the moment the ignitor trips.
A big reason why the little battery can last so long.

Wouldn't last long at all if trying to power a buzz coil on a throttle governed engine!

George

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From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of jbcast at charter.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEL] Brooks pictures

An ignitor for a battery ignition is usually closed only at firing time. 
Magneto ignitors may be closed all of the time except when firing, this will make a sinificnt difference in battery draw.
J.B. Castagnos

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Best, George wrote:

> The 3hp Gade in the photos is mine and was my 9v battery experiment 
> during the show.
> I ran the Gade non-stop for 8 hours on Saturday and non-stop for 9 
> hours on Sunday running on a disposable 9 volt battery.
> I had previously run the engine 1.5 hours on the same battery and at 
> the end of the show it still had 8 volts!
>
> I'm sure that a little 9v battery is sufficient to run a hit&miss 
> ignitor fired engine that is not working for several engine shows.
> Especially if you don't run your engine non-stop like I was doing.
>
> The red 4hp tank cooled Stover with the embossed cylinder is also my 
> engine.  It is a 1903 engine, while the two square push rod engines at 
> the show are probably 1902.
> The square pushrod engines do not have serial numbers or Stover tags 
> and are most likely prototype engines that Stover tested at a ranch in 
> Oregon.  Both engines were found on the same ranch.
> So I didn't have the oldest Stover at the show, but I did have the 
> oldest one with a serial number (1887) and brass tag at the show.
>
> Ron didn't include a photo of it, but I also had my 3hp tank cooled 
> Stover W at the show.  The tank cooled W engines where custom made by 
> Stover and were all shipped to Australia.  There are only about a 
> dozen of these tank cooled engines in the Cooper registry.  I had the 
> engine shipped from Australia, so most likely it is the only one in 
> North America.
>
> George
>
>
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> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of 
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:58 PM
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: [SEL] Brooks pictures
>
> Hi all.
> Last weekend I visited the show in Brooks Oregon.  Beautiful weather 
> and engines, display area is top notch.  Pictures at:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/104862591013550196821/Brooks2012#
>
> Ron Haskell
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Riverside, California USA
> http://picasaweb.google.com/RonHaskell
>
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