A "Glow" Hint

[John Ferrell]

Great tip!
I should have thought of that one!

John Ferrell
6241 Phillippi Rd
Julian NC 27283
Phone: (336)685-9606
johnferrell at earthlink.net
Dixie Competition Products
NSRCA 479 AMA 4190  W8CCW
"My Competition is Not My Enemy"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don McCullough" <donald_mccullough at hotmail.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: A "Glow" Hint


> The PowerPole and Deans heavy-duty plugs are used in competition RC cars
> where reliability and low drop in voltage is important. The advantage of
the
> PowerPole is you can configure the polarity depending on how you assemble
> them -- so you don't mix up 12V and glow driver voltages.
>
> Don Mc
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "John Ferrell" <johnferrell at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Subject: Re: A "Glow" Hint
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:30:30 -0400
>
> Ham radio operators are moving towards these connectors for high current
> applications because of their quality and dependability.
> http://www.greensboro.com/hamradio/powerpole.html
>
> They are readily available everywhere but Radio Shack but it is rumored
that
> they are going to add them to their product line.
>
> Note that there is a problem when the same connector is used for glow
plugs
> and 12 volts.
>
> After Bill Glaze got his fingers in the prop removing a glow starter this
> weekend, I am looking into that popular European practice of using a
remote
> connector for the glow plug.
>
> John Ferrell
> 6241 Phillippi Rd
> Julian NC 27283
> Phone: (336)685-9606
> johnferrell at earthlink.net
> Dixie Competition Products
> NSRCA 479 AMA 4190  W8CCW
> "My Competition is Not My Enemy"
>
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: Jerry Stebbins
>    To: discussion at nsrca.org
>    Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 11:13 AM
>    Subject: Re: A "Glow" Hint
>
>
>    We just put a high current battery connector in the line, and make up
> spare leads to a new plug connector. All use same connectors/same
polarity.
> That way we can interchange when someone has a problem---and they will.
>    Jerry
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Morton
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:30 PM
>      Subject: Re: A "Glow" Hint
>
>
>      Bob,
>
>      I decided to use the banana plug connectors after going through my
> second glow plug connector and did not want this device to fail at a
> critical time (like a contest). I keep two glow plugs ready in my case. I
> have not had any problems with the banana plug, but I use pretty good
> quality gold plated ones. I did not notice any differences in starting my
> planes using the banana plug connectors.
>
>      Did you put your solution on your website, I looked but did not see
it.
>
>      Ray Morton
>
>      Bob Pastorello wrote:
>
>        Thought I'd share something borne of frustration at the field.  The
> twist lock glo connector that didn't.  Of course, I had no spare
CONNECTOR,
> and the Radio South Pro Driver worked flawlessly, as it holds it's charge
a
> LONG time...but... a bad connector renders the best glow driver useless.
>            So - friend Ray Morton sent me a pic of his RS driver that he
had
> modified with banana jacks on the case, and put banana plugs on the glow
> connector.  My experience with banana plug setups is they loosen, and
slide
> OUT when you need them IN.  So I needed a different solution.
>            Off to Radio Shack - found some very inexpensive "barrel" wire
> connectors.  Male/Female in a package for $2 that did a battery end, the
RS
> Driver, and THREE glow connectors.  They aren't designed for a high number
> of disconnects, as they would wear pretty fast.  But - I won't be
unplugging
> unless disaster strikes - then I won't care.
>            Works just fine...and I now have inexpensive redundancy that
lets
> me use the RS Driver primarily.  THAT has it's advantages.
>
>        Just thought I'd share the tip.
>
>        Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
>        NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
>        rcaerobob at cox.net
>        www.rcaerobats.net
>
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