As much as I enjoy seeing what sort of suicide devices people will
cobble together and bolt to an aircraft... I feel almost obligated to
mention that you can find brand new 12v Hobbs hourmeters on E-bay for about
$20.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tego ry=46100






"Whunicut" wrote in message
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To all who replied:
This has been a real learning experience for me. Never heard of a Zener
before!
There are many "off the shelf" gismos that will do the job and can get
expensive.
I like to tinker and experiment so I am going with

1. resistor of; 1.99 ohms, 32.16 watts.
2. Zener of 6v.24.12 watts.

I got these numbers at the Zener diode selector

My meter would not register the spike for the rewind stage, so I hooked
the
Hobbs up to the battery charger switched to 6v in and 6amp. When the spike
came, the meter jumped about 1.5 amps. I used 2000 mA for the diode
selector.

And to Kevin Gallimore...probably be a year. (90% done and 90% to go) But
if
you want a ride in the Marquart Charger, come on down and we will bore
some
holes in the sky!

Regards and Thanks to All.
Warren