The attached is the one I was referring to, not the micro panel which was not an option in 1983 when I bought the one I use. I built my pit box from a Goldberg kit and mounted the power panel on angled wood brackets secured to the panel with wood screws and to the flight box with Golberg right angle hatch brackets right above the gell cell battery. So, to get at the back side of the panel I just loosen two screws and snap the panel away from the flight box. The panel I use, as described in the tech spec on the Tower site, provides 1.2 (not 12) volts to the plug connector wire sockets. The plug connector is very similar to the one you attached. I find the plug driver powered like this to be particularly useful when breaking in an engine (per Hobbsy's method) as it does not drain down like a single cell nicad or nimh would.
Sincerely, Dick
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The once pretty standard power panel that is inputted by the 12 volt battery used for the starter also provides 6 volts for an electric fuel pump and 1.5 volts for a glow plug driver. My panel made by Hobbico (Tower) has a meter tied into the glow driver so it reads the current draw, and as a result shows if the plug is taking current (not burned out). The panel uses a cord ended plug connector that Du Bro, for one, makes. I use my power panel for all three and only charge the 12 volt gell cell battery once or twice a season.
Well 1.5v yes and no. It supplies 12v to the glow plug intermittantly. Works great, has indicator to indicate if glow plug is good or how much heat is going to the plug depending on the model
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=LXWX80&P=7 $17.95
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