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Douglas.Weir(at)us.calyon
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 Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: Alternator light in a '79 Tiger |
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Gary,
Can you please remind me what the alternator light on the panel is supposed
to be telling me?
I know that it comes on when the alernator side of the split master is
switched OFF, but other than that, I have never seen it come on despite
multiple alternator related problems. FWIW, I have had the alternator
replaced once (not sure what the problem was), I have had a broken output
terminal another time, and had a broken wire from the VR to the alternator
most recently. None of these failures caused the ALT light on the control
panel to illuminate, but each of them caused me to lose my alternator power.
Thanks and regards,
Doug
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GrummanDude
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:01 am Post subject: Alternator light in a '79 Tiger |
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In a message dated 2/21/06 8:22:09 AM, Douglas.Weir(at)us.calyon.com writes:
| Quote: | Can you please remind me what the alternator light on the panel is supposed
to be telling me?
I know that it comes on when the alernator side of the split master is
switched OFF, but other than that, I have never seen it come on despite
multiple alternator related problems.=A0
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Oddly enough, it only tells you WHEN the alternator switch is on. Other
than that, it doesn't do anything. Look at the wiring diagram on my web site.
You can see that it is wired (powered by) the nav lights. I have had
problems with the nav lights blowing a fuse and it turned out to be the idiot light.
Completely remove all of the wiring associated with the idiot light and the
over-voltage relay. ALL of the wiring. Install a Zeftronics alternator
controller with the built-in over-voltage sensor. Wire up the "I" terminal the
way they show it in the STC paperwork (to one of the indicator lights for the
Precise Flight vacuum gauge) and it will work just like the idiot light you=20now
have. It is a LOT simpler and doesn't use the nav lights for power.
On a side note, just because the alternator light in a car tell you when the
alternator is charging, that doesn't mean that aircraft have the same level=20of
technology. Oh, yes, I know, idiot lights for alternators on cars started
showing up in 1963, BUT, they aren't approved for aircraft.
On my first Cheetah, I wired up an idiot light that showed when the
alternator was putting out power. I copied the wiring diagram out of a 1968 Motors
Book (if you're old enough to remember that...) for a 1968 Ford. It worked.
I had it in there for almost 15 years. I took it out when I sold the plane.
I talked to an engineeer at Zeftronics and he said they were planning on a
revision of the R15V00 regulator for which the "I" terminal also showed low
voltage.
I think Bob Stewart has wired up the basic R15V00 to show low voltage but I
never got a wiring diagram to see how he did it.
Maybe you can ask him.
Gary
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