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How much time is on your Plane Power Alternator?
I have read about the miserable experiences some have experienced with their PP Alternator. I have considered swapping mine for a B&C unit. I have about 550 hours on mine. I?m just curious if there are others who have racked up higher amounts of times on theirs. It goes a bit against my grain to fix the unbroken, but I do get the feeling it might be borrowing time.
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300 hours
I got about 300 hours before the rear bearings failed. My buddies just got 200 hours and 600 hours before their regulators commenced to spike and cause the VPX to trip the Nav/Com and transponder circuits.
Alan |
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Definitely best to wait until you're stranded somewhere, with no tools, on a trip with the wife before you replace it :eek: |
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2,350 on mine... so far ;)
2,350 on mine... so far ;)
I have always had a blast tube on the regulator. |
587 Hrs and 6 years . . . .
. . . . . of trouble free operation so far. I guess it could fail tomorrow . . . . . :rolleyes:
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Perhaps I should have said something a little 'nicer' like: 'do yourself a favor and replace that POS before it fails and leaves you stranded'.... there is that better? |
I don't get all the fuss - There's over 500 hours on my $50 Suzuki alternator, and I can find a replacement at any autozone.
But to answer more productively, there was a poll a while back about alternator reliability, and it seems like theres a wide variety of experiences with every type. How much trouble will it be to replace your alternator if it does go bad? I don't recall it being a terrible job. Would it be a simple enough swap to just keep a cheap auto alternator on hand just in case you need something to get you home? Chris |
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Ok I'm gonna stop now... |
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