VansAirForceForums  
Home > VansAirForceForums

- POSTING RULES
- Donate yearly (please).
- Advertise in here!

- Today's Posts | Insert Pics


Go Back   VAF Forums > Model Specific > RV-12/RV-12iS
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Today's Posts

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-09-2015, 09:42 AM
Hotscam Hotscam is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Bosschenhoofd, Netherlands
Posts: 151
Default EMS signals go wrong

On our new 12 some measurements go wrong at irregular intervals.
Everything was fine during the first 60 hours.
After this the fuel pressure started floating between 2.0 and 5.0 psi and alarmed very often.
I replaced the Kavlico and cleaned the fuel system as there have been some problems with these as per Dynon notes, but this did not improve things.
Lately the fuel flow reading suddenly triples and starts alarming always simultanenous with oil pressure dropping below alarm levels. Oil pressure allo sometimes crossed out red, which would indicate wiring problems.
Pretty squary situation when you fly in the mountains at 7000 ft.
In the meantime I found there is nothing wrong with all these measurement values and the old Rotax keeps on going very well.
Everything may be normal for an hour and suddenly alarms start popping up.
On the ground all is always fine so very hard for fault finding.

Is feels like an intermittend wiring or grounding problem, but I cannot see anything common between the flow sensor and the oil pressure apart from 12v aux supply.
I cannot see the number of flow pulses increase so easily

What puzzled me during checking the Autocad wiring drawings from VAN's that none of the ground pins of the EMS220 are connected. How are these grounds coming in?

The grounds of the problematic sensors go into the wonder box and are interconnected via the pcb but do jot feed back to the EMS
The only ground to the EMS seems to be the bus ground but that cannot be the the correct way to me.

Anybody experienced this before or any hints how to attack this ?

Our other 12 with identical Skyview and software works perfect for 500 hours
__________________
Jack Netherlands

PH-SEP and PH-SES

RV12 #120519 and #120790
Hobbs 700+ hours and 400+ hours
Dual SV1000 Skyview 15, Pocket FMS and Powerflarm 6.0 (ADSB)

RV10 PH-USN Hobbs 350 hours
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 08-09-2015, 05:26 PM
Bill_H's Avatar
Bill_H Bill_H is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Marshall TX (KASL)
Posts: 1,783
Default

Other people have reported similar problems. Consider this additional engine ground wire, which has also been said to solve them. http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...&postcount=240
__________________
Bill H, RV12, N412BR "Sweetie", Skyview-equipped, KASL Marshall TX
Reply With Quote
Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:07 AM.


The VAFForums come to you courtesy Delta Romeo, LLC. By viewing and participating in them you agree to build your plane using standardized methods and practices and to fly it safely and in accordance with the laws governing the country you are located in.