Hey guys,
My alternator has always come online at idle right after starting.
2 flights ago it did not come online until I bumped the throttle up to around 3k. It then functioned normally.
Yesterday when I went to fly, it would not come online no matter how much I advanced the throttle. I decided to taxi back to the hangar when for no apparent reason it came online. I flew and it functioned normally.
Today it would not come online at all. I checked and cleaned the connector going to the voltage regulator. No help. Checked battery connections and ground going to airframe. No issues noted.
No obvious issues with wiring. Has anyone had a voltage regulator fail with the symptoms I've mentioned? I've heard these regulators are prone to failure but I don't know how they fail. Can they become intermittent or do they just fail?
My VR is mounted in the engine compartment.
Any ideas welcome.
Thank you
My alternator has always come online at idle right after starting.
2 flights ago it did not come online until I bumped the throttle up to around 3k. It then functioned normally.
Yesterday when I went to fly, it would not come online no matter how much I advanced the throttle. I decided to taxi back to the hangar when for no apparent reason it came online. I flew and it functioned normally.
Today it would not come online at all. I checked and cleaned the connector going to the voltage regulator. No help. Checked battery connections and ground going to airframe. No issues noted.
No obvious issues with wiring. Has anyone had a voltage regulator fail with the symptoms I've mentioned? I've heard these regulators are prone to failure but I don't know how they fail. Can they become intermittent or do they just fail?
My VR is mounted in the engine compartment.
Any ideas welcome.
Thank you