Was flying today in the -6 and had an electrical issue inflight. Maybe some of you experts might have a clue what caused this. In cruise about half way to my destination I got a "check amps" message from the AFS-2500. I looked at it and it was showing 0.3 amps and the volts were 11.8 and declining about a 10th per 5 minutes or so. Having a Lightspeed ignition (battery backup too) and being new to the airplane, I banged a "U-ey" (grew up in Boston) and headed back to my home field. About half way back, the amps and volts shot back up to normal readings like nothing ever happened.
My partner had this happen before, but only after the airplane was sitting outside in the drizzle while attending a formation clinic and once while flying through rain (it's a tip-up).
My initial thought was instrumentation, but quickly discarded that after seeing amps AND volts where they shouldn't be. What do you guys think? Alternator going? Brushes wearing? I'm stumped.
My partner had this happen before, but only after the airplane was sitting outside in the drizzle while attending a formation clinic and once while flying through rain (it's a tip-up).
My initial thought was instrumentation, but quickly discarded that after seeing amps AND volts where they shouldn't be. What do you guys think? Alternator going? Brushes wearing? I'm stumped.