Mike S
Senior Curmudgeon
O.K., so I am very close to firing up my panel. I have put a bit of thought into the way/method of testing the package, and would like input from the "VAF database" as to my ideas.
My plane has a dual battery, dual alternator system, the radios and the EFISs are powered directly from the aux batt, all else directly from the main batt.
The main batt feeds the aux buss through a 35 amp Schottky diode, in case the aux system goes south on me.
My plan is to pull all the circuit breakers, turn off all the electronics that have off switches, and fire up the aux power. I will then energize one circuit at a time, starting with the least important one on the aux buss, then if no issues, pull that breaker, and move on to the next one until all aux system circuits have been tested.
Repete same for the main.
Then go back to the aux and energize circuits one at a time, and adding circuits until all aux breakers are in.
Again, repete for the main.
Obviously, this assumes no smoke escaping------or at least fixing anything that comes up at each stage.
Anybody out there see any issues with this??????
Thanks in advance,
My plane has a dual battery, dual alternator system, the radios and the EFISs are powered directly from the aux batt, all else directly from the main batt.
The main batt feeds the aux buss through a 35 amp Schottky diode, in case the aux system goes south on me.
My plan is to pull all the circuit breakers, turn off all the electronics that have off switches, and fire up the aux power. I will then energize one circuit at a time, starting with the least important one on the aux buss, then if no issues, pull that breaker, and move on to the next one until all aux system circuits have been tested.
Repete same for the main.
Then go back to the aux and energize circuits one at a time, and adding circuits until all aux breakers are in.
Again, repete for the main.
Obviously, this assumes no smoke escaping------or at least fixing anything that comes up at each stage.
Anybody out there see any issues with this??????
Thanks in advance,