JonJay
Well Known Member
Here are my symptoms;
40 hours, Ammeter showed charging, then discharging, then charging again, etc... When charging, voltage was 14.1, when discharging 12-13. These symptoms repeated on this relatively short flight. Pulled cowling checked all wiring and plug. Nothing seemed out of sorts.
Fully charged battery overnight for trip next day. Everything checked out fine, flew to destination (45min.), all ok except after landing ammeter showed discharging during my taxi to parking. Came back to plane, taxi, run up, etc... ammeter still showed discharging. Took off to get home, after leveling out everything came back to normal and stayed that way for the rest of the flight. Landed, and while taxiing, ammeter showed discharging again.
I am curious as to others who have had alternator failures as to your symptoms. I am assuming that my regulator is going schytzo and that will be an easy first spot to look. I have gone over the posts but have found no listing of symptoms of failures.
Any help is appreciated before I change out the regulator.
40 hours, Ammeter showed charging, then discharging, then charging again, etc... When charging, voltage was 14.1, when discharging 12-13. These symptoms repeated on this relatively short flight. Pulled cowling checked all wiring and plug. Nothing seemed out of sorts.
Fully charged battery overnight for trip next day. Everything checked out fine, flew to destination (45min.), all ok except after landing ammeter showed discharging during my taxi to parking. Came back to plane, taxi, run up, etc... ammeter still showed discharging. Took off to get home, after leveling out everything came back to normal and stayed that way for the rest of the flight. Landed, and while taxiing, ammeter showed discharging again.
I am curious as to others who have had alternator failures as to your symptoms. I am assuming that my regulator is going schytzo and that will be an easy first spot to look. I have gone over the posts but have found no listing of symptoms of failures.
Any help is appreciated before I change out the regulator.