gacnik123
Well Known Member
Hope some fellow aviators can tell me some info about my alternator. It’s working fine, but I want to find out if it has over voltage protection. I didn’t build my plane and I believe vans sold these back in the day.
Make?
OV protected?
Anybody had issues?
Reason I ask is Uavionix said my AV 30 failed from a voltage surge. Nothing else failed and my standard voltmeter stayed stable at 14.4v. Plus the AV 30 specs claim max input 60v. I’m pretty sure I’d seen smoke with that.
![3F08C13D-30CD-4B8F-8754-11F5F5C4A0B8.jpg 3F08C13D-30CD-4B8F-8754-11F5F5C4A0B8.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/25/25734-8127bb2ac4be0e288806185f17f22e7f.jpg)
![572D37F3-E838-480D-86A3-537FDE1A47A5.jpg 572D37F3-E838-480D-86A3-537FDE1A47A5.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/25/25735-80681f9d338c244fc957932a7c6cd4d0.jpg)
Hope you can help.
Thanks John
Make?
OV protected?
Anybody had issues?
Reason I ask is Uavionix said my AV 30 failed from a voltage surge. Nothing else failed and my standard voltmeter stayed stable at 14.4v. Plus the AV 30 specs claim max input 60v. I’m pretty sure I’d seen smoke with that.
![3F08C13D-30CD-4B8F-8754-11F5F5C4A0B8.jpg 3F08C13D-30CD-4B8F-8754-11F5F5C4A0B8.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/25/25734-8127bb2ac4be0e288806185f17f22e7f.jpg)
![572D37F3-E838-480D-86A3-537FDE1A47A5.jpg 572D37F3-E838-480D-86A3-537FDE1A47A5.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/25/25735-80681f9d338c244fc957932a7c6cd4d0.jpg)
Hope you can help.
Thanks John