procharger Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Started CT today alt.light was full bright would not go out all numbers were good on dynon cut it off restart and light was out. pulled all panels out pulled all plugs out and put back on see if that helps, tightened grounds also will try tomorrow see what happens, ain't airplanes fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 It could have been a low idle rpm with lots of equipment on (especially the landing light) situation, maybe you forgot to push in the gen switch, poor ground. These are the most common causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmInce Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 . . . "maybe you forgot to push in the gen switch . . . " How in the world could anyone forget that? . . . One more reason for me to follow up with the checklist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Hi Bill, I have seen or had people tell me they forgot a dozen or two times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procharger Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 No everything was on i think loose wire somewhere or pin connection this was different like i said all the volts and amps were good light would not go out even when i turned everything off. only when i shut down and restarted then light went out and did not come back on. Wait see if this happens again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I would first check the multi-pin connector going into the voltage regulator. Lots of gremlins seem to lurk therein. A concoction such as Stabilant-22 on the pins might help if the contacts are wonky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procharger Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Ok i'll check that to thanks, flew yesterday everything was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 An example of what you might find: Indicative of intermittent contact leading to arcing. I've had it happen in one form or another twice in 7 years and 400 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralarcon Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 I, recently, had the same symptoms on my aircraft. The Ducati rectifier gave up the ghost ! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procharger Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Yea I never liked Ducati motorcycles now I got some on my plane thanks for the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 If Italians made airplanes, would you fly in one??? Oh, wait... Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralarcon Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 If Italians made airplanes, would you fly in one??? Oh, wait... Never mind. LOL Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralarcon Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Yea I never liked Ducati motorcycles now I got some on my plane thanks for the pic Your welcome Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runtoeat Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I used two small nylon ties at each end of the regulator connector to secure this to the regulator. Think I might have had to drill two small holes in the nylon female on the regulator to accept the ties. Before using the ties, the connector would occasionally become partially dislodged from the regulator. Doesn't happen anymore. I also "tweaked" the small tabs which come out from the individual blade connectors to keep these secured to the male connector. No more worries about loosing connections at the regulator. Might have a picture of his somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 What many don't realize is that the regulator plug almost takes two hands to FULLY push the plug into the receptacle and if the connections inside the plug are not properly clicked into place then when you push it on the connector pushes back and many times you can't quite tell. You really need to squeeze this plug in hard and it will seat. Then pull on the individual wires to make sure all the connections did in fact push together and not partially back out.The two clips on each end should prevent the plug from backing out If a wire connector does partially back out and depending on which wire this will cause arching between the two contacts and possible ruin the reg. and at the very least give you some electrical issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 If Italians made airplanes, would you fly in one??? Oh, wait... What could go wrong? Caproni Ca.60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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