lvpazik Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Sat on ramp here in Vegas too long the other day waiting for departing/arriving traffic. Coolant got into the red range while oil was in mid-yellow range. Taxied back and shut her down and called it a day. Today, went back to check on airplane. Coolant bottle empty. Started airplane, ran up to green arc for oil. Coolant stayed in green. Did the R/L lane check, which was successful. My concern is, from a charging perspective, the left lane shows 12.5 and right shows -9.5. Pulled the generator breaker and noticed no difference in charging indication. Any ideas/comments from the forum? I am concerned this was a side effect of the engine overheating while I was sitting on the ramp too long waiting to rotate out. While I was taxing back the Lane B light kept flashing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 The breakers used are crap. Thet aren't meant to be switched a lot. I cut a failed one open to see its design and are disappointed. Sudden failures tend to be the breakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvpazik Posted August 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Thanks for that info Corey. Where were you able to purchase a replacement breaker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Flight design distributor. the breakers are only 30 with shipping, but be sure your breaker is actually failed. With the panel removed, run the airplane at 3500 RPM. Place a voltmeter across the two terminals and the breaker on. If you read anything more than a fraction of a volt, the breaker is failed. Also, touch each terminal and bridge to ground. You shouldn't read more than a volt, two in an extreme case. I don't have wiring diagrams for the CTLSi, so I do not know if the engine has to be running, but this makes sure based are covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppercity Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 6 hours ago, lvpazik said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runtoeat Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 I have replaced my push/pull with a toggle/breaker which is meant for this. We have the option to use either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Just to get terms right we have alternators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppercity Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 What I meant to post above... You can induce a Lane failure by performing the Lane checks incorrectly. If you attempt to do lane checks as if doing "mag" checks then the ECU for that lane may not reboot. The proper technique is described in this Service Notification. SN-ASTM-CTLS-04_ctlsi_engine starting info.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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