Releew Posted April 22, 2014 Report Posted April 22, 2014 Does anyone know what the thermal switch is set at to activate the Avionics Cooling Fan? I would like to know the kick in and out temperature and if there is a way to manually override the thermal switch and turn it on. I have a 530 that gets pretty hot and I have not heard or seen the blower activate. Fuse is good.... Thanks in advance for the advice! Rick
Jerry 5TJ Posted April 23, 2014 Report Posted April 23, 2014 The (recently installed) avionics fan in my "C" is not thermally controlled. It is wired to its own CB on the avionics sub-panel. The fan blows when the avionics master is on. The fan does blow air through a small flex SCAT tube into air inlet port on the back of the 530. Perhaps your plane does not have a thermal switch and the fan may just be inoperative?
Releew Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Posted April 25, 2014 Thanks for the feedback...... You are correct. Motor was frozen. Very odd the breaker was not tripped. I check voltage at the motor connector and was getting 23VDC.
Plummit Posted April 25, 2014 Report Posted April 25, 2014 You wrote: " Very odd the breaker was not tripped." Just because the motor is "frozen" doesn't mean that it will draw high current. Is it a brushless motor? regards ~Marc
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