varlajo Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 (edited) Been noticing intermittent charge recently. The alternator appears to function properly during most of the flight, but sometimes would not kick in until main battery charge drops to 11.7V - but never lower than that. Last image for comparison shows an actual failure of a charging system due to a separation of the field wire in flight, where the main battery keeps discharging towards 10V. This seems not to be happening in the scenario above. Thoughts? Edited Monday at 07:38 PM by varlajo Quote
Yetti Posted Tuesday at 07:16 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 07:16 PM Simple things first. Check Belt condition and tightness. Build a new wiring harness to the alternator. Replace brushes in the alternator. May be a voltage regulator. Replace with Zeftronics. Quote
PT20J Posted Tuesday at 09:41 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 09:41 PM It looks pretty noisy even when it’s working. I’d first check all the connections carefully. O Quote
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