Gear warning horn adjustment.

[teethdoc]

I flew my new 201J today and every time we got below 16" MP the gear warning horn goes off. Is this normal? It seems like it should be a slightly lower MP to trigger it.

[The-sky-captain]

Mine triggers around 14. It's an easy adjustment for your A&P

[tomn]

If yours is like mine, there is a small switch mounted to your throttle cable housing on the back side of the panel. It rides on the throttle cable to trigger the gear warning. It is adjusted by loosening two screws and sliding it either way to change the trigger point. You would slide it towards the panel to make it switch at a lower MP.

Tom

[M016576]

That horn isn't supposed to come on until 12" manifold pressure (at least according to my POH). It's easy to adjust, as stated above

[tomn]

I have mine set to about 14" - that seems to work well for me. You need to be sure it is set so that it will always come on with your particular procedure with enough time left to go around in case you don't always pull the throttle back all the way before landing. I always check it before putting the gear down by pulling throttle back until it sounds.

[teethdoc]

Thanks guys. 14" should be about perfect. It will allow me to slow down without getting beeped at, but remind me when I actually start pulling the power out to land.