Can I ask a question?  Why does he have a 50 amp fuse on a 60 amp alternator? 

Mark S.


At 02:26 PM 5/31/2004 -0400, you wrote:

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I have a "abnormal voltage" light right in front of my eyeballs on the instrument panel that lights up when Under or Over voltage conditions exists.  Also, I have a voltmeter that is part of my eyeball scan.  Since I normally log engine and flight parameters every 15 minutes during flight  including my volt meter, I hope I would notice such an happening before I took off or had flow more than 15 minutes.   Some circuit breakers don't give you a good visual indication when they have popped.  I have the kind that stick out approx. 1/2 " when they pop with contrasting white on black - will generally catch your eyeball scan.
 
The horn sounds like a good idea
 
Glad the Subie pilot was uninjured, a plane can be fixed.
 
Ed
 
 
Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC

----- Original Message -----

From: kevin lane

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:07 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Subaru Cozy has an eventful first flight.

after repeatedly leaving the master switch on, I wired a horn to the alt light..  this has helped me remember to shut it off.  I also wired a switch into the horn so I can turn the master swt. on "in peace" to say listen to awos or program the gps before starting the plane, so there still exists a failure mode, but I have found it is much better now.  breaking the routine seems to be the key for detecting mistakes.  try giving some yakky kid (or cute coed) a ride sometime and see what you forget to do!

Kevin Lane  Portland, OR

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........ might be some lessons to be learned for people like me who are using single alternator, dual barrety, electronic ignition systems. It seems he left his master on overnight. .......