X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:04:25 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with ESMTP id 2711763 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:02:49 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.120; envelope-from=sreeves@sc.rr.com Received: from Steve-Laptop.sc.rr.com ([65.184.127.203]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080202050208.ZOAE12601.cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com@Steve-Laptop.sc.rr.com> for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 05:02:08 +0000 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Original-Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:01:55 -0500 X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" From: Steve Reeves Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Overvoltage In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Original-Message-Id: <20080202050208.ZOAE12601.cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com@Steve-Laptop.sc.rr.com> Hi Bill, et. all. Thanks much for all of the replies. I am not having an overvoltage problem, I'm having a problem with the charging system dropping out completely and intermittently. I bought a new B&C battery and replaced the alternator last weekend with the same result. The voltage regulator was recently replaced. The overvoltage is the only "old" piece in the system that I know of. What I'm not sure of is if this thing is freaking out and dropping the system offline. The voltage isn't spiking when it does this. And I'm only showing around 13.6V max (I used to show around 14.something) I am going to bypass it by simply soldering a decent gauge jumper wire between the input and output of the overvoltage device. It does this under a decent load. Day flights..no problem. Anytime I need to run a few things like strobes, etc. It likes to do this. I can induce it with strobes easily as they seem to draw the most current by far, but I can also induce it by leaving the strobes off and loading it down with landing light, navs, fuel pump, etc. If I toodle along with just my avionics and fuel pump I never have a problem. If this doesn't work tomorrow, I think I'm going to have to farm this out to someone, as it's going to be over my head. I've tried everything I know to do. Steve At 10:23 PM 2/1/2008, you wrote: >Steve: >You didnt say what you were trying to accomplish or just what the problem was. > >The overvoltage circuit is there for a reason. (How did you plan to >circumvent it? ) Once we know what the goal is, there might be a >easier way to get there. > >Regards, Bill Hogarty > > >-- >For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html