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I've had an electrical problem happen for the
second time now and wanted to float it by the LML to see if its happened to
anyone else.
I have a B&C 14 volt, 60 amp alternator as well
as one of their voltage regulators. They were trouble free for about
two years until about 5 weeks ago when I went to go fly and couldn't get my
alternator to come on line. It was an uncharacteristically cold and damp
day when this happened (my plane is hangared, so it wasn't wet). After an
hour of fruitless troubleshooting, I had to cancel my flight and head for
the airlines to get where I was going.
A few days later on a nice sunny day,
I pulled off the cowl and ran through B&C's troubleshooting checklist before
calling their tech support to report that everything appeared normal. The
technician I spoke to had me do a couple of other things, then told me it should
work. I pulled the plane out, started it up and my alternator came on
normally.
I've flown several times since then
with no problems, but today when I went to go slip the surly bonds,
it happened again. Once again, it's cool, damp weather and has been
raining for several days. I don't know if that's coincidental or not, but
this time, I'm waiting for a warm dry day and will try to start up again without
doing a thing and see if it works.
I'm wondering if anyone else has had
this sort of thing happen with their B&C alternator and/or voltage regulator
or if there's something obvious I may be overlooking.
Thanks,
Skip Slater
N540ES
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