>> what is the reason for using
breakers
>shed load... how does one do a failed hyd >inflight
gear drop test?
Well, you reach up to the instrument panel, lift the red cover guard (to
the left of the landing gear lever), and flip the toggle switch off:
This removes all power to the coils for the gear up and gear down relays,
shutting off power to the hydraulic pump.
In the relatively unlikely event that the main contacts for either the
gear up or gear down relays weld closed, then this switch wouldn't shut off
power to the pump. In that case, I would shut off the pump by switching on
the auxiliary alternator, switch on the endurance bus alternate feed, and
then switch off the main alternator and master switch. This would
take slightly longer than pulling a circuit breaker and I would have to do
without devices that aren't on the endurance bus, but I avoid running a high
current wire to the instrument panel. I think either approach will work
fine.
Best,
Dennis Johnson
Legacy N52PT, approaching 100 hours!
PS Since someone might want to know, my neighbor, an amateur
machinist, turned the "tire" handle for the landing gear lever. (I stole
the idea from Rob's beautiful Legacy.) I glued it on to the toggle
switch's bat handle using E6000 (aka Shoe Goo), a miracle adhesive. The
red toggle switch guard was from Aircraft Spruce.
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