X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 943560 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 13 May 2005 23:51:34 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm65aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050514035050.MCRW2059.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm65aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 23:50:50 -0400 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm65aec.bellsouth.net (InterMail vG.1.02.00.01 201-2136-104-101-20040929) with ESMTP id <20050514035049.VTXW26760.ibm65aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 23:50:49 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Hot Alternator??? Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 22:51:15 -0500 Message-ID: <01e301c55838$2d952890$04000100@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01E4_01C5580E.44BF2090" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01E4_01C5580E.44BF2090 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those of you in the know, is it normal for an alternator to seep = current and get warm when the field coil is powered up? Is this something I = need to fix? If so, should I cancel my trip? I think it has probably been = going on for a long time but... Dave Leonard =20 I've noticed the same thing Dave. I was surprised how warm it got, but = I knew it was flowing current, so I figured it was normal, and didn't = really investigate. In other words, have a good trip :-) =20 Rusty =20 ------=_NextPart_000_01E4_01C5580E.44BF2090 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

For those of you in the know, is it normal for an = alternator to=20 seep current and get warm when the field coil is powered up?  Is = this=20 something I need to fix?  If so, should I cancel my trip?  I = think it=20 has probably been going on for a long time but...

Dave = Leonard

 
I've = noticed the same=20 thing Dave.  I was surprised how warm it got, but I knew it was = flowing=20 current, so I figured it was normal, and didn't really = investigate.  =20 In other words, have a good trip :-)
 
Rusty
 



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