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172SP...signs of alternator failure?

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gkrangers

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24V on the battery, ALT FLD circuit breaker in, negative discharge on the ammeter, switched alternator on and off, high rpm/low rpm, doesn't seem to help...naturally low voltage light stays on.

Belt seems ok.

BTW, I'm in ILM on my trip from FL to NJ.
 
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Tat sucks man, I hope you can take care of it, give Epic a call so they can authorize a repair at the local airport.

Does the battery stays at 24V with the engine running?
 
Flechas said:
Tat sucks man, I hope you can take care of it, give Epic a call so they can authorize a repair at the local airport.

Does the battery stays at 24V with the engine running?
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It was steady at 24V for the few minutes I had it running.

I called Epic, they'll call me back with "the plan".
 
If the GPS starts dying, radios make crazy squelches and such then you had an alternator failure a while back and your battery is shutting down.
 
Sorry to hear that dude.

The system with the alternator working should put out 28V, don't run the battery anymore untill they tell youwhat to do.
 
Flechas said:
Sorry to hear that dude.

The systemwith the alternator working should put out 28V, don't run the battery anymore untill they tell youwhat to do.
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Yeah, I know...its definitely not charging the battery.

Blah.
 
RichardRambone said:
If the GPS starts dying, radios make crazy squelches and such then you had an alternator failure a while back and your battery is shutting down.
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Had no problems in flight, and the flight was about 4 hours.
 
Hey Greg don't worry man, stay calm and keep your cool, I'm sure everything will be all right. If you start feeling anxious jst take a deepbreath and think about something nice. We are pulling for you man!!
 
Flechas said:
Hey Greg don't worry man, stay calm and keep your cool, I'm sure everything will be all right. If you start feeling anxious jst take a deepbreath and think about something nice. We are pulling for you man!!
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lol ill be fine.
 
Flechas said:
That sucks, what are you gonna do, are they gonnasend Cfrost to pick you up?
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Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Thats my guess at this time, I left off with epic's mx guy talking to the mx guy here. And epics mx guy wasnt' exactly pleased by the monday/557$ thing.

so, i guess theyll send someone up to get me, or to fix it.
 
Ok, heres the deal.

Chad is gonna fly up the alternator, the guys here wll install it, then Chad will fly home and I'll fly on to NJ.

OR, if the plane is still broken, we'll leave the plane here and me and Chad will go back to EVB.
 
So about 20 hours after I left New Smyrna, I finally made it to NJ. (7 hours of flying time)

Big thanks to Cforst for flying up the alternater!
 
i'm so freakin' tired i could cry.

i didn't get home til after 3am and i had to work at 7:30. you owe me. big time. find me a hot riddle girl.


oh wait, nevermind....
 
i couldn't get them to pay for the whole thing. they had someone else lined up, and i need the hours. it put me over 200, though!! jeez, i can't believe i'm so close to my commercial goal. it seems VERY far away when you have less than 100 hours...
 
Hey, it still gets logged a cross country time, ehh. Its time logged by hours and not miles. When I was prepping for my pvt checkride, the CFI noticed that I was short .3 XC time. A dual XC at night, under the hood, slow flight sure adds a lot of columns in the old log book.
 
erj-145mech said:
Hey, it still gets logged a cross country time, ehh. Its time logged by hours and not miles. When I was prepping for my pvt checkride, the CFI noticed that I was short .3 XC time. A dual XC at night, under the hood, slow flight sure adds a lot of columns in the old log book.
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heh heh, that's the way my instructor told me to build my 250hrs for commercial. but i don't like just putzing along, so i got on 6 hour trips at 110kts. besides, i see more of the country that way :)
 
gkrangers said:
Well I'm leaving...be back around 9PM hopefully.
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makes you wish "Beam me up, Scotty!!" was a practical phrase, doesn't it?
 

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