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1. 12:15 PM - Rotax 582 voltage regulator (Everett Collier)
2. 03:00 PM - Re: Rotax 582 voltage regulator (Lance Goddard)
3. 05:21 PM - Re: Rotax 582 voltage regulator (Keith Palmer)
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| Subject: | Rotax 582 voltage regulator |
I recently (a few months ago) installed a lithium battery in my Pulsar. It is
a lot smaller and lighter and seems to have a lot of cranking power. Today on
a short 0.5 Hr flight my panel went blank except for my Garmin 286 which has
a back up battery. This happened when I reduced power on final. I have had the
panel go dark a couple of times before when I shut the engine off. That was
a nuisance but did not like losing it on final! After shutdown I removed the
cowling but could not find any problem. Reinstalled the cowling. The battery
was showing 12 .9 v on the EIS. I started the engine and returned directly
home, a 0.3 hr flight. Lost power briefly when I shut down at my home hanger.
On the way home so saw 16.7 v on the EIS. CLEARLY TOO HIGH. I suspect I have
a voltage regulator issue, or a bad interaction between the regulator and the
battery. Any troubleshooting suggestions? Any way to bench test the regulator?
Everett Collier
582 Pulsar N167EC
Sent from my iPad
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| Subject: | Re: Rotax 582 voltage regulator |
Speaking of batteries, I have a new, unopened Odyssey PC680 that I could bring
to Lawrence if anyone would like to have it for $80.
Interesting that Rotax says not to use a lithium battery in the 912iS installation.
Lance Goddard
On May 9, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Everett Collier wrote:
>
> I recently (a few months ago) installed a lithium battery in my Pulsar. It is
a lot smaller and lighter and seems to have a lot of cranking power. Today
on a short 0.5 Hr flight my panel went blank except for my Garmin 286 which has
a back up battery. This happened when I reduced power on final. I have had
the panel go dark a couple of times before when I shut the engine off. That
was a nuisance but did not like losing it on final! After shutdown I removed
the cowling but could not find any problem. Reinstalled the cowling. The battery
was showing 12 .9 v on the EIS. I started the engine and returned directly
home, a 0.3 hr flight. Lost power briefly when I shut down at my home hanger.
On the way home so saw 16.7 v on the EIS. CLEARLY TOO HIGH. I suspect I
have a voltage regulator issue, or a bad interaction between the regulator and
the battery. Any troubleshooting suggestions? Any way to bench test the regulator?
>
> Everett Collier
> 582 Pulsar N167EC
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>
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| Subject: | Re: Rotax 582 voltage regulator |
I have an unused 582 regulator pay the freight and you can have it !
Keith Dawson-Palmer
South Africa
On 9 May 2015 21:14, "Everett Collier" <everettmcollier@yahoo.com> wrote:
> everettmcollier@yahoo.com>
>
> I recently (a few months ago) installed a lithium battery in my Pulsar.
> It is a lot smaller and lighter and seems to have a lot of cranking power.
> Today on a short 0.5 Hr flight my panel went blank except for my Garmin 286
> which has a back up battery. This happened when I reduced power on final.
> I have had the panel go dark a couple of times before when I shut the
> engine off. That was a nuisance but did not like losing it on final!
> After shutdown I removed the cowling but could not find any problem.
> Reinstalled the cowling. The battery was showing 12 .9 v on the EIS. I
> started the engine and returned directly home, a 0.3 hr flight. Lost power
> briefly when I shut down at my home hanger. On the way home so saw 16.7 v
> on the EIS. CLEARLY TOO HIGH. I suspect I have a voltage regulator issue,
> or a bad interaction between the regulator and the battery. Any
> troubleshooting suggestions? Any way to bench test the regulator?
>
> Everett Collier
> 582 Pulsar N167EC
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
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