---------------------------------------------------------- Pulsar-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 05/09/15: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:15:14 PM PST US From: Everett Collier Subject: Pulsar-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:00:48 PM PST US Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Rotax 582 voltage regulator From: Lance Goddard 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 > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:21:14 PM PST US Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Rotax 582 voltage regulator From: Keith Palmer 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" 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pulsar-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pulsar-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pulsar-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pulsar-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.