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| Subject: | Re: avipak strobes not firing during flight |
Don't hook a battery charger up to the Aircraft's Busses unless there is a
battery as well!
The lack of regulation and the ripple on the battery charger's output will
do bad things to the Avionics!
A computer power supply should be ok but I would still leave a battery in
parallel just as insurance.
Cheers
John MacCallum
Builder #41016
VH-DUU
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Pascal
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: RV10-List: Re: avipak strobes not firing during flight
Good to hear!
I wonder if a battery charger would work? When I was doing my panel hookup I
used a computer power supply that was "surplus" to me and I also used a RC
battery charger. Both were enough to power the strobes and LED position
lights. Easy hookup with alligator clips.
The 9v battery did work for my LED's but they weren't enough for the strobe
power supply. May be worth a try however.
Best of success with this!
Pascal
-----Original Message-----
From: tomhanaway
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 5:09 PM
Subject: RV10-List: Re: avipak strobes not firing during flight
Pascal,
I looked at the strobesnmore website but the flashers operated at more
flashes per minute than I wanted. I feel more comfortable with Whelen's
aircraft specific strobe power.
Interestingly, Whelen mentions that power supplies that have not been used
for a long period of time (the guide references earlier year models), may
lose polarity in the capacitor. Thus, when subjected to full 12VDC power,
they quickly overheat. This sounds like what was happening to mine. It's
certainly sat for a long time not being used.
The fix is to run 75% power to the unit for 10 or 15 minutes to reconfigure
the capacitor. I may try this. I suspect a standard 9v battery may not
have enough power but I can't think of any other 9v source.
Tom
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