---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 07/06/12: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:09 AM - Re: Re: avipak strobes not firing during flight (John MacCallum) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:09:47 AM PST US From: "John MacCallum" Subject: RE: RV10-List: 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=377376#377376 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-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/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-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.