cjhukill(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 6:27 am Post subject: Battery wars |
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I would like to respond to Tim’s opinion on dual alternators. My electrical system is a dual bus, that are normally tied together, and dual B&C alternators. There is no action required by the pilot in the event of an alternator failure. The STBY just takes over, as the voltage regulator is set a little lower than the main alternators. Main alternator fails, you acknowledge the annunciation and press on. However in IMC, you have no need to land somewhere you don’t want to be, or your inadequately prepared to be. To me, equally important is the dispatch reliability advantage the dual alternator system allows you. If you loose an alternator while en-route, or during a tech stop, you continue your multi leg trip home, while remaining in VMC. I prefer to not have to wait for an alternator, or belt, or tools to pull the prop to change a belt to arrive somewhere I don’t want to be, because I had to land there due to a system failure that I could have avoided. Six hundred dollars for the STBY alternator is a bargain in the grand scheme of things!
just my $.015
Chris Hukill
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