sttwig
Joined: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 31
Location: Yakima, WA
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 Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:22 am Post subject: alternator knocked off line when strobes turned on |
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Thanks again for your help and advice.
The voltage regulator is not adjustable. The battery is a Odyssey
PC680, about three years old and has a resting, nothing connected
voltage of about 13.2 volts (seems high?) measured soon after shutdown.
I will install the alternator (relatively easy to do) and conduct the
recommended tests.
On 9/17/2014 5:52 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:
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<nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com>
At 22:54 2014-09-16, you wrote:
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> <sttwig(at)gmail.com>
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> Thank you for your response.
> This is a new condition. The OV protection relay is part of the
> InterAv system, part no. 635-62448. There is no voltmeter in the
> system so I don't know what the normal buss voltage is. The only
> instrumentation in the system is the ammeter on the alternator
> output. I will load up the system and turn it all off at once after
> I reinstall the alternator. I removed it for testing at a local shop.
Sorry you went to the trouble before troubleshooting
to find out what device needed to be repaired/replaced.
It's unlikely to be the alternator.
You need to KNOW the regulation set-point for the
system. Get a digital voltmeter and check voltage at
the bus at 1000 rpm and minimal electrical load, 2000
rpm and min load, then 2000 rpm with max load. While
at 2000 rpm, see if you can cause the system to trip
with the load-dump experiment I suggested earlier.
The symptoms you've described thus far strongly suggest
a skitterish ov protection system being irritated by
either an elevated bus voltage -or- internal cauese.
The most likely is elevated bus voltage. If your
regulator is adjustable, set the bus to 14.2 volts.
What kind of battery and how old?
This is a good discussion to be sharing with the rest
of the List membership. Getting the tools out to remove
a piece of hardware is best reserved until you KNOW which
piece needs to be removed. Fortunately, there are relatively
easy techniques for deducing which piece that is.
Bob . . .
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