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cjhukill(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:11 am Post subject: Mags vs electronic ignition |
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Please allow me to chime in on this issue.
Last week while preparing for takeoff in a friends Cirrus SR22, we began to see and smell smoke in the cockpit. Within only a couple of seconds, we had a face full of electrical smoke. We quickly shut off both the batteries and alternators and opened the doors and began coughing. It turned out the culprit was a "number two battery control relay circuit board" which is located in the cockpit that fried.
Guess what....
the engine kept running
Although my 10 will have a dual electrical system, with dual alternators, it certainly will have at least one mag!
You just don't have enough time to troubleshoot and isolate electrical problems when the smoke starts, especially when you can't see or breath.
Chris Hukill
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jhasbrouck(at)woh.rr.com
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:51 am Post subject: Mags vs electronic ignition |
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Chris,
Interesting! Taking a little different tack, will your panel be all electric? I still think a vacuum backup is a good idea when the smoke starts to escape from the boxes. As you say, there's no time to troubleshoot when you can't see or breath. No mattter how much electrical redundancy you have, your only choice is to shut it all down when you suspect fire of electrical origin. This may be heresy to this group. Luckily, you weren't in the air.
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