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Okay, so my amp meter is pulsing and my volt meter is fluctuating by .5 volts.
Thought it was the gear pump running, but have now verified that is not it.
I can hear a "pinging" in my headset as it pulses about every second.
This happened about a month ago, and then stopped. It has now surfaced again and seems to be only after the plane hasn't been flown in a week or two.
I keep a battery maintainer plugged in my NEW Concorde battery and I also pre-heat here in the Northeast.
So in flight yesterday it started again, so I figured it was the gear pump. Ran the gear up and down and it didn't effect the pulsing. Added load by turning on everything and then turning things off...still was doing it. So. I landed and it seemed to be a little more faint, but still pulsing. Jumped in the back, opened the rear access panel and checked the gear pump, not it.
So, alternator or voltage regulator maybe? Loose ground or power wire?
Thoughts on where to start looking for the obvious?
Thanks,
Dave
Thought it was the gear pump running, but have now verified that is not it.
I can hear a "pinging" in my headset as it pulses about every second.
This happened about a month ago, and then stopped. It has now surfaced again and seems to be only after the plane hasn't been flown in a week or two.
I keep a battery maintainer plugged in my NEW Concorde battery and I also pre-heat here in the Northeast.
So in flight yesterday it started again, so I figured it was the gear pump. Ran the gear up and down and it didn't effect the pulsing. Added load by turning on everything and then turning things off...still was doing it. So. I landed and it seemed to be a little more faint, but still pulsing. Jumped in the back, opened the rear access panel and checked the gear pump, not it.
So, alternator or voltage regulator maybe? Loose ground or power wire?
Thoughts on where to start looking for the obvious?
Thanks,
Dave
