Low Voltage Detector - Raytheon BEECH BARON 58P Maintenance Manual

BEECHCRAFT
BARON 580 AND BARON 58TC
MAINTENANCE
MANUAL
LOW VOLTAGE DETECTOR MAINTENANCE
alternator OUT light will illuminate. If
one
alternator is not
PRACTICES operating, the operating alternator voltage is compared to the
bus voltage, (which is
now
battery voltage) and if the
LOW
VOLTAGE DETECTOR
alternator
voltage drops
1.5 to
3.0 volts below the bus
I
voltage,
the alternator OUT light will illuminate. The low
The airplane is
equipped with
a
low voltage detector for each voltage detectors
are
checked each time the battery is turned
alternator. These detectors compare the alternator voltage
to
on
with the alternator switch in the off position. When the low
the
airplane bus voltage.
If the output
of
one
alternator drops
voltage
detector is determined inoperative, it should be
1
1.5 to 3.0 volts
below the bus
voltage (with both alternators replaced. The warning lights
are
located in the left hand
operating, the
highest alternator
voltage is bus voltage)
the
instrument
panel.
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