External Power - Beechcraft C23 SUNDOWNER 180 Pilot Operating Handbook

Section IV BEECHCRAFT Sundowner
180
Normal Procedures
C23 (M-1285 and After)
3. Parking
Brake
-
SET
4.
All Avionics
-
OFF
5.
Circuit
Breakers
-
IN
6. Flaps
-
UP
7.
Light Switches
-
AS REQUIRED
8.
Electric
Stabilator Trim Switch
-
OFF
(if installed)
9.
Battery
Switch
-
ON
10. Alternator Switch
-
ON (If external
power
is used, turn
Alternator Switch
-
OFF)
11.
Fuel Boost Pump
-
ON (Check for operation, then OFF)
12. Fuel
Selector
Valve
-
ROTATE
thru
360°
and check
for freedom
of movement; set on
tank
more nearly
full
(feel
for detent
and check
visually)
NOTE
On serials
M-2225
and after, or on airplanes
which have complied with BEECHCRAFT S.I.
No. 1095,
a
fuel
selector stop
has
been added
to the selector valve
guard. The fuel
selector
stop
minimizes
the
possibility
of
inadvertently
turning the
fuel
selector valve
to
the
OFF
detent
position. The stop
is
a spring
which
must be depressed
before
the selector valve
handle
can be rotated to the OFF
position.
WARNING
Do not
take off
if either fuel quantity
gage
indicates in yellow
arc.
EXTERNAL
POWER
The following
precautions
shall
be
observed while
using
external
power:
1. The
Battery
Switch shall
be
ON and
all
avionics and
electrical
switches
OFF. This
protects
the
voltage
reg-
ulators and associated electrical equipment from volt-
age transients
(power
fluctuations):
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August, 1980