My amp gauge is pulsing quite rapidly on my Citabria and I'm getting sort of a chirping feedback thru the radio. I can turn all electrical items off like turn coordinator and lights and it's less but still there. If I turn radios off and leave strobe on I can still hear a faint chirping thru my headset when the strobe flashes. An avionics guy I ran into said he thought it could be the diodes in the alternator. Does this sound like the first thing to check? Thanks.
Amp Gauge Pulsing
- Thread starter farky
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Try cleaning all of the wire connections going to and from the regulator. I had a similar problem on my boat and that fixed it. I believe mine was where the end of the ground wire was attached.
My best guess is a bad connection in the field circuit. Start at the battery and check the voltage drop across all components including the master relay, master switch, circuit breaker, etc.
If you hear a whine in your headset that varies with RPM then it’s likely a diode in the alternator.
Lee
If you hear a whine in your headset that varies with RPM then it’s likely a diode in the alternator.
Lee