ScottM
Taxi to Parking
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iBazinga!
I have one fused item in my panel. The old analog clock.
A year and a half ago the fuse blew while I was flying to Florida. I was in IMC and know the rules of having a real clock I immediately declared an emergency and made a safe partial-panel (no clock) approach
Ok I actually got it fixed at my next stop.
But after the fuse was replaced a year and a half ago it happened again.
If something was failing I would have expected it to happen sooner. I doubt it is a power surge as the fused power line goes straight from the battery to the clock and batteries are great capacitors (filters), not to mention clocks hardly pull that much current.
Anyone run into this type of annoying infrequent ghost of an issue on Cherokee clocks?
A year and a half ago the fuse blew while I was flying to Florida. I was in IMC and know the rules of having a real clock I immediately declared an emergency and made a safe partial-panel (no clock) approach
Ok I actually got it fixed at my next stop.
But after the fuse was replaced a year and a half ago it happened again.
If something was failing I would have expected it to happen sooner. I doubt it is a power surge as the fused power line goes straight from the battery to the clock and batteries are great capacitors (filters), not to mention clocks hardly pull that much current.
Anyone run into this type of annoying infrequent ghost of an issue on Cherokee clocks?